Reading List

Between projects I find myself going back to the same books for a refresh or to share with clients. If you have any books that you can recommend, please contact me.

Agile: 

Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum – Mike Cohn

User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development – Mike Cohn

Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process – Kenneth S. Rubin

Kanban – David Anderson

Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise –  Dean Leffingwell

Product Management 

MVPM: Minimal Viable Product Manager (blog post) – Brandon Chu

Lean Startup – Eric Ries

The Practitioner’s Guide To Product Management – Jock Busuttil

Business Analysis: 

Software Requirements 3 (Developer Best Practices) – Karl E Wiegers & Joy Beatty

The Object Primer: Agile Model-Driven Development with UML 2.0 – Scott Ambler

Specification By Example – Gojko Adzic

Bridging the Communication Gap: Specification by Example and Agile Acceptance Testing – Gojko Adzic

Mastering the Requirements Process: Getting Requirements Right – Suzanne Robertson & James Robertson

Business Analysis: Best Practices for Success – Steven Blais

What’s in a Story (blog post) – Dan North

Analytics / SEO / CRO: 

The Art of SEO (Theory in Practice) – Eric Enge

Web Analytics 2.0: The Art of Online Accountability and Science of Customer Centricity – Avinash Kaushik

Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics – Brian Clifton

Neuro Web Design: What Makes Them Click? (Voices That Matter) – Susan Weinschenk

User Experience: 

Lean UX: Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience – Jeff Gothelf  & Josh Seiden

Smashing UX Design: Foundations for Designing Online User Experiences – Jesmond Allen & James Chudley

Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works – Janice Reddish

The Design of Everyday Things – Don Norman

Project Management (general): 

Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management – Scott Berkun

Brilliant Checklists for Project Managers – Richard Newton

Other: 

The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win – Gene Kim, Kevin Behr & George Spafford

Writing That Works, 3e: How to Communicate Effectively in Business – Kenneth Roman & Joel Raphaelson