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Professional K2 Blackpearl

Professional K2 Blackpearl, Holly Anderson, Wiley, 2009 This book on K2 products that build on Microsoft’s Sharepoint CMS, will be useful to analysts who plan to automate and manage business processes. 850 pages.

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Perfect Software And Other Illusions

Perfect Software And Other Illusions about Testing, Gerald M. Weinberg, Dorset, 2008 This slim book for programmers and testers is good reading. It needs to be in the hands of most team leaders. 150 pages.

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IT Project Management : on track

IT Project Management : on track from start to finish / Joseph Phillips, McGraw-Hill, 2010 Prepare for CompTIA Project+ certification. 600 pages with CD.

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Making Things Happen

Making Things Happen : mastering project management / Scott Berkun, O’Reilly, 2008 Most books on project management are dry reading, but this one is different. It is written by a Microsoft veteran. 350 pages.

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Art of Agile Development

The Art of Agile Development / James Shore, O’Reilly, 2008 XP programmers and team leaders will find this book useful. 400 pages.

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Model-driven Development

Model-driven Development with executable UML / Dragan Milicev, Wiley, 2009 This book is for analysts who specify the requirements and design of business systems. 850 pages.

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Agile Software Development

Agile Software Development : the cooperative game / Alistair Cockburn, Addison-Wesley, 2007 Programmers and team leaders can read this book to become better communicators. 400 pages.

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Software Engineering Best Practices

Software Engineering Best Practices : lessons from successful projects in the top companies / Capers Jones, McGraw-Hill, 2010 Here is required reading for leaders of development teams. It is written well, with sections on learning new skills, team organization and … Continue reading

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Use Case Driven

Use Case Driven object modeling with UML : theory and practice / Doug Rosenberg, Apress, 2007. Here is a practical book on UML, the best way to diagram the requirements for a software project. 400 pages, hardcover.

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Emergent Design

Emergent Design : the evolutionary nature of professional software development / Scott L. Bain, Addison-Wesley, 2008 Here is a textbook on software development. If you can get past the use of the word ‘emergent’, this is a good book. 350 … Continue reading

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