🧱 Mvp Development

The discipline of building just enough product to learn what matters. These books champion lean experimentation, rapid iteration, and the courage to ship before it's perfect.

Modern CTO

by Joel Beasley • 2018

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

3.42

267

💻 Tech Leadership 🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager

Modern CTO 91%

Great developers fail as CTOs until they learn leading, shipping, and hard calls.

by Joel Beasley 2018

3.42

267 ratings

💻 Tech Leadership 🔧 Engineering Management 🧭 Developer To Manager

Lean Inception

by Paulo Caroli • 2018

The workshop recipe that aligns a team and defines the right MVP, no code needed.

4.07

446

🧱 Product Management 🚀 Lean Startup 🔄 Agile Development

Lean Inception 90%

The workshop recipe that aligns a team and defines the right MVP, no code needed.

by Paulo Caroli 2018

4.07

446 ratings

🧱 Product Management 🚀 Lean Startup 🔄 Agile Development

The 7 Day Startup

by Dan Norris • 2014

Forget business plans. Launch in seven days, and let paying customers teach you what to build.

4.00

2k+

🏗️ Lean Startup ⚡ Bias Toward Action 🥾 Bootstrapping

The 7 Day Startup 90%

Forget business plans. Launch in seven days, and let paying customers teach you what to build.

by Dan Norris 2014

4.00

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Lean Startup ⚡ Bias Toward Action 🥾 Bootstrapping

Lean B2B

by Étienne Garbugli • 2014

Consumer startup advice fails B2B. A lean method for finding problems that unlock enterprise sales.

4.17

244

🏢 B2b Startups 💼 Enterprise Sales 📦 Product Management

Lean B2B 89%

Consumer startup advice fails B2B. A lean method for finding problems that unlock enterprise sales.

by Étienne Garbugli 2014

4.17

244 ratings

🏢 B2b Startups 💼 Enterprise Sales 📦 Product Management

Start Small, Stay Small

by Rob Walling • 2010

Stop building products for everyone. Pick a niche, build an audience, and market before you code.

3.95

2k+

💰 Bootstrapping 🎯 Niche Markets 🚀 Lean Startup

Start Small, Stay Small 89%

Stop building products for everyone. Pick a niche, build an audience, and market before you code.

by Rob Walling 2010

3.95

2k+ ratings

💰 Bootstrapping 🎯 Niche Markets 🚀 Lean Startup

Running Lean

by Ash Maurya • 2012

A one-page model, a few uncomfortable customer conversations, and zero code until someone pays.

4.10

21k+

🔄 Lean Startup 🌱 Early Stage Founders 📘 Startup Playbooks

Running Lean 89%

A one-page model, a few uncomfortable customer conversations, and zero code until someone pays.

by Ash Maurya 2012

4.10

21k+ ratings

🔄 Lean Startup 🌱 Early Stage Founders 📘 Startup Playbooks

UX for Lean Startups

by Laura Klein • 2013

Prove anyone wants your product before you build it: lightweight UX methods for lean startups.

4.10

2k+

🎨 User Experience Design 🏗️ Lean Startup Methodology 🔍 User Research

UX for Lean Startups 89%

Prove anyone wants your product before you build it: lightweight UX methods for lean startups.

by Laura Klein 2013

4.10

2k+ ratings

🎨 User Experience Design 🏗️ Lean Startup Methodology 🔍 User Research

Impact Mapping

by Gojko Adzic • 2012

Software ships, but results don't. Tie every feature to a business goal with visual planning.

4.06

1k+

🧱 Software Project Management 🗺️ Product Roadmapping 📊 Visual Planning

Impact Mapping 89%

Software ships, but results don't. Tie every feature to a business goal with visual planning.

by Gojko Adzic 2012

4.06

1k+ ratings

🧱 Software Project Management 🗺️ Product Roadmapping 📊 Visual Planning

Designing Products People Love

by Scott Hurff • 2015

Most products fail in their empty and error states: a playbook for designing all five.

