{"id":1100,"date":"2020-06-08T16:34:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T23:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casler.org\/wordpress\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2020-06-17T11:36:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T18:36:21","slug":"agile-books-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casler.org\/wordpress\/agile-books-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Agile Books Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These are the books I have either completed reading or in the progress of reading. Click on the title to be directed to an amazon affiliate link.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f35eb84bfad\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f35eb84bfad\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casler.org\/wordpress\/agile-books-recommendations\/#Fundamentals\" >Fundamentals<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casler.org\/wordpress\/agile-books-recommendations\/#Scaling\" >Scaling<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casler.org\/wordpress\/agile-books-recommendations\/#Agile_Development\" >Agile Development<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casler.org\/wordpress\/agile-books-recommendations\/#Metrics\" >Metrics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casler.org\/wordpress\/agile-books-recommendations\/#Coaching\" >Coaching<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fundamentals\"><\/span>Fundamentals<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 503px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 41px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.307582260371966%; height: 41px;\">Title<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.35908440629471%; height: 41px;\">Publisher&#8217;s Summary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 298px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.307582260371966%; height: 298px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/30hJIJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"s-image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71mKlWogcLL._AC_UY218_.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71mKlWogcLL._AC_UY218_.jpg 1x, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71mKlWogcLL._AC_UY327_QL65_.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71mKlWogcLL._AC_UY436_QL65_.jpg 2x, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71mKlWogcLL._AC_UY545_QL65_.jpg 2.5x, https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71mKlWogcLL._AC_UY654_QL65_.jpg 3x\" alt=\"The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer\" data-image-index=\"1\" data-image-load=\"\" data-image-latency=\"s-product-image\" data-image-source-density=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Toyota Way<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.35908440629471%; height: 298px;\"><b>How to speed up business processes, improve quality, and cut costs in any industry.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 41px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.307582260371966%; height: 41px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Af2ve1\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"main-image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51N9XkgX1dL.jpg\" alt=\"Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.35908440629471%; height: 41px;\">By the man who helped invent the red-hot management process known as &#8220;Scrum&#8221;, <i>Scrum<\/i> unveils what is wrong with the way we currently do work, and how a simple set of principles, applied in exactly the right sequence, can accelerate productivity and quality as much as 1,200 percent.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 41px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.307582260371966%; height: 41px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3h7HUck\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"main-image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51Zuy0g7l+L.jpg\" alt=\"Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.35908440629471%; height: 41px;\">In 2009 Simon Sinek started a movement to help people become more inspired at work and, in turn, inspire their colleagues and customers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 41px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.307582260371966%; height: 41px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3h6k7cA\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"main-image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51ty7eF1r5L.jpg\" alt=\"The Scrum Fieldbook: A Master Class on Accelerating Performance, Getting Results, and Defining the Future\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Scrum Fieldbook<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.35908440629471%; height: 41px;\"><b>Based on years of work in the field with scores of companies, including Bosch, 3M, Schlumberger, and Rio Tinto, <\/b><b><i>The Scrum Fieldbook<\/i><\/b><b> delivers a hands-on, practical approach to rapidly delivering value for companies and organizations.<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 41px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 15.307582260371966%; height: 41px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 51.35908440629471%; height: 41px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Scaling\"><\/span>Scaling<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">Title<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">Publisher Summary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3haTVgT\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"imgBlkFront\" class=\"a-dynamic-image image-stretch-horizontal frontImage a-stretch-vertical\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51w+Ciw2NCL._SX382_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-a-dynamic-image=\"{&quot;https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51w+Ciw2NCL._SX382_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg&quot;:[384,499],&quot;https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51w+Ciw2NCL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg&quot;:[260,338]}\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Large-Scale Scrum: More with LeSS<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">Rather than asking, \u201cHow can we do agile at scale in our big complex organization?\u201d a different and deeper question is, \u201cHow can we have the same simple structure that Scrum offers for the organization, and be agile at scale rather than do agile?\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3heFOHJ\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ebooksImgBlkFront\" class=\"a-dynamic-image frontImage\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/515aNxGI9EL.jpg\" alt=\"Get SAFe Now: A Lightning Introduction to the Most Popular Scaling Framework on Agile by [Mohammed Musthafa Soukath Ali, Samantha Mason]\" width=\"217px\" data-a-image-name=\"ebooksImageBlockFront\" data-a-dynamic-image=\"{&quot;https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/515aNxGI9EL._SY346_.jpg&quot;:[217,346],&quot;https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/515aNxGI9EL.jpg&quot;:[314,500]}\" data-a-manual-replacement=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get SAFe Now<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">SAFe is a response to organizations who need to scale Agile Teams. While SAFe&#8217;s &#8220;Big Picture\u201d is thorough and complete, it is too dense for most first-time readers. \u201cGet SAFe Now\u201d makes SAFe approachable to all and quickly narrates the recommended start-up approach to implementing SAFe in a learning-friendly way using visuals and real-world examples. This book also helps as a primer before various SAFe training.