by Ken Schwaber
appears in Programming, Business, and Nonfiction.
The rules and practices for Scrum?a simple process for managing complex projects?are few, straightforward, and easy to learn. But Scrum?s simplicity itself?its lack of prescription?can be disarming, and new practitioners often find themselves reverting to old project management habits and tools and yielding lesser results. In this illuminating seri...
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Consider The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. Recommended by 60 sources.
“A blunt, conversational tour through the worst parts of building a company. Horowitz shares personal stories from his own startup failures and recoveries, offering practical wisdom on layoffs, pivots, CEO loneliness, and managing when times are bad. The value is in the honest, experience-based insight you won't get from business school. The limitation is its narrow focus on venture-backed tech startups—if you're not in that world, some advice may feel irrelevant. Reads like a wise mentor telling you what nobody else will.”
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