Books .. Books .. Books

These are a list of books compiled from various sources.     Here are a few links to a list of books suggested by Dominic Krimmer for Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, Leadership and Developers.

  1. Agile coaching  — http://www.dkrimmer.de/2016/07/27/top-15-books-about-agile-coaching/
  2. Developers – http://www.dkrimmer.de/2015/01/14/top-20-agile-books-software-developers/
  3. Leadership – http://www.dkrimmer.de/2015/10/12/top-20-books-about-leadership/
  4. Product Owners – http://www.dkrimmer.de/2015/02/16/top-20-agile-books-product-owners/
  5. Scrum Masters – http://www.dkrimmer.de/2014/12/15/top-agile-books-for-scrum-masters/

 

Srl # Book Author/s
1 Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances J. Richard Hackman
2 Leading Self-Directed Work Teams: A Guide to Developing New Team Leadership Skills  Kimball Fisher
3 The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performan ce Organization Douglas Smith, Jon Katzenbach
4 The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable  Patrick M. Lencioni
5 Fast Cycle Time: How to Align Purpose, Strategy, and Structure for Speed  Christopher Meyer
6 Revolutionizing Product Development: Quantum Leaps in Speed, Efficiency and Quality Steven C. Wheelwright, Kim B. Clark
7 Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister
8 Software for Your Head Jim McCarthy, Michele McCarthy
9 A Sense of Urgency John Kotter
10 Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases Through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation Jez Humble, David Farley
11 Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling Edgar H Schein
12 Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives Henry Kimsey-House, Karen Kimsey-House, Laura Whitworth
13 The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Managers, Trainers and Coaches Roger Schwarz
14 Kanban Change Leadership Klaus Leopold, Siegfried Kaltenecker
15 The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way Your Lead Forever Michael Bungay Stanier
16 Scrumban: Essays on Kanban Systems for Lean Software Development Corey Ladas
17 The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox
18 Perfect Software: And Other Illusions About Testing Gerald M. Weinberg
19 The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully Gerald Weinberg
20 An Introduction to General Systems Thinking Gerald M. Weinberg
21 Kanban from the Inside: Understand the Kanban Method, connect it to what you already know, introduce it with impact Mike Burrows
22 Practices for Scaling Lean and Agile Development: Large, Multisite, and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum  by Craig Larman, Bas Vodde
23 The Fifth Discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization: Second edition Peter M Senge
24 Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software Gojko Adzic
25 The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance Josh Waitzkin
26 Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change Kent Beck, with Cynthia Andres
27 Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton
28 Taiichi Ohnos Workplace Management: Special 100th Birthday Edition Taiichi Ohno
29 The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses Eric Ries
30 Running Lean Ash Maurya
31 Scaling Lean and Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum: Successful Large, Multisite and Offshore Products with Large-scale Scrum by Vodde Craig Larman, Bas
32 Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships Eric Berne
33 Nonviolent Communication: a Language of Life Marshall B. Rosenberg
34 The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
35 Mastery (Plume) George Leonard
36 The Tao of Coaching: Boost Your Effectiveness at Work by Inspiring and Developing Those Around You Max Landsberg
37 Beyond the Goal: Theory of Constraints Eliyahu M. Goldratt
38 Abolishing Performance Appraisals: Why They Backfire and What to Do Instead Tom Coens, Mary Jenkins, Peter Block
39 Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky’s Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent Joel Spolsky
40 The Coach’s Casebook: Mastering The Twelve Traits That Trap Us Geoff Watts, Kim Morgan
41 The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, Chris Yeh
42 The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey Kenneth Blanchard, William, Jr. Oncken, Hal Burrows
43 Originals: How Non-conformists Change the World Adam Grant
44 Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Daniel Pink
45 Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong Norman Fischer
46 Servant Leadership : A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness Robert K. Greenleaf
47 Agile Coaching Rachel Davies, Liz Sedley
48 Scrum Mastery: From Good To Great Servant-Leadership Geoff Watts
49 Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition Lyssa Adkins
50 Ending the Pursuit of Happiness: A Zen Guide to Ending the Pursuit of Happiness Barry Magid
51 The End of Leadership Barbara Kellerman
52 Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness Frederic Laloux
53 Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business David J. Anderson, Donald G Reinertsen
54 Agile Retrospectives : Making Good Teams Great (Pragmatic Programmers) Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber
55 The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn’t What It Used to Be Moises Naim
56 Fearless Change Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising
57 Lean change Management Jason Little
58 Switch Chip and Dan Heath
59 Innovation Games Luke Hohmann
60 Joy Inc Richard Sheridan
61 Essential Scrum Kenneth Rubin
62 The Agile Mindset Gil Broza
63 Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
64 Mindset – the new psychology of success Carol Dweck
65 Turn the ship around David Marquet
66 Team of Teams General Stanley McChrystal and Tantum Collins
67 Creativity Inc Ed Catmull
68 Start with Why Simon Sinek
69 Agile Testing Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory
70 Work Rules Lazlo Block
71 User Story Mapping Jeff Patton
72 Principles of Product Development flow Don Reinertsen
73 Inspire Marty Cagan
74 Agile Product Management with Scrum Roman Pichler
75 Your brain at work David Rock
76 Coaching for Performance: GROWing Human Potential and Purpose – the Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership John Whitmore
77 Quiet Leadership David Rock
78 Mastering Leadership Robert J. Anderson and William Adams
79 Training from the back of the room Sharon Bowman
80 Thinking Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman
81 Leading Change John Kotter
82 Facilitator′s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making Sam Kaner
83 Game Storming Dave Gray
84 Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise and Other Bribes Alfie Kohn
85 Strategize: Product Strategy and Product Roadmap Practices for the Digital Age Roman Pichler
86 The Art of Agile Development James Shore