First up, and worth a read/watch is “How Is Software Developed At Amazon?”.  Of note:

• Automate anything manual
• DevSecOps

Following closely are the many references called out in QA Financial keynote from Jordan Daniel, Head of Testing and Enterprise Release Management, Bank of England:

• Boehm, B. W. (1987) Improving Software Productivity
• Grady, R. B. (1992) Practical Software Metrics for Project Management and Process Improvement, 1st Edition Prentice Hall.
• Henderson, P. (2006) Why Large IT Projects Fail.
• Jones, T. C. (2012) Software Defect Origins and Removal Methods. Draft 5.0. p. 3.
• McConnell, S. (1996) Software Quality at Top Speed.
• McConnell, S. (1996) Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules. Microsoft Press
• McConnell, S. (2004) Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, 2nd Edition Microsoft Press
• Medina, L., Liedke, R. (2015) Defect Prevention Using Agile Techniques.
• Patton, R. (2005) Software Testing. 2nd Edition Sams Publishing
• Suma. V., Gopalakrishnan Nair, T. R. (2008) Effective Defect Prevention Approach in Software Process for Achieving Better Quality Levels.