Book Reviews

Six books for your summer reading list, including books on scaling, teamwork, and learning what …

Most agile processes are empty of any advice on forming a company or product strategy. Product …

Early in my career as a programmer, I remember coming across the phrase, “You can’t test quality …

“Large-Scale Scrum” by Craig Larman and Bas Vodde is great for anyone looking to scale Scrum up to …

New books on scaling, developer testing and developing a strategy for your reading list.  

Rather than a conventional review, here is the foreword I was asked to write for this …

I've never been a big fan of the Shewhart or Deming cycle of Plan-Do-Check-Act. Sure, it works fine …

I was looking forward to reading this book. I haven't paid much attention to the PMI-ACP initiative …

The book is a comprehensive overview of Scrum. It goes from the principles of agile through the …

Scrum and game development go together as well as chocolate and peanut butter. In this book, …

Coaching of all forms--whether of kids playing basketball or software professionals learning to …

As a project management framework, Scrum introduces many changes. One of the biggest is the role of …

This is an excellent book that deserves to be read by every tester on an agile project--and since …

This excellent book is targeted directly at Project Management Professionals (PMPs) but will be …

The two best things about this book are that it: (1) provides a framework for adopting Scrum across …

During the mid– and late–1980s I was was working in C and eventually C++. During that period I …

I’ve long considered Mary and Tom Poppendieck to be among the primary theoreticians in the agile …

One of the challenges in new product innovation is that the process cannot be broken down into a …

Excellent advice for those desiring more frequent, shorter, better retrospectives.

One of the …

Agile Java Development with Spring, Hibernate and Eclipse is a very good book. Right in the preface …

This is an excellent book that, in my opinion, serves two purposes. First, it is a compendium of …

A challenge faced by any project leader is how to lead the team without resorting to a …

Until reading this book, I had been nervous about the introduction of generics into .Net. First, I …

The subtitle for this book is “A Practical Guide.” That subtitle is perfect. This is one of the …

This is a wonderful book. I first saw Fit during its infancy and I didn’t “get it.” This book will …

This is a very practical yet thought–provoking book. The book brings in a lot of thinking from …

This excellent book dramatically advances the start–of–the–art in agile project management. It goes …

This is an amazing book that does not disappoint in any way. It is full of wonderful well–written …

This book is the only book of its kind. It covers everything you need to know to make intelligent …

Based on its title alone I had high expectations for this book. It didn’t disappoint. The book …

This book will save you from hours of work and from many headaches. Mike Clark’s Pragmatic Project …

My initial uses of JUnit are probably not unique. I found it a wonderful tool and a great way to …

This is a wonderful and highly practical book. Within hours of putting it down I was already …

Agile Project Management with Scrum is a wonderful book. The author, Ken Schwaber (one of the …

Most books about programming teach us about a specific technology or two. Right now I’m staring at …

This book attempts to breach a conceptual divide between developers following agile developers and …

This book starts by describing how Taylor’s Scientific Management has lead us down the incorrect …

This is a great book for learning or improving with UML. Topics are introduced at a level …

Books written during the first phase of agile software development have been about very specific …

I knew this book would be different from the use of “Teamwork” in its subtitle. Many of the …

How can you not like a book whose first section is called “The most important factor in software …

This book is fantastic. I’m only a tester to the extent that everyone doing XP is a tester but I …

This is the book I’ve been wanted for years. Until this book, the Scrum development process was not …