30 Books like Project to Product

The DevOps Handbook

by Gene Kim • 2015

Speed and stability without the tradeoff. A practical handbook for unifying your delivery pipeline.

4.29

6k+

🛠️ Devops 📦 Software Delivery 🔄 Continuous Delivery 🏭 Lean Methodology 🤝 Just Culture

The DevOps Handbook 97%

Speed and stability without the tradeoff. A practical handbook for unifying your delivery pipeline.

by Gene Kim 2015

4.29

6k+ ratings

🛠️ Devops 📦 Software Delivery 🔄 Continuous Delivery 🏭 Lean Methodology 🤝 Just Culture

Lean Software Development

by Mary Poppendieck • 2003

The lean manufacturing toolkit, adapted for software teams: cut waste, ship faster, decide later.

4.19

1k+

🏭 Lean Methodology 🔄 Agile Methods 🚀 Continuous Delivery 🤝 Team Autonomy 🧩 Systems Thinking

Lean Software Development 97%

The lean manufacturing toolkit, adapted for software teams: cut waste, ship faster, decide later.

by Mary Poppendieck 2003

4.19

1k+ ratings

🏭 Lean Methodology 🔄 Agile Methods 🚀 Continuous Delivery 🤝 Team Autonomy 🧩 Systems Thinking

Leading the Transformation

by Gary Gruver • 2015

HP halved development costs and tripled innovation. It was not the code. It was the leadership.

3.80

418

🖥️ Software Development 🏢 Enterprise Agile 🔄 Devops Practices 🔀 Agile Transformation 💻 Technology Leadership

Leading the Transformation 97%

HP halved development costs and tripled innovation. It was not the code. It was the leadership.

by Gary Gruver 2015

3.80

418 ratings

🖥️ Software Development 🏢 Enterprise Agile 🔄 Devops Practices 🔀 Agile Transformation 💻 Technology Leadership

Agile IT Organization Design

by Sriram Narayan • 2015

Agile IT starts with how you fund and structure teams, not with standups and sticky notes.

4.07

187

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Methodology 🤝 Cross-Functional Teams 🚀 Continuous Delivery

Agile IT Organization Design 97%

Agile IT starts with how you fund and structure teams, not with standups and sticky notes.

by Sriram Narayan 2015

4.07

187 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 🔁 Agile Methodology 🤝 Cross-Functional Teams 🚀 Continuous Delivery

The Journey to Enterprise Agility

by Daryl Kulak • 2017

Copycat agile fails without the worldview: your company is a living system, not a machine.

4.36

🧠 Systems Thinking 🏢 Enterprise Agility 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 🤲 Servant Leadership 🔁 Continuous Improvement

The Journey to Enterprise Agility Summary

The Journey to Enterprise Agility 97%

Copycat agile fails without the worldview: your company is a living system, not a machine.

by Daryl Kulak 2017

4.36

39 ratings

🧠 Systems Thinking 🏢 Enterprise Agility 🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 🤲 Servant Leadership 🔁 Continuous Improvement

Sense and Respond

by Jeff Gothelf • 2017

Plans break when markets shift fast. The winners listen, experiment, and adapt without waiting.

4.02

540

💻 Digital Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 🔧 Lean Methodology 🏃 Agile Organizations 🎨 Design Thinking

Sense and Respond 97%

Plans break when markets shift fast. The winners listen, experiment, and adapt without waiting.

by Jeff Gothelf 2017

4.02

540 ratings

💻 Digital Transformation 🔄 Organizational Change 🔧 Lean Methodology 🏃 Agile Organizations 🎨 Design Thinking

Ask Your Developer

by Jeff Lawson • 2021

Your business now runs on software. Here is how to lead the people who build it.

4.21

1k+

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🧱 Engineering Culture 🎯 Customer Development 🧠 Autonomy And Mastery 🔗 Talent Retention

Ask Your Developer 97%

Your business now runs on software. Here is how to lead the people who build it.

by Jeff Lawson 2021

4.21

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🧱 Engineering Culture 🎯 Customer Development 🧠 Autonomy And Mastery 🔗 Talent Retention

War and Peace and IT

by Mark Schwartz • 2019

Stop treating IT like a service desk. The rules for turning technology into your competitive edge.

