Recommended Readings

In this book, we decided not to include an extensive bibliography. Instead we list all the recommended readings that we mentioned throughout the book. In the previous two LeSS books, Scaling Lean & Agile Development and Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development, you can find more extensive bibliographies.

Adzic, G., 2009. Bridging the Communication Gap: Specification by Example and Agile Acceptance Testing, Neuri Limited

Adzic, G., 2011. Specification by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right Software, Manning Publications

Adzic, G., 2012. Impact Mapping: Making a Big Impact with Software Products and Projects, Provoking Thoughts

Adzic, G., Evans, D., 2014. Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your User Stories, Neuri Consulting

Balle, M., Balle F., 2009. The Lean Manager: A Novel of Lean Transformation, Lean Enterprise Institute

Deemer, P., Benefield, G., Larman, C., Vodde, B., 2012. The Scrum Primer

Gall, J., 2003. Systemantics, The Systems Bible: The Beginner’s Guide to Systems Large and Small, General Systemantics

Gray, D., Brown, S., Maconufo, J., 2010. Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers, O’Reilly Media

Hackman, R., 2002. Leading Teams, Harvard Business Press

Hamel, G., 2007. The Future of Management, Harvard Business Review Press

Hohmann, L. 2006. Innovation Games: Creating Breakthrough Products Through Collaborative Play, Addison-Wesley

James, M., 2010, The Scrum Master Checklist

Kimsey-House, H., Kimsey-House, K., 2011. Co-active Coaching: Changing Business, Transforming Lives, Nicholas Brealey America

Laloux, F. 2014. Reinventing Organizations, Nelson Parker

Larman, C., Vodde, B., 2008. Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum, Addison-Wesley

Larman, C., Vodde, B., 2010. Practices for Scaling Lean & Agile Development: Large, Multisite, and Offshore Product Development with Large-Scale Scrum, Addison-Wesley

Larman, C., Vodde, B., 2011, Feature Team Primer

Larman, C., Fahmy, A., 2013, How to Form Teams in Large-Scale Scrum? A Story of Self-Designing Teams

Lawrence, R. 2009. Patterns for Splitting User Stories

Lawrence, R. 2010. How to Split a User Story

Lencioni, P., 2002. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Jossey-Bass

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McGregor, D., 1960. The Human Side of Enterprise, McGraw-Hill Education

Meadows, D., Wright, D. [editor], 2008, Thinking in Systems: A Primer, Chelsea Green Publishing

Ohno, T., 1988. Workplace Management, Productivity Press

Owen, H., 2008. Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide, Berret-Koehler Publishers

Patton, J., 2014. User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product, O’Reilly Media

Pfeffer, J., Sutton, R., 2006. Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management, Harvard Business Review Press

Schein, E., 2013. Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling, Berret-Koehler Publishers

Schwaber, K., 2013. The Scrum Guide

Schwarz, R., 2002. The Skilled Facilitator: A Comprehensive Resource for Consultants, Facilitators, Managers, Trainers, and Coaches, Jossey-Bass

Senge, P. 2006. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization, Doubleday

Vodde, B., 2011. Specialization and Generalization in Teams