2014
Introduction to Agile Methods Book Review
There are two primary things you need to be part of an environment that uses Agile processes. The first is enough experience to execute your role's activities in a way that enables agility, and the second is an understanding of the Agile processes. This book can give you the later of the two. I highly recommend this book to teachers and to those who want to start learning about the Agile methods.
The Incremental Commitment Spiral Model: Principles and Practices for Successful Systems and Software Book Review
The content of this book will help you audit, adjust, and manage your software process.
The Agile Culture: Leading through Trust and Ownership Book Review
If you buy only buy one agile, management, or leadership book this year, make it this one!!!! If you plan on buying more than one agile, management, or leadership book this year, make this your first one!!!!
Being Agile: Eleven Breakthrough Techniques to Keep You from "Waterfalling Backward" Book Review
I highly recommend this book to those in the throes of trying to introduce agile practices into their environment.
2013
Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners: Agile Tactics, Tools, & Tips Book Review
Books like this can give insight into what you are up against before you have to learn the lesson the hard way, by going through it yourself.
The Essence of Software Engineering: Applying the SEMAT Kernel Book Review
The SEMAT Kernel provides a set of tools that enable those, that would normally not have enough experience to recognize when the project is going off-track, to be able to.
2012
Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams Book Review
This book will become a classic to turn to over time. Every manager interacting with programmers should read this book. That includes CIOs, Software Architects, Enterprise Architects, and Lead Developers.
An Enterprise and Software Architect's Tools of the Trade
It is not easy keeping up the latest technologies, processes, architectural techniques, and enterprise architecture framework improvements. Now more than ever an architect needs a lot of assets to keep up.
Disciplined Agile Delivery: A Practitioner's Guide to Agile Software Delivery in the Enterprise Book Review
All in all I found the book to be an excellent resource for the agilist looking to move beyond small develop teams. It is an absolute must read for enterprise architects and other senior management working in the IT shop.
Microsoft SharePoint 2010: Creating and Implementing Real-World Projects Book Review
This book is unique in the library of SharePoint 2010 books I own. It is a recipe book for entire solutions. The recipes take you from compiling the requirements to the implementation and the management of the final solution.
Software Engineering Best Practices: Lessons from Successful Projects in the Top Companies Book Review
This is one of those books that should be read by every person with a relationship to IT. Testers, CIOs, CFOs, developers, architects, project managers, and agilists will benefit from this book. I highly recommend reading it. You will come out the back end of it with a complete new perspective on Software Engineering.
Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum Book Review
This book down to earth does not just regurgitate Scrum practices, it provides tons of advice and examples from past experience. The book is for all levels of individuals and teams involved with or thinking about getting involved with Scrum.
Pro .NET Best Practices Book Review
I highly recommend this book to any role involved with developing .NET software.
.NET Architecture and Development Book Recommendations for 2012
Another year has gone by. Happy New Year everyone. It is time to update my book recommendation blog. There have been a ton of books come out this year both good and bad.
2011
Software Architecture: A Comprehensive Framework and Guide for Practitioners Book Review
This book is truly a holistic view of software architecture.
Agile Software Requirements: Lean Requirements Practices for Teams, Programs, and the Enterprise Book Review
I feel this is the first complete book on what an enterprise level agile process should look like.
12 Essential Skills for Software Architects Book Review
Although the book is written in the context of Software Architecture, anyone could benefit from the advice in the book.
Developers should Learn Why not just Memorize What
To me having information is knowledge, knowing what to do with the knowledge is wisdom. I see a whole lot of knowledge these days, but very little wisdom.
MASTER DATA MANAGEMENT AND DATA GOVERNANCE, 2/E Book Review
This book covers everything MDM from architectural considerations to governance and market trends.
2010
Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2010 Book Review
This is a pretty sweet book. There are a ton of features in Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server 2010. This book does a great job of covering all of them that are related to Application Lifecycle Management.
2009
Microsoft Application Architecture Guide 2nd Edition Book Review
If you are a .NET Architect, Developer, or Project Manger of a .NET team, you should have this book at your side.
Software and Systems Requirements Engineering In Practice
This little book is packed with sound advice.
Requirements Engineering: From System Goals to UML Models to Software Specifications Book Review
This is not for the happy go lucky requirements gatherer. It is a detailed breakdown of everything requirements engineering for software intensive systems. It will make you think.
2008
Cool Links IV- .NET 3.5, Architecture, AJAX, UML, EPF, Patterns, GOF, VSTS 2008, WPF, Silverlight, SQL 2008, XAML
This is the fourth installment of cool links. It includes links on .NET 3.5, Architecture, AJAX, UML, EPF, Patterns, GOF, VSTS 2008, WPF, Silverlight, SQL 2008, XAML, SPARX EA, Visio, Seam Carving, New Books, FXCop, etc.
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