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In recent years, agile software development methods have become increasingly popular throughout the world. Today there are a number of different agile methods and they all rest on the Agile Manifesto that was formulated in 2001 as a reaction to the traditional software processes.The aim of this thesis is to make a survey of some of the agile methods used today and to see how they are being used in practice. It consists of two parts: a literature study and an interview study with people working in the software business. First, a definition of agile methods is proposed and a number of different agile methods are described. Second, the interviews are being analysed with special focus on communication, collaboration, expectations and results.

Syftet med denna kvalitativa studie var att utifrån yrkesverksammas uppfattningar förstå och belysa fattiga underpriviligerade barns sociala livsvärld på ön Phuket i Thailand. Då området den 26 december 2004 drabbades av en Tsunamikatastrof, till följd av ett jordskalv i Sydostasien, var det även intressant att titta på hur händelsen påverkat slumbarnens villkor. En empirinsamlande studieresa till området gjordes, där intervjuer med nyckelpersoner intervjuades. Intentionen var att utifrån informanternas uppfattning kring det givna ämnet, befintlig forskning och relevanta teorier, ge en bild av hur slumbarnens sociala livsvärld generellt ser ut. Utifrån fakta ur litteratur och informanternas berättelser beskrevs barnens sociala livsvärld präglas av en verklighet av missnöje med staten, sociala problem och djup misär.

Detta är ett arbete om hur det är att bo och leva i Sverige som muslim. De muslimer som finns i Sverige idag har till största delen flytt från sina hemländer för att undvika krig, fattigdom och förföljelser. Alltfler muslimer är nu även födda i Sverige och tillsammans med det mindre antal konvertiter som finns i Sverige skapar de nu en svensk islam. För att få insikt i hur det kan vara att leva som muslim i Sverige har jag läst litteratur som tar upp ämnet. Jag har kommit fram till att muslimer stöter på en mängd olika problem i utövandet av sin religion men att dessa problem på vissa håll kan lösas genom ömsesidig respekt och genom kompromisser.

Denna studie är en textanalys undersökning om hur olika böcker, statistiska undersökningar och rapporter framställer och beskriver befolkningstillväxten i Sverige ur ett historiskt perspektiv. Central för studien är att förstå vilka diskurser och teorier som ligger till grund för diskussionen om befolkningstillväxten.Det har framkommit olika uppfattningar om att ett ökat födelsetal tillsammans med en investering i våra barn är viktigt för framtida välfärd. Samtidigt framhålls att ökade födelsetal resulterar i ökade socioekonomiska kostnader både för hushållen och i from av offentliga utgifter samt att en stor befolkning kan orsaka fattigdom och elände. Sveriges befolkning blir allt äldre och lever längre vilket resulterar i att vårdbehovet ökar och de sociala kostnaderna ökar. Med ett sådant scenario menar man att den åldrande befolkningen kommer att bli ett problem när de skall försörjas av allt färre i arbetsför ålder.

Syftet med min underso?kning var att studera studenters och la?rares uppfattningar av den flexibla utbildningen. Detta har la?nge varit ett intresseomra?de fo?r mig. Eftersom jag har erfarenheter av flexibel utbildning sa? underla?ttade det fo?r mitt arbetssa?tt genom uppsatsen.Fo?r att fo?rsta? grunden till flexibel utbildning behandlades distansutbildningens historia i bakgrundskapitlet och da?r kno?t an till hur informations- och kommunikationsteknologi kan anva?ndas i va?r tid fo?r att sto?dja denna form av utbildning.Detta genomfo?rdes med den fenomenografiska ansatsen som forskningsmetod.

This paper deals with the late Viking age/early medieval grave field in Björned, Torsåker parish, Ångermanland County in northern Sweden. The grave field in Björned is rare because it has all the signs of being Christianized before the surroundings. This awakes questions such as if the people of Björned came from another place and brought the religion with them or if someone else did that for them. To find these answers I have analysed the stable isotope ratios [delta]13C, [delta]15N and [delta]34S in human bone collagen. Through these stable isotopes we can not only see what the people consumed but also where their food had its origin.

The purpose of this essay was to study some selected magazine articles by examining how the concept of child poverty is produced in the public debate, and to see if the definition of the term has changed over time. The theoretical approach on which this study is based has been used as a tool to provide better understanding on the subject. Furthermore, theories of consumer society, the "collateral damage" and the theory of welfare regimes have been used. In the previous research presented in the paper focuses on linking children and families living in precarious economic conditions, consumer standards and welfare systems that characterize society.This study has a qualitative approach as it attempts to capture and increase understanding of how the concept of child poverty can be understood from a Swedish context. The study is based on newspaper articles that are studied using a structural text analysis.

