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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada

What would be you suggestion of books concerning Agile/Lean, I don't mean reference manual.

Posted: Dec 21, 2016 12:21 AM

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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina

Agile: Rick Dove´s book named "Response Ability", It contains most of the deliverables created in the place where agile was formaly defined (USA DoD/NSF Agility Forum, I was part). Lean: James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roosr book named "The Machine that Change the World". It contains the seminal work inside the MIT where the term "Lean" was created. I have the honor to work in Toyota and the creator of the Toyota way of doing things work inside that group with the author of the book to create the book. I ever go to the basement because in my humble opinion, mainly in this case where those words becomes buzzwords, other books could confuse you.

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1 reply by Vincent Guerard

Dec 21, 2016 1:28 PM

Vincent Guerard

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Thanks Sergio, will consider one for my reading before the end of the year.

Posted: Dec 21, 2016 5:13 AM

Anupam India

Hi Vincent, here is the complete list on Agile -

1. Agile Software Architecture Aligning Agile Processes and Software Architectures -Babar, Brown & Mistrik 2013-12-20

2. Clean Code A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship -Martin 2008-08-11

3. Disciplined Agile Delivery A Practitioner's Guide to Agile Software Delivery in the Enterprise -Ambler & Lines 2012-06-02

4. The Scrum Field Guide Agile Advice for Your First Year and Beyond (2nd ed.) -Lacey 2016-01-01

5. Agile Software Development Principles, Patterns, and Practices -Martin 2002-10-25

6. Essential Scrum A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process -Rubin 2012-08-05

7. Agile Software Development Ecosystems -Highsmith 2002-04-05

8. User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development -Cohn 2004-03-11

9. Agile Testing A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams -Crispin & Gregory 2009-01-09

10. Essential Skills for the Agile Developer A Guide to Better Programming and Design -Shalloway, Bain, Pugh & Kolsky 2011-08-29

11. Succeeding with Agile Software Development using Scrum -Cohn 2009-11-05

12. Agile Software Requirements Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise -Leffingwell 2011-01-06

13. Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development Large, Multisite, and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum -Larman & Vodde 2010-02-05

14. Coaching Agile Teams A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition -Adkins 2010-05-28

15. Management 3.0 Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders -Appelo 2011-01-07

16. Lean-Agile Acceptance Test-Driven Development Better Software through Collaboration -Pugh 2011-01-01

17. Integrating CMMI and Agile Development Case Studies and Proven Techniques for Faster Performance Improvement -McMahon 2010-08-19

18. Agile Experience Design A Digital Designer's Guide to Agile, Lean, and Continuous -Ratcliffe & McNeill 2011-11-28

19. Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners Agile Tactics, Tools, and Tips -Goldstein 2013-07-26

20. Beyond Requirements Analysis with an Agile Mindset -McDonald 2015-09-21

21. The Agile Culture Leading through Trust and Ownership -Pixton, Gibson & Nickolaisen 2014-03-09

22. Changing Software Development Learning to Become Agile -Kelly 2008-02-11

23. Agile Modeling Effective Practices for Extreme Programming and the Unified Process -Ambler 2002-04-04

24. Agile Testing How to Succeed in an Extreme Testing Environment -Watkins 2009-07-27

25. The Art of Agile Development -Shore & Warden 2007-11-05

26. Agile Project Management with Kanban -Brechner 2015-03-26

27. The Agile Organization How to Build an Innovative, Sustainable and Resilient Business -Holbeche 2015-06-28

28. Practices of an Agile Developer -Subramaniam & Hunt 2006-04-14

29. Agile Retrospectives Making Good Teams Great -Derby & Larsen 2006-08-05

30. Getting Results the Agile Way A Personal Results System for Work and Life -Meier 2010-10-06

31. Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability An Introduction -Vacanti 2015-03-04

32. Mastering Turbulence The Essential Capabilities of Agile and Resilient Individuals, Teams, and Organizations -McCann & Selsky 2012-07-31

33. Software in 30 Days How Agile Managers Beat the Odds, Delight their Customers, and Leave Competitors in the Dust -Schwaber & Sutherland 2012-05-01

