Management
The Goal by Eliyahu Goldratt1
Process
Understanding Variation by Donald Wheeler2
Technical Management
The Manager’s Path by Camille Fournier3 Leading Snowflakes by Oren Ellenbogen4 Managing Humans by Michael Lopp5 The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks6
Executive
High Output Management by Andy Grove7 The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz8
Technical Executive
Executive Engineering by Jack Danger9
Culture
Start with Why by Simon Sinek Slack by Tom DeMarco
Leadership
Offshoots
Zero to One by Peter Thiel10
1. Goldratt, E. M. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. (North River Press, Great Barrington, Mass, 2012).
2. Wheeler, D. J. Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos. (Spc Pr, Knoxville, Tenn, 2000).
3. Fournier, C. The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change. (O’Reilly Media, Beijing, 2017).
4. Ellenbogen, O. Leading Snowflakes: The New Engineering Manager’s Handbook. (2014).
5. Lopp, M. Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager. (Apress, 2016).
6. Brooks, F. P. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering. (Addison-Wesley, Boston, Mass., 2013).
7. Grove, A. S. High Output Management. (Vintage, New York, 1995).
8. Horowitz, B. The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers. (Harper Business, New York, 2014).
9. Danger, J. Executive Engineering: Practical Engineering Theory for Software Leaders. (The Technical Executive, 2024).
10. Thiel, P. & Masters, B. Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future. (Crown Currency, New York, 2014).