# Principles of Product Development Flow by Reinertsen

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Principles of Product Development Flow by Reinertsen and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its systematic, practical treatment of product development flow and queueing theory, and for being easy to digest.

## Why people recommend it

- Systematic treatment with practical queueing applications (2 comments): "That is also a good book containing a few practical applications of queueing theory" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48493505)) "offers a much more systematic treatment of the topic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46348010))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935401009?tag=YOURTAG-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/YOURID/9781935401001) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Principles of Product Development Flow by Reinertsen", https://hackerapproved.com/p/principles-of-product-development-flow/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).