4.11

271

🎨 Product Design 🖥️ Ux Design 🔍 Customer Research

Designing Products People Love 89%

Most products fail in their empty and error states: a playbook for designing all five.

by Scott Hurff 2015

4.11

271 ratings

🎨 Product Design 🖥️ Ux Design 🔍 Customer Research

The Lean Startup

by Eric Ries • 2011

The method that discovers what customers will pay for before you build the product.

4.11

366k+

🏭 Lean Methodology 📋 Startup Playbooks 🧪 Customer Development

The Lean Startup 89%

The method that discovers what customers will pay for before you build the product.

by Eric Ries 2011

4.11

366k+ ratings

🏭 Lean Methodology 📋 Startup Playbooks 🧪 Customer Development

Lean Software Development

by Mary Poppendieck • 2003

The lean manufacturing toolkit, adapted for software teams: cut waste, ship faster, decide later.

4.19

1k+

🏭 Lean Methodology 🔄 Agile Methods 🚀 Continuous Delivery

Lean Software Development 88%

The lean manufacturing toolkit, adapted for software teams: cut waste, ship faster, decide later.

by Mary Poppendieck 2003

4.19

1k+ ratings

🏭 Lean Methodology 🔄 Agile Methods 🚀 Continuous Delivery

Design Thinking Research

by Larry Leifer • 2013

What if your programming environment saved every change, so you could explore ideas without risk?

4.00

💻 Software Design 🗂️ Version Control 🔄 Iterative Development

Design Thinking Research 88%

What if your programming environment saved every change, so you could explore ideas without risk?

by Larry Leifer 2013

4.00

1 ratings

💻 Software Design 🗂️ Version Control 🔄 Iterative Development

Inspired

by Marty Cagan • 2008

Why the best product teams don't take orders. They discover what customers need, fast.

4.23

26k+

🗂️ Product Management 🔎 Product Discovery 💪 Empowered Teams

Inspired 88%

Why the best product teams don't take orders. They discover what customers need, fast.

by Marty Cagan 2008

4.23

26k+ ratings

🗂️ Product Management 🔎 Product Discovery 💪 Empowered Teams

More Joel on Software

by Joel Spolsky • 2008

Ship on schedule, hire developers who skip the job boards, and know when fixing beats rewriting.

4.05

549

🖥️ Software Development 👔 Engineering Management 🤝 Developer Culture

More Joel on Software 88%

Ship on schedule, hire developers who skip the job boards, and know when fixing beats rewriting.

by Joel Spolsky 2008

4.05

549 ratings

🖥️ Software Development 👔 Engineering Management 🤝 Developer Culture

Radical Product Thinking

by R. Dutt • 2021

Iteration refines; vision creates. Why product teams need a north star before they start building.

3.93

192

🧱 Product Development 📋 Product Management 🎯 Vision-Led Strategy

Radical Product Thinking 88%

Iteration refines; vision creates. Why product teams need a north star before they start building.

by R. Dutt 2021

3.93

192 ratings

🧱 Product Development 📋 Product Management 🎯 Vision-Led Strategy

Sprint

by Jake Knapp • 2016

The five-day sprint that replaces endless debate with sketch, decide, prototype, and test.

4.18

24k+

🧠 Design Thinking 🚀 Lean Startup 🛠️ Rapid Prototyping

Sprint 88%

The five-day sprint that replaces endless debate with sketch, decide, prototype, and test.

by Jake Knapp 2016

4.18

24k+ ratings

🧠 Design Thinking 🚀 Lean Startup 🛠️ Rapid Prototyping

Lean UX

by Jeff Gothelf • 2012

Kill the wireframes: a system for testing UX assumptions one sprint at a time.

3.99

7k+

🏗️ Lean Startup 🧠 Design Thinking 🔄 Agile Development

Lean UX 88%

Kill the wireframes: a system for testing UX assumptions one sprint at a time.

by Jeff Gothelf 2012

3.99

7k+ ratings

🏗️ Lean Startup 🧠 Design Thinking 🔄 Agile Development

Lean Vs. Agile Vs. Design Thinking

by Jeff Gothelf • 2017

Agile for engineers, Lean for product, Design Thinking for design. The power is where they meet.

