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  1. Le CTO Systémique en Action
    Le CTO Systémique en Action
    La science pratique de transformation d’écosystèmes technologiques complexes
    Antoine Craske

    70% des CTOs optimisent des parties. Les 30% qui réussissent orchestrent des systèmes. Suivez l'odyssée d'Alex, CTO qui passe de 15 à 1000+ devs en transformant chaque crise en levier systémique. Dette technique à 67%? Lead time de 3 semaines? Guerre Product-Tech? Acquisition ratée? Ce livre transforme ces cauchemars en opportunités. Armé du framework MAMOS et des cycles 3A, vous apprendrez à voir votre organisation non comme une machine à réparer mais comme un système vivant à cultiver. Plus de "big bang" risqués—que des MVMs (Minimum Viable Moves) testables en 30 jours. Résultats prouvés: Lead time divisé par 10, dette technique maîtrisée, équipes antifragiles qui s'améliorent sous pression, revenue/dev multiplié par 4. 12 chapitres = 12 transformations critiques. De la survie technique à l'orchestration stratégique. Du pompier réactif à l'architecte systémique. Cessez de subir la complexité. Orchestrez-la. Votre premier cycle 3A commence aujourd'hui.

  2. Ready
    Ready
    Why Most Software Projects Fail and How to Fix It
    Max Guernsey, III and Luniel de Beer

    Most delivery problems aren't caused by the code, the team, or the work management process. They start upstream: with how requirements mature (or don't). Ready introduces Requirements Maturation Flow (RMF), a system for gating, clarifying, and aligning work — before it starts and without changing your framework. If your Sprints end in carryover, rework, or delivering the wrong thing, RMF is the structural fix you've been missing.

  3. Successful Engineering Culture
    Successful Engineering Culture
    The Manager’s Playbook for Scaling Through Culture—Without Losing Your Mind
    Stephan Schmidt

    Tired of chasing bugs, repeating yourself, and managing chaos?Engineering Culture offers a bold shift: build your engineering culture top-down as a tool—not a poster.This short, practical guide shows CTOs and engineering managers how to create a culture that does the work for them: ✅ Less micromanagement ✅ More ownership ✅ Teams that scale without constant oversightStop being the bottleneck. Start shaping the culture that frees you.

  4. Agile in the Enterprise
    Agile in the Enterprise
    A Practitioner’s Guide to Scrum, SAFe & Regulated Software Delivery — Third Edition • 2026
    Chetankumar Sanghani

    A battle-tested playbook for implementing Agile at enterprise scale in regulated environments. Covers Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, FedRAMP/NIST compliance integration, and AI-augmented development — with real metrics from a 25-team transformation. Written by a practitioner who has made the mistakes so you don’t have to.

  5. Engineering Leadership in Regulated Environments: A CTO’s Handbook

    Engineering Leadership in Regulated Environments: A CTO’s HandbookBy Chrysovalantis D. Koutsoumpos In regulated industries, engineering leaders face a unique challenge: how to build systems that move fast without breaking rules, and scale teams without losing clarity or control. This book offers practical guidance drawn from real-world experience — designed for engineering leaders who operate in environments where compliance, trust, and delivery must coexist. Covering 30 focused chapters, it explores topics like team structures, architecture, risk management, audit readiness, product delivery frameworks, and long-term strategy. Each chapter includes actionable insights, tools, and approaches that help bridge the gap between technical leadership and regulatory expectations. Whether you're leading engineering at a fintech, healthcare company, or any compliance-heavy organization, this handbook provides a thoughtful and pragmatic reference to support your growth — and your team’s.

  6. EM Metrics
    EM Metrics
    Using Data to Trigger, Inspire and Influence
    Dunya Kirkali
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  7. Startup Phases For CTOs
    Startup Phases For CTOs
    Growth, Scale, Exit: A Practical CTO's Progression Guide
    Stephan Schmidt

    Do you know how your tech decisions shape your startup's destiny? Startup Phases For CTOs is the first practical guide specifically tailored for technology leaders navigating the unique stages of startup growth. Veteran CTO coach Stephan Schmidt draws from decades of firsthand experience to unveil how startup stages directly influence technology strategy, architecture, and team management. Learn why decisions that worked at the MVP phase become roadblocks when scaling, discover why hiring strategies shift dramatically after reaching product-market fit, and understand how to cross the critical chasm from early adopters to mainstream success. Packed with real-world insights, actionable advice, and proven frameworks, this book empowers CTOs and tech leaders to master the complexity of startup growth. Your startup’s future depends on your ability to lead through change—make sure you’re ready.

  8. Hiring Developers
    Hiring Developers
    Select the best developers
    Stephan Schmidt

    Hiring is what makes or breaks an organization. Finding and then selecting the best developers is a challenge. This booklet helps you finding out what you need, writing the right job ads to the interview and onboarding process.

  9. Developer Accountability
    Developer Accountability
    Responsibility, Ownership and Holding Developers Accountable
    Stephan Schmidt

    Holding developers accountable is key to everyones happiness, and to maximize productivity. This booklet shows you why and how to hold developers accountable and still being likeable.

  10. Rethinking Capital Project Delivery
    Rethinking Capital Project Delivery
    Agentic AI–Driven Strategies for the New Era
    Edward Abramowich

    Major capital projects keep missing the mark—over budget, behind schedule and under-delivering. Why? Because we’re still using delivery models designed for a different era. Rethinking Capital Project Delivery offers a bold, practical roadmap for fixing what’s broken. It introduces a new approach built on adaptive planning, intelligent systems and transparent governance. Instead of managing complexity with more layers, it shows how agentic AI and modular strategies can simplify, accelerate, and de-risk major works. This book is for executives, project leaders, and policymakers ready to move beyond outdated practices. If you know the system isn’t working—and you want to be part of the solution—this is your guide.

  11. DORA for busy CTOs and tech execs

    This book is written for you, a busy CTO or tech leader. The content is tailored to help you increase your impact, by assertively directing your team performance with actionable engineering KPIs, built on top of DORA's expertise.

  12. A Software Engineer's Commentary on The Effective Executive

    Drucker defined Executives as a Knowledge Worker who could materially impact the organization's ability to achieve results. Every Software Engineer is a Knowledge Worker, and on critical projects they materially impact their organizations. This commentary explores 'The Effective Executive's connection to Software Engineers and those who lead them.

  13. EVO
    EVO
    Evolutionary Value Optimization
    Tom Gilb

    EVO is the most advanced project management method, at the systems engineering level, with focus on all benefits, values, qualities and costs. It is based on Planguage, and is suitable for any projects.

  14. Le CTO Systémique
    Le CTO Systémique
    Développer le leader technologique réinventant les entreprises d'aujourd'hui et de demain.
    Antoine Craske

    CTO, leader technologique ou ingénieur curieux, cet ouvrage vous donnera la capacite d’orchestrer les activités de production logicielle pour transformer votre système de production et, par conséquent, votre entreprise de manière durable.

  15. The Systemic CTO
    The Systemic CTO
    Developing the technology leader reinventing businesses of today and tomorrow.
    Antoine Craske

    The systemic CTO has a unique role. He or she is the conductor of software production capabilities, from business needs to the delivery of value in production. More than a CTO, he or she enables the company to reinvent itself, using technology as a vector of acceleration and continuous change. He aligns all software activities, ensuring their relevance and effectiveness in transforming the organization. It also ensures that investments are sustainable by developing a self-learning ecosystem, which is more valuable than the sum of its parts. CTO, technology leader or curious engineer, this book will empower you to orchestrate software production activities to transform your production system and, consequently, your business in a sustainable way.