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The Phoenix Project

The Phoenix Project

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  • Author：Gene Kim bestselling author of The Phoenix Project The Unicorn Project and Wiring
  • ISBN：1950508943
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Summary

Bill is an IT manager at Parts Unlimited。 It's Tuesday morning and on his drive into the office， Bill gets a call from the CEO。

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。

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。 Readers will not only learn how to improve their own IT organizations， they'll never view IT the same way again。

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Reviews

Claire Yu ，

Highly recommend this book for anyone who works in IT！ The author makes a very dry subject into a very entertaining fictional story - I honestly felt stressed and anxious reading the first half of the book because of all the firefighting happening， which unfortunately reminds me of my day to day job 😅 Nevertheless， I really enjoyed how relatable this book was， learned a lot， and loved how this was delivered as a fiction。 If this was a business book delivered in non-fiction format that plainly ad Highly recommend this book for anyone who works in IT！ The author makes a very dry subject into a very entertaining fictional story - I honestly felt stressed and anxious reading the first half of the book because of all the firefighting happening， which unfortunately reminds me of my day to day job 😅 Nevertheless， I really enjoyed how relatable this book was， learned a lot， and loved how this was delivered as a fiction。 If this was a business book delivered in non-fiction format that plainly addresses the intended topics e。g。 planning & managing IT projects， The Three Ways， aligning IT goals with Business goals， DevOps， and process improvement， I would have probably fallen asleep as I was reading 😀 。。。more

Anton Antonov ，

This is one of the most unique books about the industry。 It's an IT and DevOps book written by Gene Kim， one of the co-authors of the Accelerate book。"The Phoenix Project" follows the story of Bill Palmer， a fictional character who gets promoted to VP of IT operations。 Great， but now what？ Well， he has to save the Phoenix project。 Everything is chaos， and Bill has a hard deadline。 Can he do it？ Read and find out！ The stories and characters are interesting， and we need more books that follow the This is one of the most unique books about the industry。 It's an IT and DevOps book written by Gene Kim， one of the co-authors of the Accelerate book。"The Phoenix Project" follows the story of Bill Palmer， a fictional character who gets promoted to VP of IT operations。 Great， but now what？ Well， he has to save the Phoenix project。 Everything is chaos， and Bill has a hard deadline。 Can he do it？ Read and find out！ The stories and characters are interesting， and we need more books that follow the stories of regular people in our work area。 Not just dry， "this is how you do X， this is how you do Y， technical concept Z，" But I have read a lot of dry ones。 😅What more can I say about the book？ It's a personal favorite of mine， as I love prose， both as a reader and a writer in prose。 😊Oh， and the ending， yes， if you know what endings I like， this is one of them。 😉P。S。 Honestly， I haven't read a book like this one。 There's a second one called "The Unicorn Project，" but I never got around to picking it up and reading it。 。。。more

Jose Reales ，

https://chemaclass。com/readings/the-p。。。 https://chemaclass。com/readings/the-p。。。 。。。more

Sugan ，

Working at Amazon， makes me appreciate what we take for granted with all the DevOps being a standard here。 This book explains how bad things get without all these standards in place。

Anna Theodore ，

I read this book for work， thinking it would be another informational book that bored me to sleep。 QUITE THE OPPOSITE！ This novel style outlining the key importances of DevOps was fantastic。 As a new college grad， this book helped me personify the issues faced in large corporations and how I can speak up against inefficient behavior to make actionable change。 Definitely not a read for everyone， but a helpful book for someone going into a career in technology。

Andy M ，

Pretty good， and does about what it says。 A novelization of Bill's work life， it can come off as a preachy advert at some points and downright religious at others。 But overall a good read， and a classic in tech for a reason。 Pretty good， and does about what it says。 A novelization of Bill's work life， it can come off as a preachy advert at some points and downright religious at others。 But overall a good read， and a classic in tech for a reason。 。。。more