34. Agile for Dummies -Ambler & Holitza 2012

35. The Agile Startup -Scheinrock & Richter-Sand 2013-09-16

36. Agile Contracts Creating and Managing Successful Projects with Scrum -Opelt, Gloger, Pfarl & Mittermayr 2013-05-13

37. Effective Project Management Traditional, Agile, Extreme (7th ed.) -Wysocki 2013-12-16

38. The Project Manager's Guide to Mastering Agile Principles and Practices for an Adaptive Approach -Cobb 2015-01-27

39. Team Centric Agile Software Development -Kelly 2015-07-13

40. Flexible, Reliable Software Using Patterns and Agile Development -Christensen 2010-05-04

41. Enterprise-Scale Agile Software Development -Schiel 2009-11-18

42. The Art of Agile Practice A Composite Approach for Projects and Organizations -Unhelkar 2012-11-26

43. A Tale of Two Transformations Bringing Lean and Agile Software Development to Life -Levine 2011-12-05

44. Learning Agile Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban -Stellman & Greene 2014-11-23

45. Systems Engineering Agile Design Methodologies -Crowder & Friess 2013-02-23

46. Business-Driven IT-Wide Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean) Implementation -Pham & Pham 2012-08-27

47. Agile Strategy Management Techniques for Continuous Alignment and Improvement -Lyngso 2014-03-21

48. Agile Readiness Four Spheres of Lean and Agile Transformation -Wise & Daniel 2015-02-28

49. Agile for Project Managers -Canty 2015-02-06

50. Agile Performance Improvement The New Synergy of Agile and Human Performance Technology -Winter 2015-05-04

51. Agile Software Development with HP Agile Manager -Tal 2015-03-19

52. Agile Development in the Real World -Cline 2015-12-19

53. Broken Agile Stories from the Trenches (2nd ed.) -Brizard 2016-04-10

54. Agile Information Security Using Scrum to Survive In and Secure a Rapidly Changing Environment -Fitzer 2015-04-19

55. The Agile Mind-Set Making Agile Processes Work -Broza 2015-07-21

56. Agile Software Development Evaluating the Methods for Your Organization -Koch 2004-10-31

57. Agile Technologies in Open Source Development -Russo, Scotto, Sillitti & Succi 2009-07-17

58. Knowledge Reuse and Agile Processes Catalysts for Innovation -Mitra 2008-02-16

59. Agile Metrics in Action How to Measure and Improve Team Performance -Davis 2015-07-31

60. Agile Foundations Principles, Practices and Frameworks -Measey & Radtac 2015-01-31

61. JIRA Agile Essentials -Li 2015-06-30

62. Agile Software Engineering -Hazzan & Dubinsky 2008-10-16

63. User-Centered Agile Method -Deuff & Cosquer 2013-05-20

64. Everything You Want to Know about Agile -Cooke 2012-04-04

65. Agile Project Management with GreenHopper 6 Blueprints -Malik 2013-08-26

66. Agile Software Construction -Hunt 2005-10-25

67. Agile Coaching -Davies & Sedley 2009-09-07

68. Agile in a Flash Speed-Learning Agile Software Development -Langr & Ottinger 2011-02-04

69. The Dream Team Nightmare Boost Team Productivity using Agile Techniques -Tung 2013-11-18

70. Leading the Transformation Applying Agile and Devops Principles at Scale -Gruver & Mouser 2015-08-01

71. Co-Pilot Using Agile Methods to Land IT Projects Smoothly (2nd ed.) -Bay 2014-09-29

72. Agile Risk Management -Moran 2014-03-18

73. Agile! The Good, the Hype and the Ugly -Meyer 2014-04-04

74. Agile Anywhere Essays on Agile Projects and Beyond -Hazzan & Dubinsky 2014-10-11

75. The Scrum Culture Introducing Agile Methods in Organizations -Maximini 2015-01-09

76. Managing Agile Strategy, Implementation, Organisation and People -Moran 2015-05-14

77. Agile Software Development Teams -Schmidt 2016-01-18

78. Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming -Abrahamsson, Baskerville, Conboy, Fitzgerald, Morgan & Wang 2008-05-29

79. Agile Software Development Best Practices for Large Software Development Projects -Stober & Hansmann 2009-11-19

80. Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming -Concas, Damiani, Scotto & Succi 2007-07-20

81. Test-Driven Development An Empirical Evaluation of Agile Practice -Madeyski 2009-12-22

82. Agile Business Rule Development Process, Architecture, and JRules Examples -Boyer & Mili 2011-04-06

83. Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming -Sillitti, Hazzan, Bache & Albaladejo 2011-07-26

84. Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming -Wohlin 2012-05-30

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2 replies by Stéphane Parent and Vincent Guerard

Dec 21, 2016 10:43 AM

Stéphane Parent

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Have you read them all, Anupam?

Dec 21, 2016 1:29 PM

Vincent Guerard

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Thanks Anupam, is the list in a suggested reading order? One you recommend ?

Posted: Dec 21, 2016 9:56 AM (Updated by author: Dec 21, 2016 9:59 AM)

Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada

Dec 21, 2016 9:56 AM

Replying to Anupam

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Have you read them all, Anupam?

