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The Phoenix Project is a best-selling business book that's told in narrative form. The book's characters reveal through their actions why it's so important for organizations to put security first and tear down the silos that have traditionally existed between development and operations teams.
- Plot
- Concept 1. The Three Ways
- Concept 2. The Four Types of Work
- Concept 3. The Theory of Constraints
In a nutshell, the protagonist of the novel, Bill Palmer, an IT director at automotive parts manufacturer and retailer company “Parts Unlimited”, is promoted to Vice President of IT. Steve Masters, the CEO of the company, asks him to “undertake some kamikaze mission” and help the company to regain profitability, increasing their market share and ke...
One of the most important concepts Erik tells Bill about is “the Three Ways” – the main principles on which DevOps are built. The Three Ways are about providing value to the customers by creating a culture where employees cohesively work together, understanding the interrelations between different parts of one business system. As Erik says to Bill,...
So, according to Erik, the work IT does can be divided into 4 types: Business projects. These include business initiatives; they are usually tracked by the Project Management Office. Internal IT projects. This type includes internally generated improvement or Operation projects created by business projects. They are usually tracked not centrally bu...
In one of the conversations with Bill, Erik gives him some home reading – “The Goal” by Dr. Eli Goldratt, which describes the Theory of Constraints. Erik explains that in most plants, there is a small amount of resources (men, machines, or materials) that dictate the outputs of the entire system. This amount of resources is called constraint – or b...
Feb 28, 2024 · The book The Phoenix Project follows the journey of a fictional company struggling with delays, unplanned work, and fewer resources. It also showcases its return to profitability thanks to revamped IT operations.
Feb 6, 2018 · “The Phoenix Project is a must read for business and IT executives who are struggling with the growing complexity of IT.”—JIM WHITEHURST, President and CEO, Red Hat,...
- 1942788304, 9781942788300
- Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- IT Revolution, 2018
Jan 10, 2013 · The company's new IT initiative, code named Phoenix Project, is critical to the future of Parts Unlimited, but the project is massively over budget and very late. The CEO wants Bill to report directly to him and fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill's entire department will be outsourced.
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Feb 27, 2018 · 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 ...
- Gene Kim bestselling author of The Phoenix Project The Unicorn Project and Wiring, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
A novel about IT, DevOps, and helping your business win. Readers will not only learn how to improve their own IT organizations, they'll never view IT the same way again. - Selection from The Phoenix Project [Book]