3.74

704

🧑‍💻 Product Management 👥 Cross-Functional Teams 🧪 Lean Startup

Lean Vs. Agile Vs. Design Thinking Summary

Lean Vs. Agile Vs. Design Thinking 88%

Agile for engineers, Lean for product, Design Thinking for design. The power is where they meet.

by Jeff Gothelf 2017

3.74

704 ratings

🧑‍💻 Product Management 👥 Cross-Functional Teams 🧪 Lean Startup

Agile Product Management with Scrum

by Roman Pichler • 2008

A single backlog, a vision that sells, and the rules for shipping what customers actually want.

3.84

2k+

🏗️ Product Management 🔄 Agile Methodologies 💻 Software Development

Agile Product Management with Scrum Summary

Agile Product Management with Scrum 88%

A single backlog, a vision that sells, and the rules for shipping what customers actually want.

by Roman Pichler 2008

3.84

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Product Management 🔄 Agile Methodologies 💻 Software Development

Evidence-Guided

by Itamar Gilad • 2023

Why most product teams ship the wrong features, and the framework that stops them.

4.46

178

🧭 Product Management 🚀 Lean Startup 🎯 OKRs

Evidence-Guided 88%

Why most product teams ship the wrong features, and the framework that stops them.

by Itamar Gilad 2023

4.46

178 ratings

🧭 Product Management 🚀 Lean Startup 🎯 OKRs

The Right It

by Alberto Savoia • 2019

Skill can't save an unwanted idea. Fast, cheap experiments that test market demand before building.

4.30

850

🚀 Startup Methodology ✅ Product Validation 🧪 Lean Experimentation

The Right It 88%

Skill can't save an unwanted idea. Fast, cheap experiments that test market demand before building.

by Alberto Savoia 2019

4.30

850 ratings

🚀 Startup Methodology ✅ Product Validation 🧪 Lean Experimentation

Leading the Transformation

by Gary Gruver • 2015

HP halved development costs and tripled innovation. It was not the code. It was the leadership.

3.80

418

🖥️ Software Development 🏢 Enterprise Agile 🔄 Devops Practices

Leading the Transformation 88%

HP halved development costs and tripled innovation. It was not the code. It was the leadership.

by Gary Gruver 2015

3.80

418 ratings

🖥️ Software Development 🏢 Enterprise Agile 🔄 Devops Practices

Scrum for Dummies

by Mark C. Layton • 2014

Projects go off the rails one task at a time. Scrum catches them every 24 hours.

3.76

124

🏃 Agile Methods 📋 Project Management 🔄 Iterative Development

Scrum for Dummies 88%

Projects go off the rails one task at a time. Scrum catches them every 24 hours.

by Mark C. Layton 2014

3.76

124 ratings

🏃 Agile Methods 📋 Project Management 🔄 Iterative Development

How to Speak Tech

by Vinay Trivedi • 2013

No coding required: the Internet, cloud, databases, and software, translated into business sense.

3.93

204

📖 Tech Literacy 🌐 Web Development ☁️ Cloud Computing

How to Speak Tech 88%

No coding required: the Internet, cloud, databases, and software, translated into business sense.

by Vinay Trivedi 2013

3.93

204 ratings

📖 Tech Literacy 🌐 Web Development ☁️ Cloud Computing

Value Proposition Design

by Alexander Osterwalder • 2013

Map customer needs to product features with a single canvas, and kill the offerings nobody wants.

4.21

7k+

📐 Product Design 📊 Business Modeling 🔍 Customer Research

Value Proposition Design 88%

Map customer needs to product features with a single canvas, and kill the offerings nobody wants.

by Alexander Osterwalder 2013

4.21

7k+ ratings

📐 Product Design 📊 Business Modeling 🔍 Customer Research

Lean Customer Development

by Cindy Alvarez • 2014

Save five hours of wasted development for every hour you spend talking to customers.

