I just finished reading the book Professional Software Development, by Steve McConnell. I think Steve's…
Software Development Book List
I'm trying to read the most importants books on the subject of software development (and particulary the managing part of it). Research on Amazon has resulted in this short-list of 16 works by (in most cases) well-known authors in our field. Let me know if you, as a world-famous author of a major best-seller, appear to be missing from this list. I will order your book straight away! (Of course, you may also send me a free copy…)
| Jim Highsmith | Agile Project Management |
| Tom Demarco | Peopleware : Productive Projects and Teams |
| James O. Coplien | Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development |
| Craig Larman | Agile and Iterative Development |
| David J. Anderson | Agile Management for Software Engineering |
| Steve McConnell | Professional Software Development |
| Edward Yourdon | Death March, second edition |
| Frederick P. Brooks | The Mythical Man-Month Anniversary Edition |
| Robert L. Glass | Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering |
| Alistair Cockburn | Agile Software Development (2nd Edition) |
| Mary Poppendieck | Implementing Lean Software Development |
| Sanjiv Augustine | Managing Agile Projects |
| Jim Highsmith | Agile Software Development Ecosystems |
| Robert K. Wysocki | Effective Project Management |
| Joel Spolsky | Joel on Software |
| Andrew Hunt | The Pragmatic Programmer |
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