Books
As explained in my post on M.E.T.A Career Development, Engineering knowledge is one of the 4 pillars of a good professional development program. Here is my list of recommended software engineering books. By design, a maximum of 5 books is given in each area. If you’ve read all 5, time to broaden your horizons and learn about the other areas more.
Methodology
Requirements & Modeling
| Software Requirements, Kark Wiegers |
An overview of collecting, writing and managing requirements. |
| Writing Effective Use Cases, Alister Cockburn |
The definitive book on writing Use Cases, the requirements technique for RUP. |
| User Stories Applied, Mike Cohn |
The definitive book on User Stories, the preferred requirements technique for many Agile methodologies. |
| UML Distilled 3e, Martin Fowler |
One of the most popular SE books ever and with good reason. Updated for UML 2 and packed with sound advice on getting the most out of UML. |
| Applying UML and Patterns 3e, Craig Larman |
The world’s best selling text on OOA/D. Highly recommended by Martin Fowler, Phillip Krutchen and Steve McConnell. |
Architecture
Design
Construction
| Pragmatic Programmer, Andy Hunt, Dave Thomas |
One of the best books on the practice of programming ever written. Concise, pragmatic, influential. |
| Code Complete 2, Steve McConnell |
The bible on software development. If you only ever read one book on software development, make it this one. |
| Object Oriented Software Construction 2e, Betrand Meyer |
Hard-code OO advice from the father of Design-By-Contract. |
| Progamming Pearls 2e, Jon Bentley |
Steve McConnell says: I use something I learned from Bentley’s essays nearly every day that I program. |
| Software Estimation, Steve McConnell |
Demystifying the Black Art. |
Technical Communication
Testing
| Lessons Learned, Cem Kaner et al |
Tim Lister says: Buy a carton-load and hand a copy out to everyone who tests and to everyone who thinks that she or he manages testers. (I agree.) |
| FIT for Delivering Software, Ward Cunningham |
Executable specifications is the right way to black-box test software’s functionality. Start here. |
| Test Driven Development: A Practical Guide, David Astels |
Mary Poppendieck says: This is the book to get if you are implementing test-driven development. (The Kent Beck one sounds just as good.) |
| Testing Computer Software, Cem Kaner et al |
An overview of testing – the best-selling testing book of all-time. |
| Managing the Testing Process, Rex Black |
Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing |
Maintenance & Support
Quality
Configuration & Collaboration
Engineering Management
| The Mythical Man Month, Fred Brooks |
Arguably the most influential SE text of all time. |
| Principles of Software Engineering Management, Tom Gilb |
The breakthrough book on evolutionary delivery. Still required reading for professional level at Construx (Steve McConnell’s consulting company) and the basis for every major methodology promoted today. |
| Rapid Development, Steve McConnell |
Taming Wild Software Schedules. An all-time classic. |
| Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams 2e, Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister |
Joel Spolsky says: Bill Gates has built a company full of managers who read Peopleware. I can’t recommend this book highly enough. It is the one thing every software manager needs to read… not just once, but once a year. |
| Agile Project Management, Jim Highsmith |
How agile methods and rigorous project management can be combined to create innovative products. |
Software Business
| Joel on Software, Joel Spolsky |
A collection of essays from one of the most popular SE blogs around. |
| The Catheral and the Bazaar, Eric Raymond |
The landmark text on the open source movement. |
| CIO Wisdom II, Phillip Laplante, Thomas Costello |
How IT impacts the business world and how the business world perceives IT. |
| Microsoft Secrets, Cusumano |
How the World’s Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets and Manages People |
| The Business of Software, Cusumano |
Business models for software in the modern era. |
If you think a different book ought to be added, read the ones I recommend and tell me which one to drop from the current set and why. Great books are released all the time and I expect the list to evolve over time along with best practices.
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