Books

Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability is a comprehensive guide on how to use flow metrics and analytics to get the predictability your customers crave.

Are you a VP or Head of Engineering considering the best quality engineering model for your company? Are you a director of Engineering tasked with rolling out a Quality Coach Model? Are you a test lead or software tester shifting to a quality coach role? The Quality Coach Handbook is your practical guide to shifting to a model where the whole team owns quality and in particular software engineers design, build, test and support software. Print version: Paperback and hardcover are available on Amazon. Use your country's Amazon site (e.g., Amazon.com.au for Australia) to minimise shipping time and cost.

Are you a VP or Head of Engineering considering the best quality engineering model for your company? Are you a director of Engineering tasked with rolling out a Quality Coach Model? Are you a test lead or software tester shifting to a quality coach role? The Quality Coach Handbook is your practical guide to shifting to a model where the whole team owns quality and in particular software engineers design, build, test and support software. Print version: Paperback and hardcover are available on Amazon. Use your country's Amazon site (e.g., Amazon.com.au for Australia) to minimise shipping time and cost.

Most enterprises can deliver fast, but few can adapt at scale.The Cybernetic Enterprise introduces a unifying operating model that embeds AI, feedback loops, and platform thinking into the DNA of your organization. Learn how to build a system that senses change, learns continuously, and transforms disruption into strategic advantage.

What is strategy?Why do you need it?How do you do it?And, how can you be more certain to succeed? THE ART OF STRATEGY provides timeless answers to these eternal questions. It is an introduction to strategy through the insights of three strategists: Sun Tzu, John Boyd & Simon Wardley. It is a modern interpretation of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.

A personalized guide to developing the qualities that make a successful technical leader, with practical steps for developing those qualities.

Questo libro lavora su sei aree concrete: comunicazione, feedback, riunioni, colloqui one-on-one, gestione delle performance, e le sfide personali del passaggio da chi produce a chi fa produrre.Non troverai la formula per non sbagliare mai. Troverai qualcosa di più utile: una mappa. Una mappa non ti dice cosa fare. Ti dice dove sei.

The second volume in a series on how to use flow metrics and analytics to get the predictability your customers crave.

A book for software engineers about hiring other software engineers.

A pathway to a new philosophy of work, management & leadership, and a call to action for anyone faced with Intractable Problems & Elusive Opportunities. For current, aspiring, formal, and informal leaders. This book presents new principles, attitudes and behaviours along with examples from organisations and concrete practices. Perfectly suited for this digital, hyperconnected world and the ongoing Artificial Intelligence revolution.

Explore this book to uncover the hidden world of fraud, from covert thefts to cybercrimes. Learn essential concepts, roles, legal complexities, and systematic investigation. Arm yourself with the knowledge to unravel deception and fortify honesty.

If you are a consultant, or ever use a consultant, this book is for you. The author draws on his 50+ years of consulting experience to share his secrets about the often irrational world of consulting. "This is a great book. Period! ...this advice is clearly applicable to more than just consulting; it is applicable to life in general." "The book is truly wonderful. A must have!" - Amazon reviews

Do you want to be a (better) manager? Whether your answer is “yes,” or “no,” or “I don’t know,” this book is for you. If you don’t know, the book should help you decide—or help you do the right things while you postpone your decision. If your answer is “yes,” many of the book’s essays are designed to guide you successfully in that direction. And if your answer is “no,” many of the essays will show you how to avoid waking up one day to discover that somehow you have become a (worse) manager.

Discover how Java developers can contribute to a sustainable future. Written by Java Champions and community experts, this collaborative guide explores practical approaches to sustainable software engineering, from resource-efficient design to mindful architecture, empowering you to reduce your environmental impact while building better systems.

This book teaches you how to assemble and lead a data science enterprise so that your organization can move towards extracting information from big data. This book is based on the acclaimed Johns Hopkins Executive Data Science Specialization. Printed copies of this book are available through Lulu.