4.18

1k+

🏗️ Lean Startup 👂 Customer Development 🚀 Startup Founders

Lean Customer Development 88%

Save five hours of wasted development for every hour you spend talking to customers.

by Cindy Alvarez 2014

4.18

1k+ ratings

🏗️ Lean Startup 👂 Customer Development 🚀 Startup Founders

97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know

by Barbee Davis • 2009

97 short, practical lessons on shipping software, leading teams, and keeping your stakeholders sane.

3.21

140

📋 Project Management 💻 Software Development 🔄 Agile Practices

97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know Summary

97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know 88%

97 short, practical lessons on shipping software, leading teams, and keeping your stakeholders sane.

by Barbee Davis 2009

3.21

140 ratings

📋 Project Management 💻 Software Development 🔄 Agile Practices

Project to Product

by Mik Kersten • 2018

Stop running software as projects. A product model that links engineering work to business value.

3.92

1k+

🖥️ Software Delivery 🔄 Digital Transformation 📊 Value Stream Management

Project to Product 88%

Stop running software as projects. A product model that links engineering work to business value.

by Mik Kersten 2018

3.92

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Software Delivery 🔄 Digital Transformation 📊 Value Stream Management

48-Hour Start-up

by Fraser Doherty • 2017

Monday morning, you could own a business: the two-day sprint that forces an idea into the market.

3.84

530

⚡ Lean Startup Methodology 🏗️ Rapid Prototyping 💰 Bootstrapping

48-Hour Start-up 88%

Monday morning, you could own a business: the two-day sprint that forces an idea into the market.

by Fraser Doherty 2017

3.84

530 ratings

⚡ Lean Startup Methodology 🏗️ Rapid Prototyping 💰 Bootstrapping

The Lean Product Playbook

by Dan Olsen • 2015

Test cheaply, validate early, build what customers pay for: a product manager's lean playbook.

4.27

4k+

🧭 Product Management 🔄 Lean Startup 🔍 Customer Discovery

The Lean Product Playbook 88%

Test cheaply, validate early, build what customers pay for: a product manager's lean playbook.

by Dan Olsen 2015

4.27

4k+ ratings

🧭 Product Management 🔄 Lean Startup 🔍 Customer Discovery

Smashing WordPress

by Thord Daniel Hedengren • 2010

Take WordPress beyond blogging with themes, custom post types, and the loop for any site.

3.76

247

🛠️ Wordpress Development 🎨 Theme Building 🔌 Plugin Development

Smashing WordPress 88%

Take WordPress beyond blogging with themes, custom post types, and the loop for any site.

by Thord Daniel Hedengren 2010

3.76

247 ratings

🛠️ Wordpress Development 🎨 Theme Building 🔌 Plugin Development

Essential Scrum

by Kenneth S. Rubin • 2012

A structured launch, the smallest thing worth shipping, and a release plan that actually holds.

4.15

2k+

🔄 Scrum Framework 🌀 Iterative Delivery 📋 User Stories

Essential Scrum 88%

A structured launch, the smallest thing worth shipping, and a release plan that actually holds.

by Kenneth S. Rubin 2012

4.15

2k+ ratings

🔄 Scrum Framework 🌀 Iterative Delivery 📋 User Stories

Effective Programming

by Jeff Atwood • 2012

Syntax lands the job. Everything else—teams, users, security—is what actually keeps it.

3.91

931

🧱 Software Craftsmanship 🖥️ User Experience Design 🔒 Security-First Design

Effective Programming 88%

Syntax lands the job. Everything else—teams, users, security—is what actually keeps it.

by Jeff Atwood 2012

3.91

931 ratings

🧱 Software Craftsmanship 🖥️ User Experience Design 🔒 Security-First Design

The Lean Entrepreneur

by Brant Cooper • 2012

Your vision is worthless until tested. Find real customers, build what sells.

