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The Phoenix Project

A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition

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The Phoenix Project

By: Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
Narrated by: Chris Ruen
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Five years after this sleeper hit took on the world of IT and flipped it on its head, the fifth anniversary edition of The Phoenix Project continues to guide IT in the DevOps revolution. In this newly updated and expanded edition of the best-selling 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 90 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 manufacturing plant work than he ever imagined. With the clock ticking, Bill must organize work flow, 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. Listeners will not only learn how to improve their own IT organizations, they’ll never view IT the same.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2014 Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford (P)2015 Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford
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It is an interesting story and people can gain insights on process management. Narrative is good - worth to listen!

Interesting story

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One of the best business novels out there! Amust read for anyone involved in Business Administration and Management

Brilliant

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Really enjoyable narration performance, and truly engaging way to get a message across rather than the usual 'do this and that' suggestions.
The initial set up was so true to my everyday reality it was scary. The suggestions, while they work magically in the book, are still very practical and I have already implemented several aspects at my company. I don't have a guru whispering suggestions to me so I'll need to listed to it again and I'm sure I'll be able to get to the next stage.
Thoroughly recommend to anyone in IT, Dev, PM or anywhere in between.

A guide to a way out for anyone buried in IT

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This is an excellent book!!

It's like what Bill Palmer wanted to write in the dev ops book ...:)

Awesome book - Real World scenario

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lovit it. will read it again. This time as a text book for getting things done right.

it's worth your time and money.

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A great book. Well written and well read. An eye opening journey into IT, project management and the importance of systems and processes. I think this book will be beneficial to anyone that has to produce and deliver anything to one. This is much more than a book about IT.

Enlightening

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I can so relate to the story and characters in the book. Must read for in the IT industry.

the IT story is so relevant

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coming from a background of Managed services in big company, two years ago I had no clue what DevOps was....I see why this is considered the DevOps Bible. Clever way to tell a story on the life of an IT manager.

Great way to tell the current IT ops life

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Telling a classic tale of triumph against the odds in the context of enterprise info tech was an ambitious idea. I loved it to the end.

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It was great hearing the 'penny drop' in the heads of characters that worked 'in the business' that IT wasn't something separate.

Interesting format - engaging story

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I loved it! I really wish have heard it before! I live and suffer it every day in my last company.

Perfect for today's companies, particularly banks.

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