Book List / Recommendations

[Kendall Gifford]

Hello everyone.

I just found your group after doing a little googling. I'm located down here in St. George. I don't know of any agile-related groups down here, so, I was hoping I could join your mailing list and perhaps ask some of you Provo Agile Practitioners a question now and then?

So, I've heard about agile now for many years and have read the occasional article, blog entry, and book excerpt on the subject. I've got the very rough gist of several agile practices (I think) but, in honesty, have never really worked anywhere that's really been "agile" (according to my understanding). I'm now working for a small start-up and would really like to further my skills and learn how to follow a _truly_ agile workflow.

So, that said, I'm looking to purchase and read a few books and I'm basically looking for suggestions. I'm currently continuing to read The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (http://pragprog.com/book/tpp/the-pragmatic-programmer) and I'm considering getting The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software (http://pragprog.com/book/jtrap/the-agile-samurai). I'd just like to know if anyone here has any "must read" or highly recommended books for agile beginners like myself?

Anyhow, I'd appreciate any feedback and any book lists, even ones geared toward a specific agile discipline.

Thanks!

[Reggie Gardner]

Hi Kendall,

I'd start with: Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide

Good luck in your endeavors.

/Reg

[Michael Sorensen]

I really like Mike Cohn's Agile Estimating and Planning because it gets down into a lot of practical details about how things work.

Good luck!

Mike

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Kendall Gifford <zett...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Mike Nauta]

I agree with Mike that Agile Estimating and Planning is a good start.
Any of the books in the PMI-ACP study list (which includes Cohn's
book) would be a good resource.

You can find the list here:
http://www.pmi.org/Certification/~/media/Files/PDF/Agile/PMI000-GainInsightsAIGLE418.ashx

Thanks,
Mike Nauta

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[Adam Michaelson]

Here's the book we use as our agile "bible" at AtTask: http://amzn.to/GJ7Mqh

It's nice because it's short, an easy read, and very practical.

[Adam Michaelson]

...and you can get it for free here: http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/scrum-xp-from-the-trenches

I prefer to have a copy at my desk, though.

[Mike Nauta]

That's the book I gave an overview of at the February meeting :)

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Adam Michaelson

[Kendall Gifford]

Thank you for all the feedback. Based on the recommendations so far, I think I'll start with Agile Estimating and Planning and take it from there. I'm sure that I'll read several books in the end.