4.11

2k+

🔄 Lean Startup Movement 🚀 Startup Playbooks 🎯 Customer Development

The Lean Entrepreneur 88%

Your vision is worthless until tested. Find real customers, build what sells.

by Brant Cooper 2012

4.11

2k+ ratings

🔄 Lean Startup Movement 🚀 Startup Playbooks 🎯 Customer Development

Modern Software Engineering

by David Farley • 2021

Software is not a craft; it's a science. The discipline that turns teams into learning machines.

4.16

1k+

🔬 Scientific Engineering 🔄 Continuous Delivery 🔁 Feedback Loops

Modern Software Engineering 88%

Software is not a craft; it's a science. The discipline that turns teams into learning machines.

by David Farley 2021

4.16

1k+ ratings

🔬 Scientific Engineering 🔄 Continuous Delivery 🔁 Feedback Loops

Strategize

by Roman Pichler • 2016

Product roadmaps stuffed with features are fiction. How to build ones that actually steer.

4.01

990

📋 Product Management 🚲 Lean Startup 💎 Value Proposition Design

Strategize 88%

Product roadmaps stuffed with features are fiction. How to build ones that actually steer.

by Roman Pichler 2016

4.01

990 ratings

📋 Product Management 🚲 Lean Startup 💎 Value Proposition Design

The Influential Product Manager

by Ken Sandy • 2020

Own the product, not the team. How to lead without authority, prioritize without mercy, and ship.

4.14

🧩 Product Management 🤝 Leading Without Authority 🎯 User-Centric Design

The Influential Product Manager 88%

Own the product, not the team. How to lead without authority, prioritize without mercy, and ship.

by Ken Sandy 2020

4.14

71 ratings

🧩 Product Management 🤝 Leading Without Authority 🎯 User-Centric Design

The Mythical Man-Month

by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. • 1975

A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.

4.01

15k+

🏗️ Software Project Management 🧱 Systems Design 🎨 Conceptual Design

The Mythical Man-Month 88%

A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.

by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 1975

4.01

15k+ ratings

🏗️ Software Project Management 🧱 Systems Design 🎨 Conceptual Design

Escaping the Build Trap

by Melissa Perri • 2018

Feature factories ship output. Products need outcomes. The framework for making the switch.

4.28

5k+

🧭 Product Management 🎯 Outcome-Driven Development 🗺️ Product Strategy

Escaping the Build Trap 88%

Feature factories ship output. Products need outcomes. The framework for making the switch.

by Melissa Perri 2018

4.28

5k+ ratings

🧭 Product Management 🎯 Outcome-Driven Development 🗺️ Product Strategy

Outcomes Over Output

by Josh Seiden • 2019

Stop asking what to build and start asking what your customers should do differently.

4.33

2k+

🧭 Product Management 🚀 Lean Startup 🛠️ Jobs To Be Done

Outcomes Over Output 88%

Stop asking what to build and start asking what your customers should do differently.

by Josh Seiden 2019

4.33

2k+ ratings

🧭 Product Management 🚀 Lean Startup 🛠️ Jobs To Be Done

UX Strategy

by Jaime Levy • 2014

Stop building what nobody asked for: a research-to-launch playbook for digital product teams.

3.94

1k+

🧩 Digital Product Strategy 🔄 Lean Methodology 🔍 Customer Discovery

UX Strategy 88%

Stop building what nobody asked for: a research-to-launch playbook for digital product teams.

by Jaime Levy 2014

3.94

1k+ ratings

🧩 Digital Product Strategy 🔄 Lean Methodology 🔍 Customer Discovery

Creative Selection

by Ken Kocienda • 2018

How Apple's engineers really worked: no sudden genius, just relentless demos and decisive taste.

