Book · 2018 · Business & Economics
The Phoenix Project
A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
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Phoenix Project is still for me a good one. This is one By Gene Kim, yeah. Yeah, and um I I can see uh you know, go you kind of remember that we got that in in in Skype.
Why people recommend it
The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford is a business novel that uses a fictionalized narrative about an IT turnaround to illustrate DevOps principles and the importance of operational efficiency in software development. Robert Erez brought up the book on The Pragmatic Engineer during the episode CI/CD with Robert Erez, when he was asked to share his top book recommendations with listeners. Erez recalled that the book remained a solid and impactful read for him, noting that a former manager had previously handed out copies of it to everyone on the team back during his time at Skype. He highlighted how the story captures the vital concept of bridging the gap between development and operations teams, emphasizing the core message that engineers should be closely involved in operational processes. Through this reflection, the book was endorsed as a foundational text for understanding modern IT management and engineering culture, demonstrating complex organizational workflows through an engaging story format.
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Robert Erez Phoenix Project is still for me a good one. This is one By Gene Kim, yeah. Yeah, and um I I can see uh you… 1
“Phoenix Project is still for me a good one. This is one By Gene Kim, yeah. Yeah, and um I I can see uh you know, go you kind of remember that we got that in in in Skype.”
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“And it might have been like the um The Phoenix Project might have been out around then. I'm forgetting if that the exact timeline, but there was something like The Phoenix Project.”