READING NOTE · UPDATED 2026
Read with a question, not a collecting habit
The original short reading-list note is preserved below. A useful reading plan links each title to a problem you are trying to understand. Write down the question before reading, then record what the text changes about your next decision. This makes the bibliography a working aid rather than a list of books to accumulate.
A practical next step
- Name the decision you need to make.
- Choose a relevant book or paper from the reading list.
- Record one assumption that the reading challenges.
This 2026 reading note is written by the Durnall editorial team. Richard Durnall’s original text follows below.
Original publication: .
Original WordPress feed timestamp, UTC; the old theme’s local date may differ. Check the date source ↗
The original words below retain their period and attribution. The reading note above is the current editorial addition.
Source capture · 2008-01-31 ↗I’ve added a reading list to the site accessible through the main navigation in the top bar. The list isn’t intended to be a comprehensive list of all things Agile and Lean. Instead I’ve tried to capture what I think are the most valuable books around on the topics covered in this site. Here’s a direct link ‘Agile & Lean Software Development Reading List‘. Happy reading…