4.05

5k+

🎨 Product Design 🖥️ User Experience 🔄 Iterative Prototyping

Creative Selection 88%

How Apple's engineers really worked: no sudden genius, just relentless demos and decisive taste.

by Ken Kocienda 2018

4.05

5k+ ratings

🎨 Product Design 🖥️ User Experience 🔄 Iterative Prototyping

User Stories Applied

by Mike Cohn • 2004

Replace bloated specs with user stories, hours with story points, and hope with velocity.

3.89

3k+

🧱 Agile Methodology 💻 Software Development 📝 Requirements Gathering

User Stories Applied 88%

Replace bloated specs with user stories, hours with story points, and hope with velocity.

by Mike Cohn 2004

3.89

3k+ ratings

🧱 Agile Methodology 💻 Software Development 📝 Requirements Gathering

The Professional Product Owner

by Don McGreal • 2018

Scrum's one accountable role: the practices that turn a backlog into a competitive advantage.

4.38

733

🏗️ Agile Product Management 📋 Backlog Management 🔬 Empirical Process

The Professional Product Owner 88%

Scrum's one accountable role: the practices that turn a backlog into a competitive advantage.

by Don McGreal 2018

4.38

733 ratings

🏗️ Agile Product Management 📋 Backlog Management 🔬 Empirical Process

The Art of Project Management

by Scott Berkun • 2005

Earn trust, clarify roles, and make tough calls: the human skills that plan-obsessed managers miss.

3.96

870

👷 Project Management 💻 Software Development Management 🤝 Trust Building

The Art of Project Management 88%

Earn trust, clarify roles, and make tough calls: the human skills that plan-obsessed managers miss.

by Scott Berkun 2005

3.96

870 ratings

👷 Project Management 💻 Software Development Management 🤝 Trust Building

Lean Analytics

by Alistair Croll • 2013

Pick the right metric, ignore the rest: a stage-by-stage field guide to startup analytics.

4.11

8k+

🚀 Startup Strategy 📊 Business Metrics 🔄 Lean Methodology

Lean Analytics 88%

Pick the right metric, ignore the rest: a stage-by-stage field guide to startup analytics.

by Alistair Croll 2013

4.11

8k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Strategy 📊 Business Metrics 🔄 Lean Methodology

Continuous Discovery Habits

by Teresa Torres • 2021

Weekly customer interviews mapped to opportunities: the system that ships value, not features.

4.44

5k+

📋 Product Management 🔍 Product Discovery 🔬 User Research

Continuous Discovery Habits 88%

Weekly customer interviews mapped to opportunities: the system that ships value, not features.

by Teresa Torres 2021

4.44

5k+ ratings

📋 Product Management 🔍 Product Discovery 🔬 User Research

Learning React

by Alex Banks • 2017

React without the chaos: a sequenced path from components to hooks to the production toolchain.

4.07

521

🖥️ Web Development 🧱 Component Architecture 🧮 Functional Programming

Learning React 88%

React without the chaos: a sequenced path from components to hooks to the production toolchain.

by Alex Banks 2017

4.07

521 ratings

🖥️ Web Development 🧱 Component Architecture 🧮 Functional Programming

The Art of Agile Development

by James Shore • 2007

Weekly deployments and single-digit bug counts: the whole XP practice set that gets you there.

3.98

915

⚙️ Extreme Programming 🔄 Agile Development 🏭 Lean Software

The Art of Agile Development 88%

Weekly deployments and single-digit bug counts: the whole XP practice set that gets you there.

by James Shore 2007

3.98

915 ratings

⚙️ Extreme Programming 🔄 Agile Development 🏭 Lean Software

The Effective Engineer

by Edmond Lau • 2015

You can't outwork poor leverage. The principles that make engineering effort compound.

4.25

2k+

🛠️ Software Craftsmanship ⚡ Engineering Productivity 📈 Tech Career Growth

The Effective Engineer 88%

You can't outwork poor leverage. The principles that make engineering effort compound.

by Edmond Lau 2015

4.25

2k+ ratings

🛠️ Software Craftsmanship ⚡ Engineering Productivity 📈 Tech Career Growth

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