During 2015 I reviewed more than 30 books related to Project, Program, and Portfolio Management and PMO.
Agile
- Nexus Guide; scaled agile development by Ken Schwaber
- Agile: Geschikt/Ongeschikt by KWD Resultaatmanagement (in Dutch)
- Beyond legacy code: nine practices to extend the life (and value) of your software by David Scott Bernstein
- The lean startup, how constant innovation creates radically successful businesses by Eric Ries
- PRINCE2 Agile by Keith Richards
- Kanban, successful evolutionary change for your technology business by David Anderson
- Scrum, The art of doing twice the work in half the time by Jeff Sutherland
Project Governance
- Project Sponsorship: achieving management commitment for project success by Randall Englund and Alfonso Bucero
- Successful Project Sponsorship by Michiel van der Molen
Competences
- Modeling, evaluating and predicting IT human resources performance by Konstantina Richter and Renier Dumke
- The little book of Work Resolutions by NineFeetTall
- IPMA individual Competence Baseline (ICB4)
- Echt contact is het fundament van communicatie by Ankie Swakhoven (in Dutch)
- The abilene paradox and other meditations on management by Jerry B. Harvey
- De projectverleider by Leon Hilkema and Ankie Swakhoven (in Dutch)
- Strategic Project Management SPOMP by Leon Hielkema
PMO
- The little book of PMO by NineFeetTall
- Het regiebureau, kernprincipes voor het sturen op resultaat by Leon-Paul de Rouw en Chris Verhoef (in Dutch)
- The PMO as a pop-up shop by Mertine Middelkoop
Project Management
- High Reliability Projectmanagement: hoe cultuur het regelt by Bernard Sluis (in Dutch)
- Masterclass Project Recovery by Peter Storm and Martijn Jong (In Dutch)
- The little book of Project Management by NineFeetTall
- The little book of Project Methodologies by NineFeetTall
- Project Planning and Project Success, the 25% solution by Pedro Serrador
- Wegwijzer voor het evalueren van IT-projecten by Wouter Bronsgeest e.a. (in Dutch)
- De kleine prinses en de chaos in het project
Programme Management
- Transforming business with program management by Satish Subramanian
- The little book of Change Management by NineFeetTall
Portfolio Management
- The little book of portfolio management by NineFeetTall
- CIO’s guide to breakthrough project portfolio performance
Business Analysis
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And which of those 30 was your favourite Henny?
my top 3 favorites:
The Abilene paradox
Successful project sponsorship
The lean start-up