Lean
An annotated collection of 4 books on lean, spanning 1988 to 2006. Featuring works by Taiichi Ohno, Mary Poppendieck & Tom Poppendieck, Jeffrey K. Liker and 1 more — each with editorial commentary oriented to digital product practice.
Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production
Ohno invented the Toyota Production System and this is his own account of how and why — not Liker writing about Toyota, but the man who built it describing the thinking underneath. The book is short, conversational, and…
Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit
The Poppendiecks translate Toyota's manufacturing principles into software terms: eliminate waste, amplify learning, decide as late as possible, deliver as fast as possible, respect people, see the whole. The translation…
The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer
Liker codifies Toyota's operating philosophy into fourteen principles organised around long-term thinking, the right process, people development and continuous learning. The book is popular among process consultants and…
Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application
37signals' original book, released free in 2006, that codified the early philosophy of the company: small teams, short cycles, simple products, no meetings, shipped software over polished presentations. The book predates…