4.15

244

🔄 Digital Transformation 💻 It Leadership 🏃 Business Agility 🧪 Lean Startup 💡 Innovation Culture

War and Peace and IT 96%

Stop treating IT like a service desk. The rules for turning technology into your competitive edge.

by Mark Schwartz 2019

4.15

244 ratings

🔄 Digital Transformation 💻 It Leadership 🏃 Business Agility 🧪 Lean Startup 💡 Innovation Culture

The Delicate Art of Bureaucracy

by Mark Schwartz • 2020

Most digital transformations fail because they fight bureaucracy instead of reprogramming it.

4.11

199

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 📐 Lean Methodology 🏃 Agile Management ⚙️ Devops Culture

The Delicate Art of Bureaucracy 96%

Most digital transformations fail because they fight bureaucracy instead of reprogramming it.

by Mark Schwartz 2020

4.11

199 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 🔄 Digital Transformation 📐 Lean Methodology 🏃 Agile Management ⚙️ Devops Culture

Reinventing ITIL® and DevOps with Digital Transformation

by Abhinav Krishna Kaiser • 2023

ITIL meets DevOps in a digital transformation architecture that's not about the tools.

4.00

🔄 Digital Transformation 🛠️ It Service Management ⚙️ Devops 🔁 Change Management 🏗️ Business Frameworks

Reinventing ITIL® and DevOps with Digital Transformation Summary

Reinventing ITIL® and DevOps with Digital Transformation 96%

ITIL meets DevOps in a digital transformation architecture that's not about the tools.

by Abhinav Krishna Kaiser 2023

4.00

2 ratings

🔄 Digital Transformation 🛠️ It Service Management ⚙️ Devops 🔁 Change Management 🏗️ Business Frameworks

Unlocking Agility

by Jorgen Hesselberg • 2018

Enterprise agility: transforming leadership and culture, not just adopting a software framework.

4.38

🔄 Agile Transformation 🏢 Organizational Change 📐 Lean Methodology 🌱 Culture Change 🤲 Servant Leadership

Unlocking Agility 96%

Enterprise agility: transforming leadership and culture, not just adopting a software framework.

by Jorgen Hesselberg 2018

4.38

80 ratings

🔄 Agile Transformation 🏢 Organizational Change 📐 Lean Methodology 🌱 Culture Change 🤲 Servant Leadership

Rethinking Agile

by Klaus Leopold • 2018

Your teams are agile; the company is slow. The bottleneck is the system, not the team.

4.30

551

🧩 Agile Methodology 🏢 Business Agility 🏭 Lean Management 🔗 Systems Thinking ⛓️ Theory Of Constraints

Rethinking Agile 96%

Your teams are agile; the company is slow. The bottleneck is the system, not the team.

by Klaus Leopold 2018

4.30

551 ratings

🧩 Agile Methodology 🏢 Business Agility 🏭 Lean Management 🔗 Systems Thinking ⛓️ Theory Of Constraints

Designed for Digital

by Jeanne W. Ross • 2019

Why digital transformation fails and the organizational redesign that makes it stick.

4.20

288

🔄 Digital Transformation 🏗️ Enterprise Architecture 🖥️ Platform Strategy 🧩 Organizational Design ⚡ Business Agility

Designed for Digital 96%

Why digital transformation fails and the organizational redesign that makes it stick.

by Jeanne W. Ross 2019

4.20

288 ratings

🔄 Digital Transformation 🏗️ Enterprise Architecture 🖥️ Platform Strategy 🧩 Organizational Design ⚡ Business Agility

Agile Software Development

by Alistair Cockburn • 2006

Your process is never the bottleneck. Software projects move at the speed of a single conversation.

3.99

404

🤝 Software Teams 🔄 Agile Methodology 💬 Team Communication 🧠 Tacit Knowledge 📐 Lean Thinking

Agile Software Development 96%

Your process is never the bottleneck. Software projects move at the speed of a single conversation.

by Alistair Cockburn 2006

3.99

404 ratings

🤝 Software Teams 🔄 Agile Methodology 💬 Team Communication 🧠 Tacit Knowledge 📐 Lean Thinking

Modern CTO

by Joel Beasley • 2018

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

3.42

267

💻 Tech Leadership 🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager 🚀 Mvp Development 🔄 Iterative Development

Modern CTO 96%

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

by Joel Beasley 2018

3.42

267 ratings

💻 Tech Leadership 🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager 🚀 Mvp Development 🔄 Iterative Development

Think Like Amazon

by ROSSMAN • 2019

The 50.5 principles that turned an online bookstore into the world's most relentless company.

