A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully, By Gerald Weinberg
One of the most important books for any consultant
This is a little book with some big messages. As the subtitle says, it’s a book not only for those who give, or sell, their advice, but it’s also for those who are taking or buying it. It’s a book both for those who help to manage change, and for those undergoing change themselves. Many people should read it.
That said, the main focus of the book is on those who produce the advice and ideas. If you are a consultant as I am, this may be one of the most important books in your collection. I have read it cover to cover twice, and parts of it many other times.
The book is written with a light, humorous touch, illustrated both with many funny stories and some very apt cartoons and quotations. From each discussion he abstracts multiple “laws” and reminders, which on their own should prompt you to remember the key points he discusses.
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Business Patterns at Work, By Hans-Erik Eriksson and Magnus Penker
A very good guide to business-level modelling with UML
One of the weaknesses of the Unified Modelling Language is its relatively limited support for modelling at the Enterprise level, especially to accurately model business processes. The UML purists believe that everything should be reduced to Use Cases, while these authors recognise that much more is necessary.
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A Visual Introduction to Digital Imaging, By Philip Andrews
Beautifully produced, clear introductory book
If you’re new to digital imaging, and trying to get to grips with Photoshop Elements (or any of its relations including its big brother Photoshop) it’s often difficult to understand some of the concepts, and how all the different pieces fit together. If that describes your situation, this book is a very good place to start.
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By Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori
A clear and entertaining book
Such is our morbid fascination that this book is inevitably more attractive than one called “Why Buildings Stay Up”. That said, I think I have not only learned more about structural engineering than I would have done from a positive counterpart, but I have also learned vastly more about the other factors, human and natural, that influence the ultimate success or failure of structures.
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