Are Your Lights On?

+1 for this. Arguably all of Weinberg's works teach mental models. 'Are Your Lights On?' is an easy introduction to his writing and thinking, and 'Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design' is directly applicable to any software project involving collection of requirements (I thin that's all of them.)

Offhand... 1. 'The Making of the Atomic Bomb', R. Rhodes 2. 'Apollo: Race to the Moon', C. Murray, C. Cox 3. 'The Prize', D. Yergin 4. 'Are Your Lights On?', D. Gause, G. Weinberg 5. 'Becoming A Technical Leader', G. Weinberg

Are your lights on - Jerry Weinberg The blind watchmaker - Richard Dawkins