The SPaMCAST Bookshelf is connected to my Amazon Associates account. All proceeds are used to support the Software Process and Measurement Cast. I have included my book, books from my interviewees and books that are must reads in the field of change, process, methods and process improvement!
Book Featured on Current Pod Cast
Listen to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 290. SPaMCAST 290 features our interview with Jan Beaver, author of The Agile Team Handbook. Jan’s book provides team members with the resources needed not only to become Agile but to practice Agile.
Amazon The Agile Team Handbook (I did!)
Past Interviewees with Great Books include:
Employee Engagement for Everyone
Employee Engagement for Everyone: 4 Keys to Happiness and Fulfillment at Work
Learning and Innovation:
Timothy Grayson author of The Spaces In Between.
Scrum
Mitch Lacey
Management – Meetings
Read This Before Our Next Meeting Hardcover
Read This Before Our Next Meeting Kindle
Project Management
My Book!
Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques
By Thomas M Cagley Jr and Murali Chemuturi
Johanna Rothman
- Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science Of Hiring Technical People
- Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management (Pragmatic Programmers)
- Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management
- Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects (Pragmatic Programmers)
Colleagues Books
Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers: The People Skills You Need to Achieve Outstanding Results
by Anthony Mersino
People
Relationship Mastery: A Business Professional’s Guide
Team Building (Recommended by David Herron)
Harvard Business Review on Building Better Teams by Harvard Business Review (May 10, 2011)
The Team-Building Workshop by Vivette Payne (Feb 15, 2001)
The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Team-Building Tools: Best of the Annuals by Elaine Biech (Oct 26, 2007)
Software Process and Measurement 
January 17, 2018 at 3:31 am
Hi Tom, so happy to see my own book featured on your book page. THANK YOU! I know you read a TON of books so my question for you, what would be your top 3 or 5 Agile related books that you would recommend. (I personally have many agile books but always find it difficult when people ask me for my few favorites.) I am curious about yours.
Thanks in advance!
Anthony Mersino
January 18, 2020 at 3:39 am
Hi Tom, I second Anthony’s comment – would you have a top-5 agile books that someone new to this area needs to read?
Thank you,
Chris Spraakman
February 12, 2020 at 6:25 pm
The idea of a top-five books is interesting. Two questions – 1. Do you think the top five is different if you are an agile coach or a Scrum Master versus if you are a coder or a tester? 2. Other than your book, what is the first book you would grab?