LeanDog

Reading List

We have a number of books that we recommend to our clients. As we add more we'll keep this list updated.

Developer

• Everyday Scripting with Ruby: for Teams, Testers, and You – Brian Marick
• Pragmatic Guide to Git – Travis Swicegood
• Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams – Lisa Crispin & Janet Gregory
• Hacking Vim 7.2 &ndash Kim Schulz
• The RSpec Book: Behaviour-Driven Development with RSpec, Cucumber, and Friends – David Chelimsky, Dave Astels, Bryan Helmkamp, Dan North, Zach Dennis & Aslak Hellesoy
• Metaprogramming Ruby: Program Like the Ruby Pros – Paolo Perrotta
• Programming Ruby 1.9 3rd Edition – Dave Thomas, Andy Hunt & Chad Fowler
• Working Effectively with Legacy Code – Michael Feathers
• Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code – Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke & Don Roberts
• Test Driven Development by Example – Kent Beck
• The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers – Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin
• Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship – Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin
• The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master – Dave Thomas & Andy Hunt
• The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development 2nd Edition – Chad Fowler
• Apprenticeship Patterns – Dave Hoover & Adewale Oshineye
• The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software – Jonathan Rasmusson
• The Art of Agile Development – James Shore & Chromatic
• Agile Planning and Estimating – Mike Cohn

Quality Assurance

• Everyday Scripting with Ruby: for Teams, Testers, and You – Brian Marick
• The RSpec Book: Behaviour-Driven Development with RSpec, Cucumber, and Friends – David Chelimsky, Dave Astels, Bryan Helmkamp, Dan North, Zach Dennis & Aslak Hellesoy
• Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams – Lisa Crispin & Janet Gregory
• The Passionate Programmer: Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development 2nd Edition – Chad Fowler
• Apprenticeship Patterns – Dave Hoover & Adewale Oshineye
• The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software – Jonathan Rasmusson
• The Art of Agile Development – James Shore & Chromatic

Product Owner / Business Analyst

• User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development – Mike Cohn
• Apprenticeship Patterns – Dave Hoover & Adewale Oshineye
• Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders – Jurgen Appelo
• The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software – Jonathan Rasmusson
• The Art of Agile Development – James Shore & Chromatic

Scrum Master / Iteration Manager

• Agile Planning and Estimating – Mike Cohn
• Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great – Esther Derby & Diana Larsen
• Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders – Jurgen Appelo
• The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software – Jonathan Rasmusson
• The Art of Agile Development – James Shore & Chromatic

Senior Management

• Leading Lean Software Development: Results Are not the Point – Mary Poppendieck & Tom Poppendieck
• Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders – Jurgen Appelo
• Managing to Learn: Using the A3 Management Process – John Shook