Recommended Literature

"Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering" by Robert L. Glass (ISBN-13: 978-0321117427)

The book should be read by anyone in the software business. Probably no disciplin can afford doing things wrong and wrong again that didn't work in the past 40 years.

"Software Runaways: Monumental Software Disasters" by Robert L. Glass (ISBN-13: 978-0136734437)

This book should be read by anyone in this field, too. If statistically 2/3 of all projects are not finished in-time, in-quality, in-budget, it seems to be necessary to learn from software disasters what NOT to do.

"Gestaltung und Management von IT-Verträgen: Eine Anleitung für Praktiker" by Meinhard Erben, Tobias Sedlmeier, Michael Kubert, Wolf Günther (ISBN-13: 978-3870815301)

This book explains important concepts of German Civil Law.

"IT-Verträge: Wirksame und unwirksame Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen" by Meinhard Erben, Wolf Günther, Michael Kubert, Christoph Zahrnt (ISBN-13: 978-3870815165)

This book explains Terms and Conditions commonly used in IT contracts.