The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win PDF

The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win is a business book masquerading as a work of fiction. Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford are the authors of this book. It may seem odd that this is executed as a fictional story but this serves as a perfect vehicle to convey in very pointed ways the result of a lot of real world research. The road to operational excellence, compliance and higher levels of security in IT isn’t easy and this story accurately, albeit sometimes simplistically, showcases that fact. But more importantly it also gives us the tools and mental preparation to make a decision. This book should be mandatory reading for anyone in IT management and for anyone in senior leadership. It should be recommended reading for anyone in management at a mid-sized to large company as well. The book incorporates outstanding illustrations of production, Lean principles, Agile concepts, project management and change management best practices, etc., etc. in an easily understandable way. Despite its size, the book keeps your attention from cover to cover. Overall, it is an enjoyable read with plenty of applicable business concepts and practical wisdom.