The following is a list of the top twenty books sold.  Physics of the Future sold out as keynote, Michio Kaku wowed the crowd with him message and delivery.  IBM Press book, Disciplined Agile Delivery, by Scott Ambler and Mark Lines was hot off the press and came in number 2.  (Amazon is selling this book at 43% off retail – an amazing price!)  I have provided links to the 3 IBM Press books that made the top twenty.

Physics of the Future
Disciplined Agile Delivery
Practical Gude to Distrubted Scrum
Leading Lean Software
IBM Rational Team Concert
Business Model Generation
Gamestorming
Agile Estimating
The Economics  Software Quality
Work Item Management
How Google Tests Software
Software Systems Req Engineering
Evaluating Software Architecture
Requirements by Collaboration
Implementing Lean Software Dev
Agile Testing
Agile Software Requirements
Requirements Engineering
How to Measure Anything
Resonate

Talk about hot off the press!  Scott Ambler and Mark Lines have a new book publishing, Disciplined Agile Delivery. and they have worked their butts off to make sure we have it in time for Innovate.   Looks like it will go from the printer directly to the conference!   The following is a list of book signings at the conference –  mark your calendars.  Stop by the bookstore and get your books signed – the authors love chat about their book topics.

Leading Lean Software Mon 5:30-6:00 Mary Poppendieck
Work Item Management Tue 12:15-1:15 David Billagio
A Practical Guide to Distrubted Scrum Tue 12:15-1:15 Elizabeth Woodward
Physics of the Future Wed 12:15-1:15 Michio Kaku
Disciplined Agile Delivery Wed 12:45-1:15 Scott Ambler/Mark Lines

Just in time for Scrum summer reading.  A Pracitcal Guide to Distributed Scrum will hit the presses in a few weeks and make it’s debut before the 4th of July.  (Fireworks please). 

A Practical Guide to Distributed Scrum is a book developed through the collaboration of the IBM Scrum Community. The IBM Scrum Community consists of 1084 members across IBM’s seven business units, all IBM Software Group brands (Rational, Information Management, Lotus, Tivoli, and WebSphere) and 30 different countries. You can find more information about the indivdual authors here.

Here’s what you will learn in the book:

  • Estimate user stories and work with the Product Owner as a distributed team
  • Implement techniques to more efficiently engage in Release and Sprint planning
  • Effectively conduct daily Scrum meetings
  • Enhance communications between team members throughout the Sprint
  • Conduct a productive reflection to improve productivity and quality over the next Sprint
  • Demonstrate progress to stakeholders at the end of each Sprint
  • Leverage tools to improve the productivity of distributed teams

You can pre-order with Amazon or go directly to our site and save 35% and free shipping with the following coupon code: IBM1138

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