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Management 3.0

Management 3.0 Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders, Jurgen Appelo, Addison-Wesley, 2011 Why things are not that simple Agile software development Complex systems theory The information-innovation system How to energize people Basics of self-organization How to empower teams Leading and … Continue reading

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Being Geek

Being Geek – The Software Developer’s Career Handbook, Michael Lopp, O’Reilly, 2010 Programmers will want to read this magnetic book to understand the group dynamics in development teams. When you have understood the ideas in this book, your employer will … Continue reading

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Agile Product Management with Scrum

Agile Product Management with Scrum – Creating Products That Customers Love, Roman Pichler, – 2010 Product managers will want to read this slim book. 100 pages.

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API Design for C++

API Design for C++, Martin Reddy, – 2011 Programmers will want to read this. The author has experience with large systems at Pixar, but this book is not about animation. It is about software architecture and design. Here is the … Continue reading

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The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup – How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, Eric Ries, 2011 Entrepreneurs will want to read this book. It explains the processes needed in a startup to avoid chaos and succeed. The book … Continue reading

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The Clean Coder

The Clean Coder – A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, Robert Martin, – 2011 Programmers will want to read this book before their first day on the job. It is a practical guide to being productive as a programmer. … Continue reading

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Winning at New Products

Winning at New Products – Creating Value through Innovation, Robert Cooper, – 2011 Business strategists and innovators will want to read this book. It is not specific to technology products. 350 pages.

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Practical Software Project Estimation

Practical Software Project Estimation – A Toolkit for Estimating Software Development Effort & Duration, Peter R. Hill, McGraw-Hill, 2011 Estimation is a black art, but this book tries to help make it more objective. The authors have experience with IT … Continue reading

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Agile Testing

Agile Testing – A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams, Lisa Crispin, Addison-Wesley, 2009 This book for software testers and managers who are transitioning from waterfall to agile. It discusses the processes needed to organize a testing group. It … Continue reading

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UML for the IT Business

UML for the IT Business Analyst – A Practical Guide to Requirements Gathering Using the Unified Modeling Language, Howard Podeswa, – 2010 An approach to requirements gathering. 350 pages.

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