Books

If you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes in Enterprise Architect you should have a look into this book. It's the prefect map for the twisty little passages, all alike in EA. The current issue has been updated to match the new GUI found in V12.

Real-world advice for adding reliable tests to your Rails apps with RSpec, complete with expanded, exclusive content and a full sample application. Updates for Rails 7.1 in progress! Learn to test with confidence!

Scaling process creates bloat. Dictating how to work to teams doesn’t work. What does? Servant leadership, autonomy, collaboration and exploration. Learn how to use agile and lean program management to collaborate across the organization.

Hiring anyone to fit your team should be easy. But it’s not. How do you separate the talkers from the do-ers and not take forever? Learn how to hire, from soup to nuts. Learn how to exploit your uniqueness and culture in hiring.

Unlock the untapped potential in your retrospectives. Discover the small changes that make big differences, drawn from almost 10 years of practical experience running retrospectives.

This book teaches kids between 10 and 14 years old the basics of programming. You need a Mac computer to follow along with the examples. The examples use Terminal, nano, Ruby and irb. (Yes, I'm serious!) (Leanpub authors: The GitHub repository for this book is here, as an example!)

A developer-friendly, practical and pragmatic guide to lightweight software architecture, technical leadership and the balance with agility.

In the mid-2010s, I watched teams drown under unrelenting backlogs, firefighting at every turn, and ceremonies that solved nothing. Holy Land Kanban tells the true story of how we sketched our first Kanban board in Israel—and discovered an alternative to “Agile By the Book.” In these pages you’ll learn how to:Make work visible, so no task lurks in shadowLimit WIP, freeing teams to finish rather than fragmentPull delivery, letting demand guide flow instead of pushing chaosEstablish feedback rhythms that drive real learningEvolve your system one experiment at a timeWhether you’re piloting dozens of AI projects, grappling with product-ops complexity, or simply seeking speed without spin, these timeless Kanban patterns will help you regain clarity, calm, and traction—today and for years to come.

Perhaps you've been a team manager, project manager, or possibly a business analyst. You may be a tester or even a software developer. Maybe you've been through a good number of projects and have experienced the highs of success and fallen in a few potholes along the way. Well, your team or organization has decided that they want to "go Agile" and you've been volun-told to be the ScrumMaster. Congratulations! You've had a few days of training, but now what?