4.08

440

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🎯 Customer Centricity 🧪 Experimentation Culture 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 📊 Data-Driven Decisions

Think Like Amazon 95%

The 50.5 principles that turned an online bookstore into the world's most relentless company.

by ROSSMAN 2019

4.08

440 ratings

🖥️ Digital Transformation 🎯 Customer Centricity 🧪 Experimentation Culture 🔭 Long-Term Thinking 📊 Data-Driven Decisions

Modern Software Engineering

by David Farley • 2021

Software is not a craft; it's a science. The discipline that turns teams into learning machines.

4.16

1k+

🔬 Scientific Engineering 🔄 Continuous Delivery 🔁 Feedback Loops 🧱 Modularity 🧪 Testability

Modern Software Engineering 95%

Software is not a craft; it's a science. The discipline that turns teams into learning machines.

by David Farley 2021

4.16

1k+ ratings

🔬 Scientific Engineering 🔄 Continuous Delivery 🔁 Feedback Loops 🧱 Modularity 🧪 Testability

The Software Architect Elevator

by Gregor Hohpe • 2020

Vertical commute: connecting boardroom strategy to shipping code without getting thrown off either.

4.38

673

🏢 Enterprise Architecture 📐 Software Architecture 🔄 Systems Thinking 🤖 Automation 🔧 Devops Culture

The Software Architect Elevator 95%

Vertical commute: connecting boardroom strategy to shipping code without getting thrown off either.

by Gregor Hohpe 2020

4.38

673 ratings

🏢 Enterprise Architecture 📐 Software Architecture 🔄 Systems Thinking 🤖 Automation 🔧 Devops Culture

Platform Engineering

by Camille Fournier • 2024

Platform teams fail without product thinking. How to build internal tools developers actually love.

4.03

119

🏗️ Platform Engineering 👥 Engineering Management 💡 Product Thinking 🔄 Sociotechnical Systems ⚙️ DevOps

Platform Engineering 95%

Platform teams fail without product thinking. How to build internal tools developers actually love.

by Camille Fournier 2024

4.03

119 ratings

🏗️ Platform Engineering 👥 Engineering Management 💡 Product Thinking 🔄 Sociotechnical Systems ⚙️ DevOps

Joy, Inc.

by Richard Sheridan • 2013

From the floor plan to the pair programming: how one firm made joy a repeatable system.

4.07

2k+

🏢 Workplace Culture 🏗️ Organizational Design 💻 Software Management 🔄 Agile Development 👤 Human-Centered Design

Joy, Inc. 95%

From the floor plan to the pair programming: how one firm made joy a repeatable system.

by Richard Sheridan 2013

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏢 Workplace Culture 🏗️ Organizational Design 💻 Software Management 🔄 Agile Development 👤 Human-Centered Design

Doing Agile Right

by Darrell Rigby • 2020

Agile and bureaucracy can coexist. The companies that master both leave pure-agile rivals behind.

3.78

890

🔄 Agile Methodology 🏢 Organizational Change 💡 Innovation Management 🤝 Team Empowerment 📐 Lean Thinking

Doing Agile Right 95%

Agile and bureaucracy can coexist. The companies that master both leave pure-agile rivals behind.

by Darrell Rigby 2020

3.78

890 ratings

🔄 Agile Methodology 🏢 Organizational Change 💡 Innovation Management 🤝 Team Empowerment 📐 Lean Thinking

Continuous delivery

by Jez Humble • 2010

Your releases are a nerve-wracking ordeal. The pipeline that turns them into a routine button-push.

4.20

3k+

🚚 Software Delivery 🔗 Continuous Integration ✅ Automated Testing 🚦 Release Strategies ⚙️ Configuration Management

Continuous delivery 95%

Your releases are a nerve-wracking ordeal. The pipeline that turns them into a routine button-push.

by Jez Humble 2010

4.20

3k+ ratings

🚚 Software Delivery 🔗 Continuous Integration ✅ Automated Testing 🚦 Release Strategies ⚙️ Configuration Management

Management 3.0

by Jurgen Appelo • 2010

Software teams are complex systems. Manage them like machines and your agile rollout stalls.

