Books

A modern strategy for systematically optimizing software productivity with a data-driven feedback loop.  By measuring the pain or “friction” in developer experience, we can identify the biggest problems, understand  the causes, and run experiments to systematically learn what works.  It's data-driven software mastery.

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 This book is for executives, project leaders, and policymakers ready to move beyond outdated practices.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.

Too many teams feel stuck in fake agility, with a years-long backlog, rampant multitasking, and little chance to do great work. That's waterfall masquerading as an agile approach. Instead, assess your risks and culture to design your lifecycle. Based on your risks, decide how and when to iterate over features and when to deliver value—real agility.

Whether you're stepping into your first management role or navigating a new company, this book shows you how to thrive by understanding the hidden rules that shape your role, building unshakeable team alignment, and mastering the art of planning in uncertainty. From decoding your company's DNA and organizational dynamics to turning vague ambitions into actionable plans, you'll discover practical frameworks that reveal why some engineering teams flourish while others get stuck in endless debates and missed deadlines. This is the book we wish we had when we first stepped into management.

Local communities frequently find it challenging to implement a language development program especially when they are aware that language shift is happening in their families, villages, and towns. This book presents a practical approach that can be used by local people and institutions along with other stakeholders for development programs.

Las herramientas y técnicas disponibles en esta guía, ofrecen una alternativa probada para agregar mayor estructura, transparencia y visibilidad a tú trabajo durante el proceso de formación de equipos ágiles, mediante ayudas visuales, técnicas y tips para apoyar tu rol crucial como maestro Scrum dentro de la organización.

"Projektteam-Prinzipien" bietet Ihnen die Anleitung, die Sie benötigen, um sich gegenseitig unterstützende und kollaborative Teams zu schaffen. Nutzen Sie diese Prinzipien und entdecken Sie, wie Sie das volle Potenzial Ihres Teams freisetzen, eine schnelle und intensive Wertschöpfung vorantreiben und eine kollaborative Traumteam-Umgebung schaffen können.

Project Myopia: belief that the project model is the only way of managing business change and development; not seeing digital development as a continuous commitment to growing the business; believing it will end and working for the end. #NoProjects Project Myopia is now on Amazon

Estimator's Piping Man-hours Tool Second Edition, Revised and Expanded A Practical Guide to Calculating Man-Hours for Carbon Steel Process Piping InstallationsMaster cost estimation for piping projects with the second edition of this manual-an indispensable tool now enriched with new technical content and a completely professional design. Created for engineers, estimators, designers, and project leaders, this guide is the definitive resource for planning with precision and executing with profitability.

Know Your Numbers gives founders the clarity to see what is really happening behind revenue, growth, and momentum. When you understand CAC, conversion, gross margin, churn, payback, runway, and cash burn, you stop guessing and start deciding like an owner.

If a humanoid robot carries about $28,000 a year in fixed cost, then at $60 contribution per billable hour it breaks even at roughly 467 billable hours per year, or just under 9 hours per week. But if supervision is heavier and contribution drops to $28 per hour, break-even jumps to 1,000 hours per year, or about 19.2 hours per week.

Are you responsible for an industrial operation?Or an entrepreneur starting out in production, pursuing the idea you're passionate about?Have you just graduated with an engineering degree and are starting to work in a factory?Or are you responsible for the finances of your industrial company and want to contribute ideas that challenge the status quo for engineers?Whatever your connection to a production unit, you will find in this work invaluable material to implement actions that professionalize your company, with measures that consolidate an effective management style, as well as the savings that will lead it to maximum competitiveness.

¿Eres responsable de una operación industrial?¿O un emprendedor que inicia su andadura en la producción, persiguiendo la idea que te apasiona?¿Acabas de graduarte en ingeniería y empiezas a trabajar en una fábrica?¿O eres responsable de las finanzas de tu empresa industrial y quieres aportar ideas que desafíen el statu quo de los ingenieros?Sea cual sea tu vínculo con una unidad de producción, en este trabajo encontrarás material invaluable para implementar acciones que profesionalicen tu empresa, con medidas que consoliden un estilo de gestión eficaz, así como los ahorros que la llevarán a la máxima competitividad.

Fix software delivery problems by addressing their real causes, not the symptoms. Divided into concise, standalone executive briefs you can use immediately.

Master Playwright by building real-world automation frameworks from scratch.This hands-on guide is designed for QA engineers, testers, and developers who want to become job-ready Playwright automation engineers.Instead of theory, this book focuses on real projects used in modern companies.Inside this book you will learn how to build:• A complete E-Commerce automation framework • Hybrid API + UI testing architecture • Enterprise SaaS dashboard automation • CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions • Dockerized and cloud-parallel test executionYou will also learn advanced topics like: • Network mocking for payment testing • Visual regression testing • Multi-user role-based automation • Handling flaky tests in production • Interview and resume preparationBy the end of this book, you will have multiple portfolio-ready Playwright projects and the confidence to crack automation interviews.Perfect for: QA engineers • Manual testers • SDETs • Developers