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2N3WCDn\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ebooksImgBlkFront\" class=\"a-dynamic-image frontImage\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41zXLlhYEpL.jpg\" alt=\"Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great (Pragmatic Programmers) by [Esther Derby, Diana Larsen, Ken Schwaber]\" width=\"260px\" data-a-image-name=\"ebooksImageBlockFront\" data-a-dynamic-image=\"{&quot;https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41zXLlhYEpL._SX260_.jpg&quot;:[260,312],&quot;https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41zXLlhYEpL.jpg&quot;:[417,500]}\" data-a-manual-replacement=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Agile Retrospectives<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">Project retrospectives help teams examine what went right and what went wrong on a project. But traditionally, retrospectives (also known as \u201cpost-mortems\u201d) are only held at the end of the project\u2014too late to help.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Agile_Development\"><\/span>Agile Development<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">Title<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">Publisher&#8217;s Summary<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">Amazon Link<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"imgBlkFront\" class=\"a-dynamic-image a-stretch-horizontal\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51NbiDn81NL._SX385_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260px\" data-a-dynamic-image=\"{&quot;https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51NbiDn81NL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg&quot;:[260,335],&quot;https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51NbiDn81NL._SX385_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg&quot;:[387,499]}\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Released through Build, Test and Deployment Automation<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">Getting software released to users is often a painful, risky, and time-consuming process.<\/p>\n<p>This groundbreaking new book sets out the principles and technical practices that enable<\/p>\n<p>rapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality to users.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3f57Gw0\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/3f57Gw0<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Metrics\"><\/span>Metrics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">Title<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">Publisher&#8217;s Summary<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">Amazon Link<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ebooksImgBlkFront\" class=\"a-dynamic-image frontImage\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41YpWJi9OoL.jpg\" alt=\"Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by [Nicole Forsgren PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim]\" width=\"230px\" data-a-image-name=\"ebooksImageBlockFront\" data-a-dynamic-image=\"{&quot;https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41YpWJi9OoL._SY346_.jpg&quot;:[230,346],&quot;https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41YpWJi9OoL.jpg&quot;:[333,500]}\" data-a-manual-replacement=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Accelerate<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\">How can we apply technology to drive business value? For years, we&#8217;ve been told that the performance of software delivery teams doesn&#8217;t matter\u2015that it can&#8217;t provide a competitive advantage to our companies.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Uphqcj\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Uphqcj<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.333333333333336%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Coaching\"><\/span>Coaching<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 1020px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 41px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 41px;\">Title<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.94849785407725%; height: 41px;\">Publisher&#8217;s Summary<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 41px;\">Amazon Link<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 292px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; text-align: center; height: 292px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"\" class=\"bc-pub-block bc-image-inset-border js-only-element\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51+Ha-LflpL._SL500_.jpg\" alt=\"Co-Active Coaching, 3rd Edition audiobook cover art\" width=\"100%\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/>Co-Active Coaching<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.94849785407725%; height: 292px;\">When <i>Co-Active Coaching<\/i> was first released in 1998, this pioneering work set the stage for what has become a cultural and business phenomenon and helped launch the profession of coaching.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 292px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2YhJZcL\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2YhJZcL<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 323px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 323px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"main-image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51rQ+weMJlL.jpg\" alt=\"The Prosperous Coach: Increase Income and Impact for You and Your Clients\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Prosperous Coach<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.94849785407725%; height: 323px;\">Show your clients what they cannot see. Say to your clients what no one else would dare to say.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 323px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2ASINVe\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2ASINVe<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 323px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 323px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"main-image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61yq+93+6DL.jpg\" alt=\"The Art of Coaching Teams: Building Resilient Communities That Transform Schools\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Art of Coaching Teams<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.94849785407725%; height: 323px;\"><i>The Art of Coaching Teams<\/i> is the manual you never received when you signed on to lead a team. Being a great teacher is one thing, but leading a team, or team development, is an entirely different dynamic.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 323px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UpwFSK\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2UpwFSK<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 41px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 41px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 38.94849785407725%; height: 41px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%; height: 41px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the books I have either completed reading or in the progress of reading. Click on the title to be directed to an amazon affiliate link. Fundamentals Title Publisher&#8217;s Summary The Toyota Way How to speed up business processes, improve quality, and cut costs in any industry. 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