Exceptional Agility: Top 10 Agile Books for 2024
01 January 2024 14:12
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Whether you’re new to agile or you’re an experienced professional, leverage this curated list of 10 must-read books to support your professional development and level-up your game.
Scott M. Graffius, Founder and CEO of Exceptional Agility, is the author of two multi-award-winning books on Agile - Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions and Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change. In order to keep the spotlight on the works of other stellar authors, this article does not include Graffius' books.
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Books are presented in alphabetical order—by title.
Now, on to the list!
Agile Estimating and Planning
Title: Agile Estimating and Planning
Author: Mike Cohn
ISBN-10: 0131479415
ISBN-13: 978-0131479418
Paperback: $45.59
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Agile Game Development (Second Edition)
- Title: Agile Game Development (Second Edition)
- Author: Clinton Keith
- ISBN-10: 0136527817
- ISBN-13: 978-0136527817
- Paperback: $49.59
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Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products (Second Edition)
- Title: Agile Project Management: Creating Innovative Products (Second Edition)
- Author: Jim Highsmith
- ISBN-10: 0321658396
- ISBN-13: 978-0321658395
- Paperback: $45.22
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Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great
- Title: Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great
- Authors: Esther Derby and Diana Larsen
- ISBN-10: 0977616649
- ISBN-13: 978-0977616640
- Paperback: $16.79
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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
- Title: Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
- Author: Robert C. Martin
- ISBN-10: 0132350882
- ISBN-13: 978-0132350884
- Paperback: $47.49
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Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition
- Title: Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition
- Author: Lyssa Adkins
- ISBN-10: 0321637704
- ISBN-13: 978-0321637703
- Paperback: $40.02
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Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos
- Title: Doing Agile Right: Transformation Without Chaos
- Authors: Darrell K. Rigby, Sarah Elk, and Steven H. Berez
- ISBN-10: 163369870X
- ISBN-13: 978-1633698703
- Hardcover (paperback not available at time of story): $17.99
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Innovation Project Management: Methods, Case Studies, and Tools for Managing Innovation Projects (Second Edition)
- Title: Innovation Project Management: Methods, Case Studies, and Tools for Managing Innovation Projects (Second Edition)
- Author: Harold Kerzner
- ISBN-10: 111993124X
- ISBN-13: 978-1119931249
- Hardcover (paperback not available at the time of story): $74.68
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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
- Title: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
- Author: Michael Bungay Stanier
- ISBN-10: 0978440749
- ISBN-13: 978-0978440749
- Paperback: $7.58
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The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- Title: The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
- Author: Walter Isaacson
- ISBN-10: 1476708703
- ISBN-13: 978-1476708706
- Paperback: $14.29
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Leverage the 10 titles in this curated list of books to advance your professional development and continuous improvement!
About Scott M. Graffius

Scott M. Graffius, Founder and CEO of Exceptional Agility, is an expert practitioner and thought leader in agile, project, program, portfolio, and PMO management. He has generated over $1.9 billion of business value in aggregate for Global Fortune 500 companies and other organizations he has served. Graffius is a multi-award-winning author and highly sought-after international keynote speaker, having presented at 89 conferences and other events across 25 countries. Businesses, professional associations, governments, and universities have used and featured him and his content. Select examples include Microsoft, Oracle, Broadcom, Cisco, Gartner, EY, Project Management Institute, IEEE, SANS Institute, National Academy of Sciences, United States Department of Energy, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Yale University, Tufts University, and many others.
Visit https://ScottGraffius.com to learn more, and connect with Scott on:
About Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions
Shifting customer needs are common in today's marketplace. Businesses must be adaptive and responsive to change while delivering an exceptional customer experience to be competitive.
There are a variety of frameworks supporting the development of products and services, and most approaches fall into one of two broad categories: traditional or agile. Traditional practices such as waterfall engage sequential development, while agile involves iterative and incremental deliverables. Organizations are increasingly embracing agile to manage projects, and best meet their business needs of rapid response to change, fast delivery speed, and more.
With clear and easy to follow step-by-step instructions, Scott M. Graffius's award-winning Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions helps the reader:
- Implement and use the most popular agile framework―Scrum;
- Deliver products in short cycles with rapid adaptation to change, fast time-to-market, and continuous improvement; and
- Support innovation and drive competitive advantage.
Hailed by Literary Titan as “the book highlights the versatility of Scrum beautifully.”
Winner of 17 first place awards.
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle worldwide. Some links by country follow.
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About Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change
Thriving in today's marketplace frequently depends on making a transformation to become more agile. Those successful in the transition enjoy faster delivery speed and ROI, higher satisfaction, continuous improvement, and additional benefits.
Based on actual events, Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change provides a quick (60-90 minute) read about a successful agile transformation at a multinational entertainment and media company, told from the author's perspective as an agile coach.
The award-winning book by Scott M. Graffius is available in paperback and ebook/Kindle worldwide. Some links by country follow.
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About Exceptional Agility
Exceptional Agility — part of Exceptional PPM and PMO Solutions — provides organizations with advisory, training, speaking, embedded talent, and facilitative consulting services to help them build and advance their agile project, program, portfolio, and PMO management capabilities and results to best realize their strategic objectives and initiatives, making them more competitive and valuable.
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