Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work (Financial Times Prentice Hall Books.)9 reviews
Robert Austin, Lee Devin

FT Press, 2003

Reconceive your engineered perceptions!

+ Artful vs. Industrial
+ Building Bridges

Austin and Devin present a truly innovative approach to help us in the software industry to reconceive our traditionally engineered world. I have a bias toward metaphors and this one really hit home. It not only brings out the soft-science (human) side of developing software, it helps displace the ...
  
  











  



  
Great Boss Dead Boss15 reviews
Ray Immelman

Stewart Philip International, 2003

What's missing from Corporate Earth

+ Unique toolbox for team motivation
+ G. B. D. B. Organizational Structure Demark
+ We really are tribal at work and in life...eye opening
+ A sleeper
  
  











  



  
Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit (Agile Software Development Series)36 reviews
Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003

The Best Introduction I've Read

+ Comes complete with instructions and a warranty
+ Recommended
+ What is lean and why do you care in software?
  
  











  



  
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization84 reviews
Peter M. Senge

Doubleday Business, 2006

Seminal Work

+ The Fifth Discipline
+ Excellent!
+ Don't Become Road Kill!
  
  











  



  
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software44 reviews
Eric Evans

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003

Excellent book

+ Mind blowing
+ Must read
+ Review
+ Timeless classic on software design
  
  











  



  
The Serving Leader: Five Powerful Actions that Will Transform Your Team, Your Business, and Your Community17 reviews
Ken Jennings, John Stahl-Wert

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2004

Understands Deeper Issues

+ Timeless principles of Leadership in action
+ Creative and educational
+ Sevant Leadership is not for Wimps
+ Great resource on servant leadership
  
  











  



  
Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products (Agile Software Development Series)20 reviews
Jim Highsmith

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004

Takes human behavior into account

+ articulate and concise
+ A Practical Guide
+ Good on principles, but practices could be more dev-related
  
  











  



  
Breaking the Constraints to World-Class Performance8 reviews
William H. Dettmer

McGraw-Hill Companies, 1998

A World-Class Book

+ Excelent book about the theory of constrains
+ Your company could be world-Class.
+ Great Book
  
  











  



  
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game381 reviews
Michael Lewis

W. W. Norton & Company, 2004

A Brilliant Achievement

+ Leadership Classic
+ Excellent
+ This is what happens when you question assumptions
+ Baseball Market
  
  











  



  
Breaking the Constraints to World-Class Performance8 reviews
William H. Dettmer

McGraw-Hill Companies, 1998

A World-Class Book

+ Excelent book about the theory of constrains
+ Your company could be world-Class.
+ Great Book
  
  











  



  
The Serving Leader: Five Powerful Actions that Will Transform Your Team, Your Business, and Your Community17 reviews
Ken Jennings, John Stahl-Wert

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2004

Understands Deeper Issues

+ Timeless principles of Leadership in action
+ Creative and educational
+ Sevant Leadership is not for Wimps
+ Great resource on servant leadership
  
  











  



  
Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit (Agile Software Development Series)36 reviews
Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003

The Best Introduction I've Read

+ Comes complete with instructions and a warranty
+ Recommended
+ What is lean and why do you care in software?
  
  











  



  
Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products (Agile Software Development Series)20 reviews
Jim Highsmith

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2004

Takes human behavior into account

+ articulate and concise
+ A Practical Guide
+ Good on principles, but practices could be more dev-related
  
  











  



  
Great Boss Dead Boss15 reviews
Ray Immelman

Stewart Philip International, 2003

What's missing from Corporate Earth

+ Unique toolbox for team motivation
+ G. B. D. B. Organizational Structure Demark
+ We really are tribal at work and in life...eye opening
+ A sleeper
  
  











  



  
Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know About How Artists Work (Financial Times Prentice Hall Books.)9 reviews
Robert Austin, Lee Devin

FT Press, 2003

Reconceive your engineered perceptions!

+ Artful vs. Industrial
+ Building Bridges

Austin and Devin present a truly innovative approach to help us in the software industry to reconceive our traditionally engineered world. I have a bias toward metaphors and this one really hit home. It not only brings out the soft-science (human) side of developing software, it helps displace the ...
  
  











  



  
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software44 reviews
Eric Evans

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003

Excellent book

+ Mind blowing
+ Must read
+ Review
+ Timeless classic on software design
  
  











  



  
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game381 reviews
Michael Lewis

W. W. Norton & Company, 2004

A Brilliant Achievement

+ Leadership Classic
+ Excellent
+ This is what happens when you question assumptions
+ Baseball Market
  
  











  



  
The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization84 reviews
Peter M. Senge

Doubleday Business, 2006

Seminal Work

+ The Fifth Discipline
+ Excellent!
+ Don't Become Road Kill!