4.15

3k+

🔄 Agile Management 🕸️ Systems Thinking 🧩 Self-Organizing Teams 🏗️ Organizational Design 🌊 Adaptive Leadership

Management 3.0 95%

Software teams are complex systems. Manage them like machines and your agile rollout stalls.

by Jurgen Appelo 2010

4.15

3k+ ratings

🔄 Agile Management 🕸️ Systems Thinking 🧩 Self-Organizing Teams 🏗️ Organizational Design 🌊 Adaptive Leadership

Peopleware

by Tom DeMarco • 1987

Technology isn't what sinks software projects. Meetings, floor plans, and lonely teams sink them.

4.14

10k+

📊 Software Management 🔧 Engineering Culture 🤝 Team Dynamics 🏢 Workplace Design 👥 Hiring And Retention

Peopleware 95%

Technology isn't what sinks software projects. Meetings, floor plans, and lonely teams sink them.

by Tom DeMarco 1987

4.14

10k+ ratings

📊 Software Management 🔧 Engineering Culture 🤝 Team Dynamics 🏢 Workplace Design 👥 Hiring And Retention

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

by James Stanier • 2020

Your code stops being the product. A field manual for the engineer stepping into management.

4.35

599

🛠️ Engineering Management 💻 Tech Leadership 👥 Software Teams 🌱 New Managers 🔄 Career Transitions

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager Summary

Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager 95%

Your code stops being the product. A field manual for the engineer stepping into management.

by James Stanier 2020

4.35

599 ratings

🛠️ Engineering Management 💻 Tech Leadership 👥 Software Teams 🌱 New Managers 🔄 Career Transitions

Wiring the Winning Organization

by Gene Kim • 2023

Your company's processes either make problems solvable or bury them. A blueprint for fixing that.

4.17

336

🏗️ Organizational Design 👷 Engineering Management 💻 Tech Leaders 🔗 Systems Thinking 📚 Organizational Learning

Wiring the Winning Organization 95%

Your company's processes either make problems solvable or bury them. A blueprint for fixing that.

by Gene Kim 2023

4.17

336 ratings

🏗️ Organizational Design 👷 Engineering Management 💻 Tech Leaders 🔗 Systems Thinking 📚 Organizational Learning

Digital @ Scale

by Anand Swaminathan • 2017

Done with digital pilots that never scale? The playbook for transforming the whole company.

3.77

💻 Digital Transformation 📋 Corporate Strategy 🔄 Organizational Change 🏃 Agile Methodology ⚙️ IT Modernization

Digital @ Scale 95%

Done with digital pilots that never scale? The playbook for transforming the whole company.

by Anand Swaminathan 2017

3.77

86 ratings

💻 Digital Transformation 📋 Corporate Strategy 🔄 Organizational Change 🏃 Agile Methodology ⚙️ IT Modernization

Product Leadership

by Richard Banfield • 2017

Building products and leading product teams are two different skills. Most PMs only learn the first.

3.65

1k+

📦 Product Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🧭 Product Strategy 🤝 Stakeholder Management 📊 Data-Driven Decisions

Product Leadership 95%

Building products and leading product teams are two different skills. Most PMs only learn the first.

by Richard Banfield 2017

3.65

1k+ ratings

📦 Product Management 💻 Tech Leadership 🧭 Product Strategy 🤝 Stakeholder Management 📊 Data-Driven Decisions

97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know

by Barbee Davis • 2009

97 short, practical lessons on shipping software, leading teams, and keeping your stakeholders sane.

3.21

140

📋 Project Management 💻 Software Development 🔄 Agile Practices 🧭 Team Leadership 🔧 Continuous Improvement

97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know Summary

97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know 95%

97 short, practical lessons on shipping software, leading teams, and keeping your stakeholders sane.

by Barbee Davis 2009

3.21

140 ratings

📋 Project Management 💻 Software Development 🔄 Agile Practices 🧭 Team Leadership 🔧 Continuous Improvement

Sooner Safer Happier

by Jonathan Smart • 2020

Stop auditing agile compliance; start delivering faster, safer, more satisfying outcomes.

4.19

574

🏢 Business Agility 🔄 Lean And Agile 🧠 Psychological Safety 📈 Outcome Over Output 🧪 Experimentation Culture

Sooner Safer Happier 95%

Stop auditing agile compliance; start delivering faster, safer, more satisfying outcomes.

by Jonathan Smart 2020

4.19

574 ratings

🏢 Business Agility 🔄 Lean And Agile 🧠 Psychological Safety 📈 Outcome Over Output 🧪 Experimentation Culture

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