21 Books that helps Product Managers/Business Analysts
Gurava Maruri
Director Product Management at Algonomy | E-commerce Personalization Product Leader | Ex-Oracle| Ex-ADP | Driving the Future of E-commerce Experiences.
These are some of the books which helped me quite well throughout my career and continue to help. Some of these books i read multiple times and i learned something new every time i read. As we evolve we observe more from the book than what we did in past.
Books on User Experience Design :
- The Elements of User Experience : User-Centered Design for the Web and Beyond by Jesse James Garrett
- Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited : A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug
- The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A.Norman
- About Face : The Essentials of Interface Design by Alan Cooper
Books on Visual Design by Dan Roam :
- Draw to Win
- Show & Tell
- Blah-Blah-Blah
- The Back of the Napkin
Agile Product Management :
- The Product Manager’s Toolkit by Gabriel Steinhardt
- The Product Manager’s Desk Reference by Steven Haines
- The Product Manager’s Survival Guide by Steven Haines
- Inspired : How to create products customers love by Marty Cagan
- Agile Product Management with Scrub by Roman Pichler
- Blue Ocean Strategy by Kim
Innovation & Design :
- Change by Design by Tim Brown
- Creative Confidence by Tom
- Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A.Moore
Innovation :
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter Drucker
- Innovator’s Dilemma by Christensen
- The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
- Jugaad Innovation : A Frugal and Flexible Approach to Innovation for the 21st Century by Navi Radjou
Note : Feel free to add any other good books which are must read for Product Management.