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1 reply by Anupam

Dec 21, 2016 11:16 AM

Anupam

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Not all Stéphane, few from the list :)

It's good to know that there are so many books available on 'Agile'.

Posted: Dec 21, 2016 10:43 AM

Anupam India

Dec 21, 2016 10:43 AM

Replying to Stéphane Parent

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Have you read them all, Anupam?

Not all Stéphane, few from the list :)

It's good to know that there are so many books available on 'Agile'.

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1 reply by Stéphane Parent

Dec 21, 2016 12:20 PM

Stéphane Parent

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Any of the ones you read stand out? I might be interested in picking up a good one for the Holidays.

Posted: Dec 21, 2016 11:16 AM

Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada

Dec 21, 2016 11:16 AM

Replying to Anupam

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Not all Stéphane, few from the list :)

It's good to know that there are so many books available on 'Agile'.

Any of the ones you read stand out? I might be interested in picking up a good one for the Holidays.

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1 reply by Anupam

Dec 21, 2016 11:38 PM

Anupam

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Hi Stéphane,

You can pick any of these -

1. Management 3.0 Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders (Appelo)

2. Agile Risk Management (Moran)

3. The Project Manager's Guide to Mastering Agile Principles and Practices for an Adaptive Approach (Cobb)

4. Coaching Agile Teams A Companion for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition (Adkins)

5. Beyond Requirements Analysis with an Agile Mindset (McDonald)

6. The Agile Culture Leading through Trust and Ownership (Pixton, Gibson & Nickolaisen)

Posted: Dec 21, 2016 12:20 PM

Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada

Dec 21, 2016 5:13 AM

Replying to Sergio Luis Conte

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Thanks Sergio, will consider one for my reading before the end of the year.

Posted: Dec 21, 2016 1:28 PM

Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada

Dec 21, 2016 9:56 AM

Replying to Anupam

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Thanks Anupam, is the list in a suggested reading order? One you recommend ?

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1 reply by Anupam

Dec 21, 2016 11:31 PM

Anupam

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Hi Vincent,

You may start in this order -

1. Agile Foundations Principles, Practices and Frameworks (Measey & Radtac)

2. Everything You Want to Know about Agile (Cooke)

3. Agile for Project Managers (Canty)

4. The Project Manager's Guide to Mastering Agile Principles and Practices for an Adaptive Approach (Cobb)

5. Effective Project Management Traditional, Agile, Extreme 7th ed. (Wysocki)

6. Agile Project Management with Kanban (Brechner)

7. User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development (Cohn)

8. The Agile Organization How to Build an Innovative, Sustainable and Resilient Business (Holbeche)

9. Disciplined Agile Delivery A Practitioner's Guide to Agile Software Delivery in the Enterprise (Ambler & Lines)

10. Coaching Agile Teams A Companion for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition (Adkins)

11. Management 3.0 Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders (Appelo)

12. Beyond Requirements Analysis with an Agile Mindset (McDonald)

13. The Agile Culture Leading through Trust and Ownership (Pixton, Gibson & Nickolaisen)

14. Agile Kaizen Managing Continuous Improvement Far Beyond Retrospectives (Medinilla)

15. Agile Retrospectives Making Good Teams Great (Derby & Larsen)

16. Learning Agile Understanding Scrum, XP, Lean, and Kanban (Stellman & Greene)

17. Agile Metrics in Action How to Measure and Improve Team Performance (Davis)

18. Agile Risk Management (Moran)

Posted: Dec 21, 2016 1:29 PM

Anupam India

Dec 21, 2016 1:29 PM

Replying to Vincent Guerard

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Thanks Anupam, is the list in a suggested reading order? One you recommend ?

Posted: Dec 21, 2016 11:31 PM (Updated by author: Dec 21, 2016 11:31 PM)

Anupam India

Dec 21, 2016 12:20 PM

Replying to Stéphane Parent

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Any of the ones you read stand out? I might be interested in picking up a good one for the Holidays.

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1 reply by Stéphane Parent

Dec 22, 2016 7:22 AM

Stéphane Parent

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Thanks, Anupam. Which one stands out for you?

Posted: Dec 21, 2016 11:38 PM

Stéphane Parent Self Employed / Semi-retired| Leader Maker Prince Edward Island, Canada

Dec 21, 2016 11:38 PM

Replying to Anupam

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Thanks, Anupam. Which one stands out for you?

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1 reply by Anupam

Dec 22, 2016 8:24 AM

Anupam

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Stéphane, all are good titles, yet the below one stands out for me -

The Agile Culture Leading through Trust and Ownership (Pixton, Gibson & Nickolaisen)

I had tough time this year with stakeholders :)

Posted: Dec 22, 2016 7:22 AM

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