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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorLean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate at Scale
Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky, Barry O'Reilly · 301 pages
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
Frederick P. Brooks Jr. · 195 pages
Classic text on the human side of software engineering, containing essays on the management of software teams, projections about how computer languages and tools will evolve, and philosophical speculation. Unlike most other books about computing, Brooks' work has been remarkably enduring, remaining in print for at least four decades. The book is most famous for its statement of Brooks' Law: "addin
Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great
Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber · 186 pages
Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (The XP Series)
Kent Beck, Cynthia Andres · 207 pages
"Extreme Programming (XP) was conceived and developed to address the specific needs of software development conducted by small teams in the face of vague and changing requirements. This new lightweight methodology challenges many conventional tenets, including the long-held assumption that the cost of changing a piece of software necessarily rises dramatically over the course of time. XP recogniz
The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis · 460 pages
"Increase profitability, elevate work culture, and exceed productivity goals through DevOps practices. More than ever, the effective management of technology is critical for business competitiveness. For decades, technology leaders have struggled to balance agility, reliability, and security. The consequences of failure have never been greater--whether it's the healthcare.gov debacle, cardholder d
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford · 345 pages
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win is the third book by Gene Kim. The business novel tells the story of an IT manager who has ninety days to rescue an over-budget and late IT initiative, code-named The Phoenix Project.
The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data
Gene Kim · 443 pages
Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams
Lisa Crispin, Janet Gregory · 554 pages
Only the Paranoid Survive
Andrew S. Grove · 224 pages
The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work
Scott Berkun · 272 pages
A behind-the-scenes look at the firm behind WordPress.com and the unique work culture that contributes to its phenomenal success. 50 million websites, or twenty percent of the entire web, use WordPress software. The force behind WordPress.com is a convention-defying company called Automattic, Inc., whose 120 employees work from anywhere in the world they wish, barely use email, and launch impro
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz · 289 pages
Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
Martin Fowler · 464 pages
As the application of object technology--particularly the Java programming language--has become commonplace, a new problem has emerged to confront the software development community. Significant numbers of poorly designed programs have been created by less-experienced developers, resulting in applications that are inefficient and hard to maintain and extend. Increasingly, software system professio
Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm
Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane P. Laudon · 656 pages
Laudon’s essential case-based text for the study of IS in business today. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm provides the most comprehensive overview of information systems, while drawing connections between MIS and business performance. The Laudons are known for their outstanding real-world case studies, which describe how well-known companies use IT to solve problems and
Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility
Patty McCord · 228 pages
Exponential Organizations: Why new organizations are ten times better, faster, cheaper than yours
Salim Ismail, Mike Malone, Yuri van Geest
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites
Peter Morville, Louis Rosenfeld · 486 pages
The post-Ajaxian Web 2.0 world of wikis, folksonomies, and mashups makes well-planned information architecture even more essential. How do you present large volumes of information to people who need to find what they're looking for quickly? This classic primer shows information architects, designers, and web site developers how to build large-scale and maintainable web sites that are appealing and
Scrum: a Breathtakingly Brief and Agile Introduction
Chris Sims, Hillary Louise Johnson · 54 pages
PMP Exam Prep: Rita's Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam
Rita Mulcahy · 611 pages
Leading at a Higher Level: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations
Kenneth H. Blanchard, Eunice Parisi-Carew, Don Carew, Marjorie Blanchard, Scott Blanchard · 371 pages
The definitive "Blanchard on Leadership"25 years of breakthrough leadership insights in one extraordinary book!From The One Minute Manager® to Raving Fans, Ken Blanchard's books have helped millions of people unleash their power and the potential of everyone around them. The Ken Blanchard Companies has helped thousands of organizations become more people-oriented, customer-centered, and performanc
How to Change the World: Change Management 3.0
Jurgen Appelo · 94 pages