Top Agile books curated by experts

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Fundamentals of Agile

Understanding the concepts of Agile starts with understanding the fundamentals. On your way to mastery, it's crucial for you to understand how certain concepts were derived, and why things work like they do. Starting with these resources is the best way to do so.

Agile Coaching

Agile Coaching

Discover how to coach your team to become more Agile. Agile Coaching de-mystifies agile practices--it's a practical guide to creating strong agile teams. ...

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The Art of Agile Development

The Art of Agile Development

Most companies developing software employ something they call "Agile." But there's widespread misunderstanding of what Agile is and how to use it. ...

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The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses is a book by Eric Ries describing his proposed lean startup strategy for startup companies.

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Agile Project Management with Scrum

Agile Project Management with Scrum

The rules and practices for Scrum—a simple process for managing complex projects—are few, straightforward, and easy to learn. ...

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Agile Estimating and Planning

Agile Estimating and Planning

In The Book, Agile Estimating And Planning Is The Definitive, Practical Guide To Estimating And Planning Agile Projects, Agile Alliance Cofounder Mike Cohn Discusses The Philosophy Of Agile Estimating ...

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Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great

Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great

Project retrospectives help teams examine what went right and what went wrong on a project. But traditionally, retrospectives (also known as “post-mortems”) are only held at the end of the project—too late to help. You need agile retrospectives that are iterative and incremental. ...

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Specializations and Deeper Agile Knowledge

You've got your basics in order – time to move on to some advanced and specialized concepts. Agile is evolving every day, these books can help you master it.

Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition

Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition

As an agile coach, you can help project teams become outstanding at agile, creating products that make them proud and helping organisations reap the powerful benefits of teams that deliver both innovation and excellence. ...

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The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software

The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software

Printed in full color. Faced with a software project of epic proportions? Tired of over-committing and under-delivering? Enter the dojo of the agile samurai, where agile expert Jonathan Rasmusson shows you how to kick-start, execute, and deliver your agile projects. ...

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