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Publication
Portland, Oregon : IT Revolution Press, [2014].
Description
In this newly updated and expanded edition of the bestselling The Phoenix Project, co-author Gene Kim includes a new afterword and a deeper delve into the Three Ways as described in The DevOps Handbook. Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been, tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But, the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill's entire department will be outsourced. With the help of a prospective board member and his mysterious philosophy of The Three Ways, Bill starts to see that IT work has more in common with a manufacturing plant work than he ever imagined. With the clock ticking, Bill must organize workflow streamline interdepartmental communications, and effectively serve the other business functions at Parts Unlimited. In a fast-paced and entertaining style, three luminaries of the DevOps movement deliver a story that anyone who works in IT will recognize. Readers will not only learn how to improve their own IT organizations, they'll never view IT the same way again.… (more)
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LibraryThing member dconley23
This was a book about a better way to do software development, but as a novel for some reason. I did want to keep reading, I suppose, but the dialog was stiff and contrived and the magical quirky guru was rarely in town, except for how he always was, and somehow kept getting invited to meetings and
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allowed into spaces despite not actually being involved with the company? In what world would that be allowed? And at the end he turns down the board spot because he wants to be an investor... but is also going to mentor the main character. Because *that* isn’t a conflict of interest? Show Less
LibraryThing member arocks
Novel was unputdownable. Most scenarios seemed familiar to anyone who has worked in a large IT project. It seemed a bit rushed towards the ending. Still, great stuff!
LibraryThing member buk1968
A good fictionalisation of the process of migration from IT organisational chaos to a DevOps continuous delivery process
LibraryThing member StefanNijenhuis
enjoyed this book. A lot of recognisable situations, since i work in IT. Having read The Goal, it was nice to see that this book referenced it by naming it and copying it's style. it also translates the lean manufacturing principles to the information technology.
LibraryThing member gereon
DevOps, Continuous Delivery in the form of a novel.
LibraryThing member dswaddell
The book contains many excellent theories and points for business application developement and time management written in a fairly good format that keeps the reader entertained while getting the point across. A good read for any business professional.
Good luck on getting management to play along.
Good luck on getting management to play along.
LibraryThing member krau0098
This was a good read for someone who is new to IT and Dev Ops. I recently switched into a job in IT from an engineering job. I enjoyed the parallels drawn in this book between manufacturing work and IT work; I was heavily involved in manufacturing for the first 16 years of my career and more
The book is written in story form which makes it an easy read. Sometimes I struggle to read non-fiction books related to my job, but this one was a breeze to get through and was actually engaging. I even found myself having trouble putting it down a few times!
The back part of the book is also very useful; this is an appendix of sorts that goes through various Dev Ops and IT tools.
Overall I thought this was a great intro to Dev Ops that was very approachable and easy to read. I would recommend to people who are relatively new to the idea or field. This is a great primer that’s written in an entertaining way.
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recently involved in IT work...the comparison really helped me understand IT Dev Ops better.The book is written in story form which makes it an easy read. Sometimes I struggle to read non-fiction books related to my job, but this one was a breeze to get through and was actually engaging. I even found myself having trouble putting it down a few times!
The back part of the book is also very useful; this is an appendix of sorts that goes through various Dev Ops and IT tools.
Overall I thought this was a great intro to Dev Ops that was very approachable and easy to read. I would recommend to people who are relatively new to the idea or field. This is a great primer that’s written in an entertaining way.
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LibraryThing member scottjpearson
I’m reading this book to be prepared for a software launch that might happen in the next few months. I read a book like this to ensure that I am on top of my IT game when it comes to responding to life forces. Stories like this tell how powerful information technology can be at transforming
Too often, those in IT keeps their ears closed to their fellow co-workers; not surprisingly, those outside of IT do not keep up with software developments either. This book illustrates how to overcome those silos with mere curiosity.
Most organizations – even those outside of traditional tech-sector jobs – can die without effective information management. Through an interesting (and all too typical) narrative, this book illustrates how to make information technology, to buy a metaphor from anatomy, the nervous system of your organizations.
Like all great literature, this story plays upon universal human themes like coming together, listening to each other, and solving huge problems in unconventional ways. It conveys these truths in a way that computer programmers like me can relate to their jobs. I’ve heard and seen most of the bad practices in this book; I’ve also seen many of the suggested solutions in practice in my colleagues. I leave this book ready to encounter the new challenges at my work on Monday morning.
Now, here’s to hoping that I can take the inspiration gathered in this book and apply it to my software launch!
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organizations when coupled with a simple desire to learn from each other.Too often, those in IT keeps their ears closed to their fellow co-workers; not surprisingly, those outside of IT do not keep up with software developments either. This book illustrates how to overcome those silos with mere curiosity.
Most organizations – even those outside of traditional tech-sector jobs – can die without effective information management. Through an interesting (and all too typical) narrative, this book illustrates how to make information technology, to buy a metaphor from anatomy, the nervous system of your organizations.
Like all great literature, this story plays upon universal human themes like coming together, listening to each other, and solving huge problems in unconventional ways. It conveys these truths in a way that computer programmers like me can relate to their jobs. I’ve heard and seen most of the bad practices in this book; I’ve also seen many of the suggested solutions in practice in my colleagues. I leave this book ready to encounter the new challenges at my work on Monday morning.
Now, here’s to hoping that I can take the inspiration gathered in this book and apply it to my software launch!
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LibraryThing member sbathe
Having already read "Goal", I found the format to be as expected.
