Recommended Readings for Technology Executives

I'd like to highlight some books that have changed my life for the better in the hopes that others will benefit and receive the same enjoyment. Books That Have Benefited My Career 

  Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim (Author), Renée Mauborgne I only wish that I had read this book a few years ago as it would have greatly helped us create better strategies when I was part of the executive management team at Unicast. This is a must read for any business executive. 

  User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development 

  Agile Estimating and Planning 

both authored by Mark Cohn If you're leading a development team from either the technology management or product management side of things and want to get your work to market faster and with higher quality. These are the books to read and mentor your development teams by. 

Management 3.0 Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders

Authored by Jurgen Apello.  This is a great read to learn about how to develop self organizing teams and giving team members autonomy within guardrail safeguards.

 Enjoy David C Peterson