Billie's dead good software delivery management books Public

Created and curated by BillieCodes

I have an embarassing confession: I am a technical consultant.

I am often asked for book recommendations to help people improve their work. Sometimes this is to solve a technical challenge, other times this is to solve a more human one. This is where I send people.

It contains the books that have changed how I think about work, books I often refer to for advice or practices, and books I think bring together in one place a bundle of advice. I like to go beyond the "tech book", so you will also find books that explain why people are like that.

  1. The Lean Startup by 

    2 stars

    The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses is a book by Eric Ries …

    BillieCodes says:

    I think this was the first or second business book I ever read.

    This book uses the lens of a startup as to how you can iterate to find product market fit. However it has quite a lot to teach people who just want to know how, with a small group of people, can you learn what your customers want.

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  2. Dynamic Reteaming by ,

    4 stars

    Dynamic Reteaming shares real stories of how successful software companies have thrived through changing their teams as opposed to keeping …

    BillieCodes says:

    Built around the idea that organisations that self selecting teams produce better software, this book contains strategies for restructuring teams that allow for the consent of those involved and maintain agility to form and reform the teams in the future if needed.

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  3. Corruptible by 

    No rating

    Does power corrupt, or are corrupt people drawn to power? Are entrepreneurs who embezzle and cops who kill the outgrowths …

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  4. Improv-ing Agile Teams by 

    No rating

    Improv is not about being funny, original, or chaotic.

    It's about embracing change.

    Improvisation. The mere mention of the word …

    BillieCodes says:

    Read this if you want your meetings to be fun and effective.

    From this you can pull individual exercises, but also a powerful philosophy of trust and respect for others ideas.

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  5. The Mom Test by 

    4 stars

    The Mom Test is a quick, practical guide that will save you time, money, and heartbreak.

    They say you shouldn't …

    BillieCodes says:

    Straight forward, practical advice on how to get good information from customers.

    Read this if you ever talk to customers.

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  6. Training from the back of the room! by 

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    From Sharon L. Bowman, the author of the best-selling Ten-Minute Trainer, comes the dynamic new book, Training from the …

    BillieCodes says:

    If you need to work out how to teach someone something, this book contains everything you need to do to run a fun and effective training course.

    Gives you a framework for a workshop and a bunch of exercises to use.

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  7. Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge by ,

    3 stars

    From the birth of modern industry, to winning WWII, to Japan’s Economic Miracle, W. Edwards Deming helped shape some of …

    BillieCodes says:

    This is a pretty good read if you want to know the history of the DevOps movement, before that initial first DevOps days meeting.

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  8. Measure What Matters by , , , and 12 others

    No rating

    Brought to you by Penguin.

    Instant New York Times best seller.

    The revolutionary movement behind the explosive growth of Intel, …

    BillieCodes says:

    Read this book if you are a person who likes artifacts, and numbers.

    Radical Focus is a more compelling explanation, but that it's a business fable rubs some people the wrong way. This is a alternative approach to the same information.

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  9. Revinventing Cybersecurity by , , , and 16 others

    4 stars

    Reinventing Cybersecurity is the first cybersecurity book written entirely by women and non-binary experts and is a game-changing guidebook for …

    BillieCodes says:

    Read this book if you want to learn about security management, and how to create an effective security culture from the management side rather than from the "How do I hack" side.

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  10. A Seat at the Table by ,

    4 stars

    Agile, Lean, and DevOps approaches are radical game changers, providing a fundamentally different way to think about how IT fits …

    BillieCodes says:

    The thing that sticks with me about this book, is that IT leadership can, by its actions, make itself be seen as "not really" part of the business.

    Read this book if you want tips and strategies for how to get your department taken seriously, and how to make part of your Strategy

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  11. The Fifth Discipline by 

    4 stars

    Peter Senge's groundbreaking ideas on building organizations have made him a household name among corporate managers. His theories help businesses …

    BillieCodes says:

    This book has left a big impression on me. This book gives you the tools to create a "learning organisation" within your company, and for me really gets to the heart of what organisations are.

    Read this book to understand how to turn your team from one that does work, into a machine for learning.

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