Time to time people ask me advice on what books should they read about Software Development, Agile and some other cool topics :).

Based on these requests I am creating this post where I will keep a list of books that I think are really interesting/useful :)

Introduction to Agile:

• Agile Software Development with SCRUM
• Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit
• Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash
• Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are not the Point
• Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum
• Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process

Technical books - Agile Software Development

• Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams
• Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests
• The Cucumber Book: Behaviour-Driven Development for Testers and Developers
• Refactoring
• Working Effectively with Legacy Code
• Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software
• Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software
• Test-Driven Development: A Practical Guide: A Practical Guide

Continuous Delivery

• Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation
• Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk

Scaling Agile

• Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Large, Multisite, and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum
• Scaling Software Agility: Best Practices for Large Enterprises

Management, Leadership

• Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders
• The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer
• Toyota Kata: Managing People for Improvement, Adaptiveness and Superior Results
• The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization
• Rework
• Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams
• The Leadership Challenge
• Taiichi Ohno’s Workplace Management
• Freedom from Command and Control: Rethinking Management for Lean Service
• Out of the Crisis
• Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated
• Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers

Teams Interaction

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

Agile Coaching

• Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition
• Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great
• The Art of Agile Development

Agile Project Management

• Agile Project Management with Scrum
• The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility

Workshops and Presentations

• Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery

Product Management:

• Living Service: How to deliver the service of the future today
• Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love
• Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise
• Agile Product Management with Scrum: Creating Products That Customers Love
• The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

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