We have compiled a list of books and articles on Agile, Product, Design Thinking, and Innovation. These books and articles offer perspectives, frameworks, and real stories for the successful application of product management practices to the ideation and development of new products. If you are a Product Owner, a Product Manager, or a Product Leader, these books and articles are for you.
Books
Product Management
“Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love”, by Marty Cagan
“The build trap“, by Melissa Perri
“Deliver Great Products that Customers Love”, by Valerio Zanini
Agile
“Scrum Mastery: From Good to Great Servant-Leadership”, Geoff Watts
“Scrum for Hardware“, Paolo Sammicheli
Product planning
“User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product”, by Jeff Patton
“Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty”, by Todd Lombardo
Creativity
“Make Space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration”, by Scott Witthoft and Scott Doorley
“inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity”, by Tina Seelig
“Creative Confidence“, by Tom & David Kelley
“The Designful Company”, by Marty Neumeier
Innovation
“The Art of Innovation“, by Tom Kelley
“Insight Out“, by Tina Seelig
“Weird Ideas That Work”, by Robert Sutton
“Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days”, by Jake Knapp
“Gamestorming: A Playbook For Innovators, Rulebreakers, And Changemakers”, by Dave Gray
Design Thinking
“Change by Design“, by Tim Brown
“Design Thinking“, by Nigel Cross
“This is Service Design Thinking”, by Stickdorn/Schneider
“Practical Empathy”, by Indi Young
“Wired to Care”, by Dev Patnaik
“The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage“, by Roger Martin
Validating ideas and MVPs
“The Real Startup Book“, by Kromatic
“The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses”, Eric Ries
Performance
“Radical Focus”, by Christina Wodke (Product Management book on applying OKRS effectively)
Articles and videos
Blogs and articles on Agile, Product, Design Thinking, Innovation for a quick read and staying up to date:
Product Management
Product Blog: https://www.producttalk.org/
Video: Product Ownership in a Nutshell (Youtube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=502ILHjX9EE
Product Owner VS Product Manager: https://medium.com/@melissaperri/product-manager-vs-product-owner-57ff829aa74d
Product Bytes (video series): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TVksENC4R37H2EHyoyNqg/videos
Product Management practices
Using the Product Canvas to Define Your Product’s Core Requirements: https://www.ebgconsulting.com/blog/using-the-product-canvas-to-define-your-products-core-requirements/
Technical Debt: https://www.5dvision.com/post/technical-debt-is-a-silent-enemy-of-every-product-team/
Product Journey Maps for MVPs: https://www.5dvision.com/post/using-product-journey-maps-to-plan-your-product-mvp/
Dual track development (Jeff Patton): https://www.jpattonassociates.com/dual-track-development/
The Humanizing Work Guide to Splitting User Stories: https://www.humanizingwork.com/the-humanizing-work-guide-to-splitting-user-stories/
Product-led Growth: https://www.productled.org/foundations/what-is-product-led-growth
Failures and anti-patterns
Large Product Backlog (anti-pattern): https://resources.scrumalliance.org/Article/scrum-anti-patterns-large-product-backlog
Why Startups Fail, HBR article by Tom Eisenmann: https://hbr.org/2021/05/why-start-ups-fail
If Agile fails, blame Product: https://medium.com/@vzanini/if-agile-fails-blame-product-bd875d49350c
Agile stories
Embracing Agile (HBR): https://hbr.org/2016/05/embracing-agile
Is Agile really worth it? (Forbes): https://www.forbes.com/sites/tracybrower/2019/10/06/is-agile-really-worth-it-evidence-says-yes-if-you-do-these-4-things/
What is Scrum? (5D Vision): https://www.5dvision.com/post/what-is-scrum/
Frameworks
Innovation and Agile frameworks from 5D Vision: https://www.5dvision.com/agile-product-frameworks/
If you are interested in learning more about the Scrum Master role, we have a list of books and articles for Scrum Masters:
https://www.5dvision.com/post/the-scrum-masters-reading-list/