Dejan Bogovac ，

Nisam razumeo management ceo svoj zivot ali mislim da se nesto promenilo u meni posle ove knjige。。。13。8。24。Veza između fabrike i IT sektora i kako naizgled vrlo drugačija dva sveta zapravo funkcionišu po istim principima。 Da li ie sve što ikada naučim zapravo bitno？ Kako mogu da povezujem tako naizgled nevezane stvari i koristim sva svoja znanja efikasno？

Marvin ，

Best book on devops I have ever read。 Definitely one I wish to forget and read a-new a million times over。 Thought provoking， captivating and insightful at once。

Mark Yates ，

2。5 Stars。 A mixed bag of a book。 It does really work as a novel。 The characters are one dimensional and so task focused there is no depth beyond the urgency of the next crisis。 The writing is a mess。 And the pacing is all over the place。 After 50 pages， it got rather tedious。It does not work a manual or seminar or case study （or slide deck？） of the core principles （e。g。， theory of constraints） it espouses。 They are delivered Morpheus style by a guru figure （who is also a board member lol） in bi 2。5 Stars。 A mixed bag of a book。 It does really work as a novel。 The characters are one dimensional and so task focused there is no depth beyond the urgency of the next crisis。 The writing is a mess。 And the pacing is all over the place。 After 50 pages， it got rather tedious。It does not work a manual or seminar or case study （or slide deck？） of the core principles （e。g。， theory of constraints） it espouses。 They are delivered Morpheus style by a guru figure （who is also a board member lol） in big info dumps。 Having said that， the book does strike a nerve。 I have seen and experienced the exact sort of organizational crises and leadership fails illustrated in the book。 For those who do not work in DevOps， it is an interesting bit of （fictional） anthropology。 。。。more

D。B。 ，

Writing is amateurish and bad。 DNF， gave up two chapters in。 Are the authors just not aware they can't write？ It feels like the book is a fleshed out version of a bullet outline。 Every page is just a sequence of things happening linearly to move the story forward。 It's so dry and the characters are comically flat。 Maybe this book is worthwhile to aspiring authors to see what very bad writing looks like。 Probably not even good for that。Edit: After skimming ahead to future chapters I'm downgrading Writing is amateurish and bad。 DNF， gave up two chapters in。 Are the authors just not aware they can't write？ It feels like the book is a fleshed out version of a bullet outline。 Every page is just a sequence of things happening linearly to move the story forward。 It's so dry and the characters are comically flat。 Maybe this book is worthwhile to aspiring authors to see what very bad writing looks like。 Probably not even good for that。Edit: After skimming ahead to future chapters I'm downgrading to 1 star。 Painfully bad。 。。。more

Priya Ravinder ，

It was an overall decent book but not much of it is is very memorable。

Rachel Jaudon ，

In my IT nerd era 🤓

Ondřej Plachý ，

This book is a sad personal story of an individual who became completely consumed by his meaningless corporate job。It is a story about losing a meaning under the pretence of paying off the mortgage。 Every decision Bill made was a decision to spend his precious time to solve problems that had little to do with his reality， where he was a proud father of two boys and a good husband。Finally the family completely disappeared from the novel and Bill was left with his corporate buddies planning on tak This book is a sad personal story of an individual who became completely consumed by his meaningless corporate job。It is a story about losing a meaning under the pretence of paying off the mortgage。 Every decision Bill made was a decision to spend his precious time to solve problems that had little to do with his reality， where he was a proud father of two boys and a good husband。Finally the family completely disappeared from the novel and Bill was left with his corporate buddies planning on taking even more work。Other than that the book makes a couple of interesting points。 。。。more

Sabrina Simkhovich ，

Fixing anything other than the constraint is a waste。

Yuka ，

honestly pretty good considering this was a required summer hw book for my new job。 actually taught me a lot about IT without it being insanely boring。