The book starts with a description that many IT departments would find familiar. And then progressively moves towards "10 deploys a day theme". While there are absolutely no technical details there or mention of tools to achieve that,
The book starts with a description that many IT departments would find familiar. And then progressively moves towards "10 deploys a day theme". While there are absolutely no technical details there or mention of tools to achieve that,
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it does show you the "systems thinking" approach. Show Less
LibraryThing member NaleagDeco
Reading this book a second time, having done this book for a book club at work for the second time.
I enjoyed it more the second time, since I had the opportunity to ponder the teachings moreso than the tale this time.
I think this book is essential reading currently as it pertains to the state of
As a novel, it's clear the author is well-written but not a fiction writer by trade. I have some qualms about certain characterizations needed to make characters noble or villainous, and the over-reliance on deference to the military. There are reasons these are involved to keep the book moving, but for a book that's a parable it allows too much reading into these aspects than were intended.
The basic teachings of the book, the idea of "The Four Ways" of work and how one should be thinking about workflow, are things I'm now starting to notice both in my personal life and in my professional life and I'm starting to see rewarding effects to consciously engaging with them. In some ways I wish I had read the companion "DevOps Handbook" first so that I could have gotten straight to the meat of the book, but fiction stories are good ways for people to get into these kinds of topics without it feeling too textbook and dry.
I enjoyed it more the second time, since I had the opportunity to ponder the teachings moreso than the tale this time.
I think this book is essential reading currently as it pertains to the state of
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growing software companies to scale. It's a book more for decision makers than individuals, but there are plenty of insights to arm individual contributors with ideas of how to grow success in their own limited spheres as well.As a novel, it's clear the author is well-written but not a fiction writer by trade. I have some qualms about certain characterizations needed to make characters noble or villainous, and the over-reliance on deference to the military. There are reasons these are involved to keep the book moving, but for a book that's a parable it allows too much reading into these aspects than were intended.
The basic teachings of the book, the idea of "The Four Ways" of work and how one should be thinking about workflow, are things I'm now starting to notice both in my personal life and in my professional life and I'm starting to see rewarding effects to consciously engaging with them. In some ways I wish I had read the companion "DevOps Handbook" first so that I could have gotten straight to the meat of the book, but fiction stories are good ways for people to get into these kinds of topics without it feeling too textbook and dry.
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LibraryThing member Paul_S
Meant as a morality play for managers ends up being a wish fulfilment power fantasy with mary-sue characters. I know it's America but I had no idea half the men in there did military service. Great work on keeping that 20 million strong army a secret. I was expecting Erik to turn out to be the
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protagonists hallucination or the DevOps fairy. Was disappointed. It's also pretty lame as a regular book. Show Less
LibraryThing member philipcristiano
If you work in IT you need to read it.
LibraryThing member mmparker
This was a real slog. The book leans heavily on stereotypes and cliches, and talks a lot about (awful) people's (awful) feelings, and needed a lot more editing. There are interesting ideas in there, but I think I would've been better off just reading the appendices (or maybe the DevOps Handbook,
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which is up next). Show Less
LibraryThing member jbaty
I dunno. It started out fun then became less fun.
LibraryThing member Zare
This one is rather interesting book.
On one hand it tries to show how inter-departmental cooperation, especially between IT services and between IT and actual business can prove highly valuable and can speed up and stream-line the main business processes and business-supportive projects/processes.
On the other hand for the dramatic purpose, issues that take significant amount of time in real life are shortened to a ridiculous short time-spans and some teams are shown as very slow-movers and not very capable. Some IT departments are shown as especially ... troublesome.
So I understand some of the reactions to the book (I recognized myself in several characters).
In my opinion what this book does very good is to show what exactly DevOps is - improvement in overall organizational thinking and planning, striving to achieve more in smaller steps [remember those many sayings like brick-by-brick-you-get-a-house]. If everyone is working together, if everyone is motivated and aims for the same - success of the core business - everything can be achieved.
All in all very interesting book that tries [in form of a fiction instead of academic or professional-literature way] to give insights to the readers how things can be much easier achieved through DevOps approach. And funny thing is that all the lections presented are applicable everywhere - not just to IT.
Recommended to everyone interested in organizational and planning issues.
On one hand it tries to show how inter-departmental cooperation, especially between IT services and between IT and actual business can prove highly valuable and can speed up and stream-line the main business processes and business-supportive projects/processes.
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On the other hand for the dramatic purpose, issues that take significant amount of time in real life are shortened to a ridiculous short time-spans and some teams are shown as very slow-movers and not very capable. Some IT departments are shown as especially ... troublesome.
So I understand some of the reactions to the book (I recognized myself in several characters).
In my opinion what this book does very good is to show what exactly DevOps is - improvement in overall organizational thinking and planning, striving to achieve more in smaller steps [remember those many sayings like brick-by-brick-you-get-a-house]. If everyone is working together, if everyone is motivated and aims for the same - success of the core business - everything can be achieved.
All in all very interesting book that tries [in form of a fiction instead of academic or professional-literature way] to give insights to the readers how things can be much easier achieved through DevOps approach. And funny thing is that all the lections presented are applicable everywhere - not just to IT.
Recommended to everyone interested in organizational and planning issues.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2013
Physical description
382 p.; 22.8 cm
ISBN
9780988262508
Local notes
Omslag: Joy Panos Stauber
Omslagsillustration: eboy
Omslaget viser stiliserede personer omkring en opbygning af computere, hvor en boblede varm væske gemmer sig i midten
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Omslagsillustration: eboy
Omslaget viser stiliserede personer omkring en opbygning af computere, hvor en boblede varm væske gemmer sig i midten
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
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Pages
382
DDC/MDS
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