Methodology

Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum
by Mike Cohn
Average Customer Review: based on 22 reviews.
Customer Review: Mike Cohn continues in his tradition of writing some of the most practical books available in the agile environment. His vast experience is evident in his approach to presenting the many questions practitioners and newcomers alike consider as they move ahead with agile practices. Without being dogmatic he provides the pros and cons ...

User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development
by Mike Cohn
Average Customer Review: based on 46 reviews.
Customer Review: This book made me better after the first chapter, maybe even after the introduction. I come from a traditional background of "The system shall..." approach to system requirements and incorporated them into a more agile approach. I have designed and completed successful projects that included hundreds of thousands of lines of code. I...

Agile Web Development with Rails, Third Edition
by Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson
Average Customer Review: based on 26 reviews.
Customer Review: I bought this book and hope I can have some concrete examples for learning RoR, it did not disappoint me. I am using a little newer version of Ruby on Rails -- version 2.3.8 and I wasable to go through all the exercises in Chapter II, really amazing. Highly recommend it.

Agile Software Development with Scrum (Series in Agile Software Development)
by Ken Schwaber, Mike Beedle
Average Customer Review: based on 50 reviews.
Customer Review: The book is an easy read, knocked over in half a day. Has a lot of great learnings and insights. Of course its biased to AGILE being the savour, despite that it is still worth the read.

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code
by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, Don Roberts
Average Customer Review: based on 141 reviews.
Customer Review: A great book that uses clean code examples to illustrate powerful concepts. It is good at showing critical OOP concepts as well as refactoring techniques for cleaning up code. Reading this will most likely make you a better programmer.

Test Driven Development: By Example
by Kent Beck
Average Customer Review: based on 34 reviews.
Customer Review: The book was well written and used examples effectively to demonstrate the main concept. I started out as a skeptic, researching only because my company stated that it was headed in that direction. I am a believer that this is a good methodology that can produce reliable results. So far it has saved me from some grief, although I am...

The Art of Agile Development
by James Shore, Chromatic
Average Customer Review: based on 36 reviews.
Customer Review: If you are starting to agile methodologies but don't know where to start from this is it. It takes you from what is the motivation behind agile to how to practically live with it. And in the end how to tune it to suit your extreme needs. The book is about extreme programming mostly but does not limit its scope to there. Other houses...

Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
by Robert C. Martin
Average Customer Review: based on 33 reviews.
Customer Review: After reading this text, I feel it deserves the attention of other great texts such as Design patterns and Refactoring, even though much of it's content expounds upon the ideas of these two classics. It's my opinion that this text has two strong points: it explains the ideas and details of agile development very clearly, and it does...

Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide
by Craig Larman
Average Customer Review: based on 48 reviews.
Customer Review: This book is organized for easy self-directed exploration, with extensive margin references to sections that expand on topics mentioned. It includes an excellent section on the historical foundations of our current software development practices that leads to building a solid business case for agile methods. About half of the text i...

Agile Excellence for Product Managers: A Guide to Creating Winning Products with Agile Development Teams
by Greg Cohen
Average Customer Review: based on 9 reviews.
Customer Review: Agile Excellence for Product Managers is a VERY good book packaged in a concise way. Its a very easy read and includes specific Agile processes and suggestions on how to establish and operate your own Agile development program. Chapters 1-5 are a perfect introduction to Agile. Chapter 6 covers what the Product Owner needs to focus on...