The purpose of this master thesis is to attract attention to the undefined spaces of our urban landscape and emphasize the need of these spaces in the city. The different values of these spaces are here clearly presented so that they can be considered when real estate developers show a particular interest in any one of these undefined spaces. The term undefinied spaces can mean a lot of things. The spaces that I now choose to define as undefined spaces are neither planned nor designed. It could for instance be a piece of leftover land in between two residential areas, or as times change, a formerly planned area might be forgotten and left to its own.

Denna uppsats syftar till att underso?ka initiativen bakom planerna fo?r det kommande Tellus Tower, vars planomra?de a?r bela?get vid Telefonplan i Stockholm. Da?ruto?ver granskas de effekter som sedan 2000-talets bo?rjan har skapat platsens kreativa miljo?. Studiens fra?gesta?llningar lyder (1) Vilka a?r de bakomliggande orsakerna till att Telefonplan idag kan liknas vid ett kreativt rum? (2) Varfo?r planeras Tellus Tower att anla?ggas just pa? denna plats? Till grund fo?r arbetes empiriska material har ett kvalitativt metodsa?tt anva?nts, i form av djupintervjuer.

The aim with this thesis was to investigate how the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet construct and reproduce imaginations of gender and gender order. An important premise for our work is the agenda theory, which states that media has great impact on what is on their audience mind. We chose to investigate how Aftonbladet wrote about two Swedish footballers, Lotta Schelin and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, during a European championship with each players national team. By using a method of critical discourse analysis based on Teun van Dijks idea and with gender glasses, we analysed eight articles and two chronicles regarding each player.Our results show that Aftonbladet construct and reproduce gender and gender order by its different ways of portraying Lotta Schelin and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Articles regarding Lotta Schelin tend to be more audience oriented, focus more on her and her teammates emotions and more often focus on things outside her profession as a footballer.

The purpose of this study is to investigate ethnic discrimination in the recruitment process. National and international law protect individuals from ethnic discrimination by potential employers during the recruitment process.Despite the laws in place to protect human rights, minorities in society do not have the same opportunities in the labor market as the rest of the population. Minorities continue to have difficulties compared to Swedish nationals in the recruiting process. Highly educated immigrants seeking employment in Sweden continue to report being treated unfairly based on their ethnic background.Ethnic discrimination in the recruiting process is based on prejudice and stereotypes that affect decisions whether it is visible or hidden, intentional or unintentional.Under the law, it is not legal to base a decision on prejudices or stereotypes. Therefore, it is important for the employer to highlight the job requirements to ensure the recruitment process is ethical.

The purpose of this work was that with the help of a literature review have a single document with information on how the various species: brown bear (Ursus arctos), lynx (Lynx lynx) and the wolf (Canis lupus) living in the wild. The aim was also to show which stereotypic behaviours these different species have in zoos and the enrichments that is already being used and to make suggestions and recommendations on enrichment based on animal behaviour ecology. In zoos, some species thrive well while others have propositions to propagating problems, poor health and stereotypic behaviors. The brown bear, lynx and wolf, live both in the wild and in zoos in Sweden. As these animals have different ways of living in the wild, it is important to accommodate to each species, the way they are kept in zoos in accordance with their behavioural ecology.Brown bears are omnivorous and solitary living species with large energy needs so that they spend most of their day to actively feeding but also rest.

The aim of this study is to examine the Christian community called Plymouth Brethren and how they interpret religion in relation to their entrepreneurship and business practices. The community has a strong faith in God, uses the Bible as the guiding principle in everyday life, and also has the ambition to live together within the group in seclusion from the rest of society.Based on interviews with Plymouth Brethren in the county of Småland, the study describes how they perceive the relationship between the Christian faith and entrepreneurship and practice religion in the context of their family business. As the study illustrates the Christian faith is significantly motivating their enterprises of business and the Bible is their guiding principle even when it comes to how they should run their businesses..

Underso?kningens huvudfra?ga a?r hur den ura?ldriga torghandeln kan fortsa?tta existera i det svenska samha?llet da?r logik, ordning och va?lsta?nd ofta ga?r pa? tva?rs med torghandelns flyktighet, kortsiktighet och umba?randen. Oordning och informellt a?r tva? nyckelord i beskrivningarna av torghandeln historiskt och i den aktuella internationella forskningen. Praktik, uto?vare, materialitet, fo?resta?llningar och plats samverkar o?ver tid i en sta?ndig fo?ra?ndring av handeln.