Engineering Management Books

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An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 45 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,777 ratings — published 2019
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The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change The Manager's Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.25 — 10,203 ratings — published 2017
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Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow (ebook)
by (shelved 23 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.18 — 5,426 ratings — published 2019
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Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.05 — 55,798 ratings — published 2017
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Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 3.92 — 4,278 ratings — published 2007
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High Output Management High Output Management (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.30 — 21,131 ratings — published 1983
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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.14 — 9,897 ratings — published 1987
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Engineering Management for the Rest of Us Engineering Management for the Rest of Us (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,108 ratings — published 2022
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Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.36 — 582 ratings — published 2020
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.11 — 135,802 ratings — published 2002
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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.26 — 49,629 ratings — published 2013
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The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.20 — 21,222 ratings — published 2019
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Resilient Management Resilient Management (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.35 — 832 ratings — published
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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.01 — 15,009 ratings — published 1975
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Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.04 — 2,978 ratings — published
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Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.23 — 21,041 ratings — published 2013
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Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,012 ratings — published
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The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change The Staff Engineer's Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,991 ratings — published 2022
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The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.33 — 29,257 ratings — published 2014
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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever (ebook)
by (shelved 9 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.01 — 28,633 ratings — published 2016
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The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 3.85 — 36,921 ratings — published 2003
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers―Straight Talk on the Challenges of Entrepreneurship (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.20 — 108,130 ratings — published 2014
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The Unicorn Project The Unicorn Project (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.07 — 10,015 ratings — published 2019
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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.07 — 82,614 ratings — published
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Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 3.74 — 365 ratings — published 2012
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 3.95 — 124,888 ratings — published 2009
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The One Minute Manager The One Minute Manager (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 3.95 — 146,730 ratings — published 1981
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The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.25 — 34,913 ratings — published 2017
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Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products (Silicon Valley Product Group) Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products (Silicon Valley Product Group)
by (shelved 5 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,652 ratings — published
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97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts 97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 3.57 — 187 ratings — published
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The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.29 — 5,842 ratings — published 2015
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Measure What Matters Measure What Matters (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 3.98 — 37,064 ratings — published 2017
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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.03 — 54,750 ratings — published 2010
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The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business (J-B Lencioni Series) The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business (J-B Lencioni Series)
by (shelved 5 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.14 — 16,038 ratings — published 2012
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Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.10 — 265,040 ratings — published 2009
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Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters Shape Up: Stop Running in Circles and Ship Work that Matters (ebook)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,859 ratings — published 2019
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The Engineering Executive's Primer: Impactful Technical Leadership The Engineering Executive's Primer: Impactful Technical Leadership (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.27 — 353 ratings — published
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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.27 — 32,448 ratings — published 2020
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.12 — 288,213 ratings — published 2001
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The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well The Art of Leadership: Small Things, Done Well (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.15 — 993 ratings — published
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Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 3.99 — 15,906 ratings — published 2010
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Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,997 ratings — published 2017
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Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,936 ratings — published 2020
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Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,885 ratings — published 2016
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.34 — 206,932 ratings — published 2016
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Thinking In Systems: A Primer Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.19 — 21,761 ratings — published 2008
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.07 — 81,292 ratings — published 2002
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.09 — 173,647 ratings — published 2006
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 3.98 — 98,844 ratings — published 2006
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Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as engineering-management)
avg rating 4.21 — 174,956 ratings — published 1984
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