Suggested Reading
Recommended Books
The Art of Agile Development
James Shore, Shane Warden
Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit
Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck
Implementing Lean Software Development
Mary Poppendieck, Tom Poppendieck
Agile Estimating and Planning
Mike Cohn
User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development
Mike Cohn
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox
The Elegant Solution
Matthew E. May
The Elegant Solution presents a set of underlying principles for lean thinking, with examples from manufacturing, services, and even police work. Matthew May has worked for several years within Toyota teaching the Toyota management style to Toyota and non-Toyota managers outside of Japan. I read this book because I heard Mary Poppendieck recommend it as a good complement to her own Lean Software Development books. -Justin
Toyota Production System
Taiichi Ohno
This is a very moving and personal account of the development and foundations of the Toyota Production System by one of its creators. It’s a short book and well worth the read, packed with insight right from the start — on the first page of the introduction the author presents the foundations of the system as “elimination of waste” paired with “respect for humanity”. This is a walk through history, relating Toyota’s development to such topics as the Japanese economy and American nationalism. -Justin
Maverick
Ricardo Semler
The Seven-Day Weekend
Ricardo Semler
Good to Great
Jim Collins
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