Nick Hall ，

This book is surprisingly entertaining for a book about IT， DevOps and helping your business win。 I thought it might be a hard read， but it was pretty entertaining and went through a lot of interesting concepts to get through some of the challenges a lot of businesses face with IT。 I can certainly relate to this （though not at a CIO level！） I think there are lessons here for anyone in IT， and I intend to take some things away and start using them， like Kanbans。

dB ，

I know I'm quite late to this revelation but I'm glad a colleague suggested I read The Phoenix Project。 It is unbelievable how many of the characters I recognize and how many of the problems I've experienced in my career。 And it coalesces everything I've been studying recently for my PMP， Six Sigma， and PSM certifications。 Still can't believe I enjoyed a fictional novel on IT Operations。 I know I'm quite late to this revelation but I'm glad a colleague suggested I read The Phoenix Project。 It is unbelievable how many of the characters I recognize and how many of the problems I've experienced in my career。 And it coalesces everything I've been studying recently for my PMP， Six Sigma， and PSM certifications。 Still can't believe I enjoyed a fictional novel on IT Operations。 。。。more

Jessica L Blankemeier ，

It was stressful to read about work being saved by a white guy and the woman in the room is the villain。

Diana ，

A must read for anyone working in Software Development or IT！

Andrew Park ，

A too-real look at the state of working in IT

Ismael J Lopez ，

Gave me a lot of perspective on the chaos that systems， though imperfect， can help mitigate but not fully solve。

Matthew Chamberlain ，

Overall， a very good book。 Helpful way to think through IT project management。

Adam Hiatt ，

I was forced to read this book by my employer。 I didn't really enjoy it for several reasons: 1） lots of foul language 2） a very NEGATIVE view and perspective of Software Engineers3） Lots of "esoteric" terms。 things like talking about how "the first way， the second way， etc。" are really how companies should be run。 Hard to follow the logic a lot of times。4） the behavior of most everyone involved in the story lines was appalling。 Sadly， I have experienced， first hand， some of the scenarios describ I was forced to read this book by my employer。 I didn't really enjoy it for several reasons: 1） lots of foul language 2） a very NEGATIVE view and perspective of Software Engineers3） Lots of "esoteric" terms。 things like talking about how "the first way， the second way， etc。" are really how companies should be run。 Hard to follow the logic a lot of times。4） the behavior of most everyone involved in the story lines was appalling。 Sadly， I have experienced， first hand， some of the scenarios described in this story。 。。。more

Joshua Clarke ，

Worth a re-read

Theivanai P ，

Story view of organisational challenges， and the parallels between knowledge work and factory floor optimisation。 Highlights importance of shared goals， trust and rethinking what’s possible

Felix Eder ，

Really great book！ I have never read a "work book" written as a fictional narrative。 I have to say it was very effective， I devoured this book and came to care a lot about the characters and the story here and at the same time learning about Lean and Devops， what a trick！The only real issue I have with the book is that the third act is a bit too fast paced and kind of skips a bit of the resolution and climax， as well as a the constant marine call backs just feeling really strange and out of plac Really great book！ I have never read a "work book" written as a fictional narrative。 I have to say it was very effective， I devoured this book and came to care a lot about the characters and the story here and at the same time learning about Lean and Devops， what a trick！The only real issue I have with the book is that the third act is a bit too fast paced and kind of skips a bit of the resolution and climax， as well as a the constant marine call backs just feeling really strange and out of place。But I definitely recommend this one， one of the best "work books" I have ever read！ 。。。more

Grace Borie ，

I learned so much from this book。 It was a bit hard to get through but I am happy I read it。 The story was definitely worth reading， it makes me look at DevOps with a whole new approach and appreciation。

Justin Salér ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Good book with a great message， especially considering it is a book about ways of working。 Unfortunately， the pacing was horrid， especially in the second act。 Also， seems like your capabilities in IT development methods and agile ways of working linearly correlate to how much time you spent in the army。

Chris ，

Like if my work was a novel！ For a normal person prolly like a 2。2 but for me it was about a 3。6 I guess

Sera ，

Very insightful

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