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Sooner Safer Happier by Jon Smart
Author: Jon Smart
Jonathan Smart and authors, business agility practitioners, thought leaders, and coaches, reveal patterns and antipatterns to show how business leaders from every industry can help their organisations deliver value sooner, safer, and happier through high levels of engagement, inclusion and empowerment.
Accelerate
Authors: Jez Humble, Gene Kim & Nicole Forsgren
For years, we've been told that the performance of software delivery teams doesn't matter, that it can't provide a competitive advantage to our companies. Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim set out to find a way to measure software delivery performance―and what drives it―using rigorous statistical methods. This book presents both the findings and the science behind that research.
The Lean Startup
Author: Eric Ries
The Lean Startup is a method to develop and manage startups. Standard business practices can be harmful to startups. These organizations necessitate special policies and procedures for managing innovative enterprises. The book offers a systematic, scientific way for business managers to get the information they need to make fast decisions in today’s changing world.
The Pheonix Project
Authors: Gene Kim, Kevin Behr & George Spafford
Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in 90 days, or else Bill’s entire department will be outsourced. Read and find our how Bill nailed it.
The Goal
Author: Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster. So is his marriage. He has ninety days to save his plant - or it will be closed by corporate HQ, with hundreds of job losses. It takes a chance meeting with a colleague from student days - Jonah - to help him break out of conventional ways of thinking to see what needs to be done.