Archive for November 9th, 2005

Books for IT Managers

Here’s a list of some of the books that have resonated particularly well with me. I have learned a lot from each of these books, and I highly recommend them to all sorts of IT Managers, team leaders, and project management professionals.

Books about IT, but not a specific technology:

  • Becomming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem Solving Aproach
  • Rapid Development
  • Code Complete
  • The Practice of System and Network Administration
  • Peopleware
  • The Pragmatic Programmer

Books about Lean and the Toyota Production System

  • Lean Software Development
  • Lean Thinking
  • Product Development for the Lean Enterprise: Why Toyota’s System Is Four Times More Productive and How You Can Implement It

Books about Human Relationships

  • Crucial Conversations
  • Getting to Yes
  • Influence: Science and Practice

Books about organization/time management

  • Getting Things Done
  • Organizing from the Inside Out