Lists of Bests: ojagolds's "Ozzie's developer's homework reading" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/27105 Software development books referenced amongst many cited smart people. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:24:57 GMT en-us 0 50 41 0 0 Managers Not MBAs: A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of Managing and Management Development http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1373051 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1373051"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1576753514.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry Mintzberg</div> Dynamics of Software Development (Best Practices) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1000971 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1000971"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0735623198.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jim McCarthy</div> Debugging the Development Process: Practical Strategies for Staying Focused, Hitting Ship Dates, and Building Solid Teams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29628 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29628"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1556156502.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Maguire</div> The Deadline: A Novel About Project Management http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28056 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28056"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0932633390.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Demarco</div> Software Project Survival Guide (Pro -- Best Practices) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31134 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31134"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1572316217.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve C McConnell</div> Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4774 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4774"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0201633612.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erich Gamma</div> Critique of Pure Reason http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38818 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38818"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0872202577.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Immanuel Kant</div> Software Craftsmanship: The New Imperative http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4824 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4824"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0201733862.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pete McBreen</div> Measuring and Managing Performance in Organizations http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28055 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28055"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0932633366.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert D. Austin</div> The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity (2nd Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18250 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18250"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0672326140.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Cooper</div> Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications (3rd Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/343121 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/343121"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/020189551X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Grady Booch</div> Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29772 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29772"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1558605347.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Greenspun</div> Contextual Design : A Customer-Centered Approach to Systems Designs (Interactive Technologies) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29764 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29764"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1558604111.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hugh Beyer</div> Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9807 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9807"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380810336.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44270802_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David D. Burns</div> Writing Solid Code: Microsoft's Techniques for Developing Bug-Free C Programs (Microsoft Programming Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29627 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29627"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1556155514.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve Maguire</div> Agile Software Development with SCRUM http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2380 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2380"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0130676349.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Schwaber</div> Programming Pearls (2nd Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4782 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4782"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0201657880.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Bentley</div> A Discipline for Software Engineering http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4737 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4737"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0201546108.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Watts S. Humphrey</div> Tog on Software Design http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4728 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4728"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0201489171.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bruce Tognazzini</div> Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5313 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5313"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0262611465.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gary Klein</div> Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4726 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4726"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0201485672.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Fowler</div> The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28337 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28337"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0961392142.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward R. Tufte</div> Software Requirements And Specifications (ACM Press) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4876 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4876"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0201877120.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M. Jackson</div> Herding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71748 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71748"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590590171.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J. Hank Rainwater</div> Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2655537 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2655537"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590597141.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V46847354_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jessica Livingston</div> Why Does Software Cost So Much?: And Other Puzzles of the Information Age http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118184 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/118184"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/093263334X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tom Demarco</div> Code Complete, Second Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20418 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/20418"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0735619670.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve McConnell</div> Are Your Lights On?: How to Figure Out What the Problem Really Is http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/999953 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/999953"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0932633161.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Donald C. Gause</div> Wicked Problems, Righteous Solutions: A Catolog of Modern Engineering Paradigms http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81507 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81507"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/013590126X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter DeGrace</div> The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1135141 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1135141"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446526568.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert I. Sutton</div> Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2470 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2470"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0135974445.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert C. Martin</div> Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/719574 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/719574"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1591398622.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeffrey Pfeffer</div> Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2495276 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2495276"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400064287.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chip Heath</div> Hidden Value: How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/350146 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/350146"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0875848982.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44181541_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles A. O'Reilly</div> Deming and Goldratt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2261218 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2261218"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0884271633.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Domenico Lepore</div> Out of the Crisis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65060 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65060"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0262541157.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. Edwards Deming</div> Think Big, Act Small: How America's Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-up Spirit Alive http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50635 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50635"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1591840767.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jason Jennings</div> Fit for Developing Software: Framework for Integrated Tests (Robert C. Martin Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268182 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268182"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0321269349.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rick Mugridge</div> Agile Java(TM): Crafting Code with Test-Driven Development (Robert C. Martin Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/260494 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/260494"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0131482394.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff Langr</div> Test Driven Development: By Example (Addison-Wesley Signature Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7222 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7222"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0321146530.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kent Beck</div> Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/131555 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/131555"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/5551116247.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Warren Adler</div>