So many... I definitely have a very pro-Agile slant on my recommendations but here goes... (you may want to get comfortable for this...
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Project management
- Start with books by Ken Schwaber, Alistair Cockburn, Jim Highsmith, Craig Larman - the bibliographies of their books will lead you to more good books.
Software craftsmanship (to help the developers become better)
- "The Pragmatic Programmer" Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
- "Software Craftsmanship: The New Imperative" by Pete McBreen
- "Clean Code" by Robert C. Martin
- "Agile Software Development: Principles,
Patterns, and Practices" by Robert C. Martin
- "Code Complete 2" by Steve McConnell
- "Refactoring" by Martin Fowler
- "Working Effectively with Legacy Code" by Michael Feathers
- "Refactoring to Patterns" by Joshua Kerievsky
- "Growing Object Oriented Software Guided by Tests" by Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce
- "The Pomodoro Technique" by Noteberg -
small but noteworthy book because the technique is excellent
Article: "Professionalism and Test-Driven Development" by Robert C. Martin. Google for it,
you should be able to find a PDF of this somewhere.
I highly recommend this article to any serious developer who is dedicated to becoming a true professional
Again, the bibliographies of these books will lead you to more good books
Software architecture (important to be able to participate in the high-level discussion)
The classic GoF "Design Patterns" book
"Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture" by Martin Fowler
"Enterprise Integration Patterns" by Hohpe and Wolfe
books on SOA by Thomas Erl
Agile
Books by any of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto are a safe bet:
Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, Jim Highsmith, Alistair Cockburn, Dave Thomas, Ken Schwaber, Jeff Sutherland, Robert C. Martin, et. al.
Other Agile authors I like:
Craig Larman, Mary and Tom Poppendieck, Diana Larsen and Esther Derby, Ellen Gottesdiener, James Shore
Their books will lead you to other good books (see a pattern here yet?
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Leadership and motivation (he will ahve to motivate his team)
"Coaching Agile Teams" by Lyssa Adkins
I attended a two-day class on this by Lyssa and her partners at the Agile Coaching Institute recently. It totally changed my outlook on leading and coaching. Highly recommended.
Workshops and articles by Dr. Christopher Avery on Leadership and Motivation
I also attended a workshop by Dr. Avery -- also a big impact on me -- his keynotes on "The Leadership Gift" are very well received by audiences, in my experience.