I once had a teacher who liked to say: "There are three keys to success: read, read, and read."

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Essential Reading

• Beck, K., Beedle, M., Bennekum, A., Cockburn, A., Cunningham, W., Fowler, M., Grenning, J., Highsmith, J., Hunt, A., Jeffries, R., Kern, J., Marick, B., Martin, R. C., Mellor, S., Thomas, D., Schwaber, K., Sutherland, J. (2001). Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

• Prathan, D., Cockburn, A. (2001/2018). History: Some Pictures and PDFs of the Agile Manifesto Meeting on 2001.

• Sutherland, J., Schwaber, K. (2016). The Scrum Guide – The Definitive Guide to Scrum: The Rules of the Game.

• Vadakkan, M., James, M. (2019). We Object to the Rampant Distortion of Agile and Scrum.

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Articles

• BLOGS​

  • Cagan, M. (2018). Revenge of the PMO. Silicon Valley Product Group.

  • Cagan, M. (2015). Root Causes of Product Failure. Silicon Valley Product Group.

  • Jeffries, R. (2019). Three-C's Revisited.

  • Jeffries, R. (2001). Essential XP: Card, Conversation, Confirmation.

  • Schlitz, G. (2013). Five Facets of the Agile Organization: Holistic Change for the Serious.

• FORBES

  • Denning, S. (2016). Explaining Agile. Forbes.

  • Denning, S. (2019). Understanding Fake Agile. Forbes.

  • Denning, S. (2018). Why Agile is Eating the World. Forbes.

  • Denning, S. (2019). Why Agile Often Fails: No Agreed Metrics. Forbes.

  • Denning, S. (2019). Why Agile's Future is Bright. Forbes.

• HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW

  • Buckingham, M., Goodall, A. (2019). The Power of Hidden Teams. Harvard Business Review.

  • Delizonna, L. (2017). High Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Here's How to Create It. Harvard Business Review.

  • Gothelf, J. (2014). Bring Agile to the Whole Organization. Harvard Business Review.

  • McGregor, L., Doshi, N. (2018). Why Agile Goes Awry -- and How to Fix It. Harvard Business Review.

  • Rigby, D., Sutherland, J., Noble, A. (2018). Agile at Scale. Harvard Business Review.

  • Semler, R. (1989). Managing Without Managers. Harvard Business Review.

  • Snowden, D., Boone, M. (2007). A Leader's Framework for Decision Making. Harvard Business Review.

  • Takeuchi, H., Nonaka, I. (1986). The New New Product Development Game. Harvard Business Review.

  • Takeuchi, H., Rigby, D., Sutherland, J. (2016). Embracing Agile. Harvard Business Review.

  • Thomke, S., Reinersten, D. (2012). Six Myths of Product Development. Harvard Business Review.

• MISCELLANEOUS

  • Department of Defense. (2018). Detecting Agile BS. Working Document / Draft.

  • Guidice, D. L., Berdak, O. (2016). The Downside of Digital Labs: Digital Financial Innovation Needs an End-to-End Agile and DevOps Environment. Cambridge, MA: Forrester.

  • Hastie, J., Wojewoda, S. (2015). Standish Group 2015 CHAOS Report – Q&A with Jennifer Lynch. InfoQ.

  • Johnson, S., Cheng, R., Misiazek, S., Greytak, S., Boston, J. (2011). The Business Case for Agile Methods. Arlington, Virginia: Association for Enterprise Information.

  • Lapham, M. A., Williams, R., Hammons, C., Burton, D., Schenker, A. (2010). Considerations for Using Agile in DoD Acquisition. Hanscom AFB, MA: Carnegie Mellon University – Software Engineering Institute.

  • Schwaber, K., Leffingwell, D., Smits, H. (2005). A CIO’s Playbook for Adopting the Scrum Method of Achieving Software Agility. United States: Rally Software Development Corp., & Scrum Alliance.​

• S_Fe

  • Adkins, L. (2014). The Agile Coaches' Coach Shares Her View on SAFe. InfoQ.

  • Cohn, M. (2014). LAFABLE: Large Agile Framework Appropriate for Big, Lumbering Enterprises. Mountain Goat Software.

  • Fowler, M. (2014). SAFe = Shitty Agile for Enterprises. Slideshare.

  • Gendel, G. (2016). SAFe: Market Share Increase. Rapid Growth. What is the Recipe? Key Steps to Success.

  • Jeffries, R. (2014). Issues with SAFe. RonJeffries.com.

  • Jeffries, R. (2014). SAFe: Good But Not Good Enough.

  • Jeffries, R. (2015). Dependencies, Scrum of Scrums, and SAFe.

  • ​Mellor, T. (2015). SAFe ≠ Agile. The Braintrust Consulting Group.

  • Merel, P. (2016). Does SAFe Agree with the Agile Manifesto? LinkedIn.

  • Schwaber, K. (2013). UnSAFe at Any Speed. Telling It Like It Is.

  • Snowden, D. (2014). SAFe: The Infantilism of Management. Cognitive Edge.

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Books

• PRACTICE

  • Adkins, L. (2010). Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley.

  • Cohn, M. (2004). User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley.

  • Cohn, M. (2006). Agile Estimating and Planning. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

  • Cohn, M. (2010). Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley Signature Series.

  • Derby, E., Larsen, D. (2006). Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great. United States: The Pragmatic Bookshelf.

  • Kimsey-House, H., Kimsey-House, K., Sandhal, P. (2007). Co-Active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives. United States: Nicholas Brealey Publishing. 

  • Larman, C., Vodde, B. (2017). Large-Scale Scrum: More with LeSS. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley.

  • Larman, C., Vodde, B. (2008). Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley.

