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  1. Agile Constraints Management
    Agile Constraints Management
    Agile, Constraints Management and Throughput Economics for Collaborative Knowledge-Work and Software Engineering Management
    Steve Tendon

    Bridge the critical gap between Agile delivery and bottom-line business performance. Agile Constraints Management introduces a revolutionary framework that merges Agile adaptability with the Theory of Constraints and Throughput Economics. Stop chasing team-level "velocity" and start driving measurable economic throughput by pinpointing hidden bottlenecks, forecasting with scientific precision, and managing work through outcome-focused MOVEs.

  2. The Case for Connection
    The Case for Connection
    Why Connected Organizations Win: Twelve Practices for the AI Era
    Dave Clack

    Technology doesn't fail companies. Relationships do. Connection is the answer. Twelve Practices, Thirty Six experts. Must Haves for AI success. Backed by evidence not opinion. Results in multiples, not by margins.

  3. The Book of TameFlow
    The Book of TameFlow
    Theory of Constraints Applied to Knowledge-Work Management
    Steve Tendon

    Do you need a high performance enterprise governance approach improving management, execution and delivery while dealing with multiple projects/products, events, stakeholders and teams? Giving you better bottom line results, faster time to market, less work, better predictability, happier employees, and delighted clients? Then learn about TameFlow!

  4. Scrum for Hardware (Japanese)
    Scrum for Hardware (Japanese)
    Japanese Edition by Toru Takeuchi
    Paolo Sammicheli and toru takeuchi

    SCRUM for HARDWAREを生み出した男達の物語:本書はWikispeedの誕生から最初のScrum for Hardware Gathering、Agile Product Charter、そしてScrum@Scaleに至るストーリー、そしてSCRUM for HARDWAREのメソッド、ケーススタディ、3つのパートに分かれています。本書の売上の50%が、WIKISPEEDプロジェクトをサポートするために寄付されます。英語版もあります。

  5. Engineering as a Leadership System
    Engineering as a Leadership System
    Why engineering excellence fails systemically despite modern practices
    Martin Hinshelwood

    Engineering excellence isn’t a team problem, it’s a leadership system problem.This book shows how operating models, decision rights, and measurement shape delivery outcomes, and why modern practices fail when the system around them still assumes predictability.

  6. Practical Kanban
    Practical Kanban
    From Team Focus to Creating Value
    Klaus Leopold

    The title, Practical Kanban: From Team Focus to Creating Value, is a good indication of what you can expect from this book. It will give you practical answers to these questions: Are we using Kanban properly? How can we improve our Kanban? How can we scale our Kanban? How can our work become more predictable? How can we prioritize?

  7. Rethinking Agile (Illustrated PDF)
    Rethinking Agile (Illustrated PDF)
    Why Agile Teams Have Nothing To Do With Business Agility
    Klaus Leopold

    An illustrated story of an agile transformation that shows what can go wrong and how to do it right.

  8. Lean Enterprise Architecture
    Lean Enterprise Architecture
    A Practical Guide to Value-Driven Enterprise Architecture
    Romano Roth and Dietmar Wettach

    Lean Enterprise Architecture (LEA) redefines EA as a lean, value-driven discipline that bridges strategy, business, and technology. Instead of static blueprints, it shows you how to build adaptive architectures, enable transformation, and create measurable impact. Whether you are an enterprise architect, IT strategist, or business leader, LEA equips you to lead with clarity and influence.

  9. Actionable Agile Metrics For Predictability: Tenth Anniversary Edition

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

  10. Reimagine, Don't Retrofit
    Reimagine, Don't Retrofit
    A Leadership Guide to AI-Driven Software Development
    Ricardo Gonzalez Vargas

    Teams are producing more code than ever. Dashboards are green. And something is quietly breaking. AI coding assistants didn't break your development process; they revealed it was already fragile. Reimagine, Don't Retrofit is a field-tested argument that the software development lifecycle itself needs to be reimagined for the AI era, from governance and metrics to team roles and delivery flow.

  11. What to Code
    What to Code
    The Indie Hacker's Guide to Finding Profitable Micro-SaaS Ideas in the Vibe Coding Era
    Finxter

    Don't waste your time to learn how to code. That's what AI is here for. This book focuses on the far more profound question: What to code? This is the new meta skill between now and 2030!

  12. Public Speaking Tips

    Want to know how to deal with nerves? How to avoid boring people? How to try (or not try) to be funny when giving talks? This is probably the book for you. Short and to the point with practical advice.

  13. The INTJ Wealth Pyramide
    The INTJ Wealth Pyramide
    A Quiet System for Turning Skill into Financial Freedom
    Finxter

    INTJ is one of the rarest personality types in the world. Only about 2.1% of people share it. You notice inefficiency sooner, tolerate stupidity less, and spend years building capability without building leverage.And yet somehow, people with less depth, less skill, and less actual value keep making more money than you.

  14. Becoming a Technical Leader
    Becoming a Technical Leader
    Gerald M. Weinberg

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

  15. The Ishi Spiral
    The Ishi Spiral
    A Foundational Guide
    Gareth Holebrook

    You already know how to work hard. The question is whether you know when to stop.Most frameworks optimize effort. The Ishi Spiral governs it. It is a discipline of self-governance that sustains performance under pressure without drifting into burnout or grinding past the point where continuation is still justified. The Guide is the Companion to 'Ishi: the Discipline of Determined Intent'.