Books I have written
What kind of problem is this?
Gareth J M Saunders
What kind of problem is this? helps Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, Product Owners and delivery leaders use the Cynefin sense-making framework to make better sense of real team situations.
Published 2026
I like to write back
Gareth J M Saunders
What do you do with unsolicited emails? Ignore them? Delete them? Let your spam filter swallow them? What if you were to reply to them? That’s what I did…
Published 2022
Teach Yourself Mahjong
David Pritchard & Gareth Saunders
Learn how to play the Chinese game of Mahjong.
In 2006, I wrote the updates that became the 3rd edition of the late David Pritchard’s book Teach Yourself Mahjong published by Hodder Education.
Published 2007
Books I have edited
Rosalie: in her own words
Rosalie J Saunders (née Brydon)
This is the story of my mum Rosalie’s life, as told in her own words.
Published 2022
My song is perfume
Rosalie J Saunders (née Brydon)
A collection of thirty-two poems about life, love, God, pain, joy and finding peace in the darkness.
Published 2023
A long life of short stories
Rosalie J Saunders (née Brydon)
A collection of short stories and creative writing.
Books I’m mentioned in
Agile! The Good, the Hype and the Ugly
Bertrand Meyer
Described as the first exhaustive, unbiased review of agile principles, techniques and tools.
With chapters that critically analyse the four major agile methods: Extreme Programming (XP), Lean software, Scrum and Crystal.
My minor claim to fame here is that on page 128, Meyer features a photograph of the kanban-style board that I created for the University of St Andrews web team.
Published 2014
Springer
ISBN: 978-3319051543
Join Me
Danny Wallace
Danny Wallace was bored. Just to see what would happen, he placed a whimsical ad in a local London paper. It said, simply, ‘Join Me’. Within a month, he was receiving letters and emails from teachers, mechanics, sales reps, vicars, schoolchildren and pensioners – all pledging allegiance to his cause. But no one knew what his cause was.
Chapter 10 is about when Danny flew to Inverness in Scotland to visit me.
Published 2003
Ebury Press
ISBN 978-0-09-189582-2