  • Lencioni, P. (2005). Overcoming The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators. United States: Jossey-Bass.

  • Rasmusson, J. (2010). The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software. United States: The Pragmatic Bookshelf.

  • Rubin, K. (2013). Essential Scrum: A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Addison-Wesley.

  • Sutherland, J. (2014). Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. New York, NY: Crown Business.

• ​PRODUCT​

  • Aulet, B. (2017). Disciplined Entrepreneurship Workbook. Hoboken, NJ. Wiley.

  • Bogsnes, B. (2016). Implementing Beyond Budgeting: Unlocking the Performance Potential (2nd Edition). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

  • Fitzpatrick, R. (2014). The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers and Learn if Your Business is a Good Idea When Everyone is Lying to You. Foundercentric.com.

  • Hohmann, L. (2006). Innovation Games: Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Addison-Wesley.

  • Knapp, J., Zeratsky, J., Kowitz, B. (2016). Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in just Five Days. Simon & Schuster.

  • McGreal, D., Jocham, R. (2018). The Professional Product Owner: Leveraging Scrum as a Competitive Advantage. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Addison-Wesley.

  • Osterwalder, A., Pigneur, Y. (2010). Business Model Generation. Hoboken, NJ. Wiley.

  • Osterwalder, A., Pigneur, Y., Bernarda, G., Smith, A. (2014). Value Proposition Design. Hoboken, NJ. Wiley.

  • Pichler, R. (2010). Agile Product Management with Scrum: Creating Products that Customers Love. Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley.

  • Reinersten, D. (2009). The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development. Redondo Beach, CA: Celeritas Publishing.

  • Ries, E. (2011). The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. New York, NY: Crown Business.

• ENGINEERING

  • Adzic, G. (2011). Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software. Shelter Island, NY: Manning Publications Co.

  • Gregory, J., Crispin, L. (2015). More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Addison-Wesley.

  • Kim, G., Behr, K., Spafford, G. (2013). The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win. Portland, OR: IT Revolution Press.

  • Kim, G., Humble, J., Debois, P., Willis, J. (2016). The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, & Security in Technology Organizations. Portland, OR: IT Revolution Press.

• LEADERSHIP​

  • Block, L. (2015). Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google that Will Transform How You Live and Lead. New York City, NY: Twelve.

  • Bogsnes, B. (2016). Implementing Beyond Budgeting: Unlocking the Performance Potential (2nd Edition). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

  • Covey, S. (2006). The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything. New York City, NY: Free Press.

  • Doerr, J. (2018). Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs. United States: Portfolio Penguin.

  • Goldratt, E. M., Zimmerman, D. J., Motter, D. (2017). The Goal: A Business Graphic Novel. Great Barrington, MA: North River Press.

  • Griffin, R., Moorhead, G. (2012). Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations (10th ed.). Canada: South-Western, Cengage Learning.

  • Hackman, R. (2002). Leading Teams: Setting the Stage for Great Performances. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.

  • Hayes, J. (2010). The Theory and Practice of Change Management (3rd Edition). New York, NY: Macmillan.

  • Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking Fast and Slow. United States: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

  • Laloux, F., Étienne, A. (2016). Reinventing Organizations: An Illustrated Invitation to Join the Conversation on Next-Stage Organizations. Nelson Parker.

  • Marquet, D. (2012). Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders. United States: Greenleaf Book Group Press.

  • Maxwell, J. (2007). The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You. Revised and Updated 10th Anniversary Edition. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson.

  • McCrystal, S. (2015). Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World. New York: Penguin Group.​

  • Patterson, K., Grenny, J., McMillan, R., Switzler, A. (2002). Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High. United States: McGraw-Hill.

  • Pink, D. (2009).  Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. New York: Penguin Group.​

  • Rath, T., Conchie, B. (2008). Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow. New York, NY: Gallup Press.

  • Rosenberg, M. B. (2015). Nonviolent Communication: A Language for Life. United States: Puddledancer Press.

  • Sheridan, R. (2013). Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love. New York, NY: Portfolio / Penguin.

  • Thoren, P. (2017). Agile People: A Radical Approach for HR & Managers. Austin, TX: Lioncrest Publishing.

  • West, G. (2017). Scale: The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies. London, UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

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Case Studies

• Scrum

• Large-Scale Scrum​

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Employee Manuals

• Netflix: Netflix Culture

• Valve: Handbook for New Employees

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Reports

• Collabnet | VersionOne: State of Agile Report

• Puppet | Splunk: State of DevOps Report

• Scrum Alliance: State of Scrum Report

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Videos

• ​Adam Grant: Are You a Giver or a Taker?

• David Marquet: Greatness

• Dipstick Studio: Systems Thinking in Healthcare

• Eric Ries: The Lean Startup

• Henrik Kniberg: Agile Product Owner in a Nutshell​

• Ionica Smeets: The Danger of Mixing Up Causality and Correlation

• Joi Ito: How to Survive Our Faster Future | 9 Principles of the Media Lab

• John Kotter: Accelerate | Resistance to Change​

• John Spencer: Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset

• LeSS:

  • Introduction to Large-Scale Scrum​

  • LeSS Videos

• Richard Feynman: On the Scientific Method

• RSA Animate:

  • Daniel Pink: Drive

  • Dave Coplin: Re-imagining Work

• Scrum Alliance: 

  • What is Scrum?

  • E-Learning Series

• Simon Sinek: The Golden Circle

• Spotify Labs: ​Spotify Engineering Culture (Part 1)​ | Spotify Engineering Culture (Part 2)​​​

• ​Stanley McCrystal: New Rules of Engagement

• That Mitchell and Webb Look: Bronze Orientation

• Tom Wujec: An Introduction to Systems Thinking and Wicked Problem Solving