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  1. The Quality Coach's Handbook
    Mastering the Quality Coach Role in Organisations
    Anne-Marie Charrett

    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.

  2. Generative- und Agentic-AI für IT-Manager
    Hype trifft auf Realität in großen Unternehmen
    Wolfgang Keller

    LLMs und Agentic AI sind derzeit Hype. Richtig angewendet können sie extreme positive Effekte bringen. Dieses Buch zeigt, vor welchen Herausforderungen man in großen Unternehmen und speziell auch in regulierten Umfeldern bei der Einführung stehen wird. Das Buch ist eine leicht lesbare Einführung für IT-nahe Führungskräfte und Enterprise Architekten und auch nützlich für IT-Profis allgemein, die in das Thema einsteigen möchten und absehbare Projektfehler vermeiden möchten

  3. The Palantir Enigma
    Forging Operational Sovereignty in a Data-Driven World (Second Edition)
    Daniel Paredes

    Palantir: Spy-tech, enterprise AI, or the architect of Operational Sovereignty? This unparalleled Second Edition analysis (current as of December 2025) cuts through the hype and controversy to reveal Palantir's core technology, its path from meme stock to S&P 500, and its unique strategy for a complex age. Essential insights await.

  4. SUSTAINABLE IT, the practical way
    Riduci l’impatto, ottimizza le risorse e guida la trasformazione sostenibile del digitale in modo pratico.
    Francesco Fullone

    In un mondo dove ogni byte ha un impatto, Sustainable IT, the practical way è la guida per trasformare la sostenibilità digitale da slogan a pratica quotidiana. Niente teoria astratta: questo libro ti accompagna passo dopo passo nel processo di analisi dei numeri, monitoraggio dei risultati e definizione di OKR capaci di generare un vero piano d’azione. Imparerai a distinguere ciò che conta davvero da ciò che è solo rumore, a misurare l’efficienza energetica dei tuoi sistemi e a collegare i dati operativi alle decisioni strategiche. Attraverso esempi concreti, strumenti pronti all’uso e una metodologia testata in workshop reali, scoprirai come rendere sostenibile ogni fase del ciclo di vita digitale — dal codice all’infrastruttura, dal prodotto alle persone. Il libro integra e applica le best practice della Green Software Foundation, traducendole in un linguaggio accessibile e operativo per chi vuole fare la differenza, oggi.

  5. SUSTAINABLE IT, the practical way
    Riduci l’impatto, ottimizza le risorse e guida la trasformazione sostenibile del digitale in modo pratico.
    Francesco Fullone

    In un mondo dove ogni byte ha un impatto, Sustainable IT, the practical way è la guida per trasformare la sostenibilità digitale da slogan a pratica quotidiana. Niente teoria astratta: questo libro ti accompagna passo dopo passo nel processo di analisi dei numeri, monitoraggio dei risultati e definizione di OKR capaci di generare un vero piano d’azione. Imparerai a distinguere ciò che conta davvero da ciò che è solo rumore, a misurare l’efficienza energetica dei tuoi sistemi e a collegare i dati operativi alle decisioni strategiche. Attraverso esempi concreti, strumenti pronti all’uso e una metodologia testata in workshop reali, scoprirai come rendere sostenibile ogni fase del ciclo di vita digitale — dal codice all’infrastruttura, dal prodotto alle persone. Il libro integra e applica le best practice della Green Software Foundation, traducendole in un linguaggio accessibile e operativo per chi vuole fare la differenza, oggi.

  6. Surviving Strategy & Architecture
    Getting Out of Your Own Way to Survive and Thrive in Strategy and Architecture
    Michael D Stark

    Example chapter available on ThinkingEA.com - A Very Common Tragedy (Chapter 17)

  7. Modern Applications Strategy
    Connecting Business to Architecture Decisions
    Jaime Nagase

    Explore how a Modern Application Strategy book can take your organization from the basics to the cutting edge of innovation. Learn practical ways to modernize old systems with real-world examples from containers, serverless computing, and microservices. Your guide to technological evolution is here.

  8. Product teams are shipping more than ever. Outcomes are getting harder to explain. Roadmaps promise certainty. Backlogs stay full. Delivery speeds up. Yet value lags behind effort and learning arrives too late. The Operating System of Product explores why this happens and what replaces it. It shows how product work changes when execution is no longer the bottleneck and why roles, prioritisation and feedback loops must evolve together. This is not a book about better roadmaps. It is about replacing the system that needs them.

  9. Designing for Scale
    Arinze Onugha

    Great execution doesn't create scale. Category creation does.Designing for Scale is for Product Managers, founders and builders who are done optimising incremental gains and ready to design systems that compound. Drawing from real-world experience across emerging and mature markets, this book breaks down how products move from 0 → 1 and then from 1 → 100M by fusing product, business model and distribution.This is not a playbook for fast followers. It is for people who want to define what comes next.

  10. Change does not fail because of resistance. It fails because people lose clarity and ownership. Spiral Up gives you a simple framework to restore purpose, learning, and momentum at every level.

  11. A practical cybersecurity guide for boards and non-technical leaders, written in plain language. Learn how to ask better questions, understand real risk, and support stronger readiness without getting lost in technical detail.

  12. Project Management is evolving. AI is automating tasks while leaders want insight and strategy. This playbook shows you how to use AI, understand data, and apply product thinking so you become the strategic, indispensable PM every team needs. Stop pushing tasks. Start driving value.

  13. Is your team’s ‘busy work’ not translating into shipped features? You’re not alone. The root cause is often a lack of clarity, not a lack of effort. In ‘Build Faster: The Product Clarity Playbook,’ you’ll get:- The 4-part framework to turn vague ideas into buildable work.- The 1-page PRD template that guarantees alignment.- The 2 non-negotiable rules for writing perfectly clear tasks.- Real case studies from the field. Stop the rework cycles and start shipping with confidence.

  14. THE SALESPERSON’S POCKET GUIDE TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
    A practical roadmap for sales professionals navigating the AI revolution
    Kayode Kolawole

    The Salesperson's Pocket Guide to Artificial Intelligence shows you exactly how AI can transform your sales process, today, not tomorrow. Kayode A. Kolawole, an award-winning sales director with decades of experience, reveals practical strategies that separate top performers from those left behind. This isn't about replacing the human touch, it's about amplifying it.

  15. Empowering Others
    A Guide to Servant Leadership for Technology Teams
    Luke Pivac

    "Empowering Others: A Guide to Servant Leadership for Technology Teams" explores servant leadership—the practice of putting others first. When applied, the result is happier, more productive teams. You’ll gain skills to get the best out of your working life.