A friend of mine, who also happens to be an agileist, suggested that i should read the book the phoenix project. To work the san issue, we had to pull brent off of a phoenix job we promised to get done for sarah, patty says ominously. As soon as i started evaluating the phoenix project in the context of a business book, rather than fiction, i started enjoying it a lot more, gaining much more insight into the concepts presented, rather than focusing on the unsophisticated prose and highly contrived scenarios. Limited wip meeting presentation the phoenix project book. Summary of the phoenix project by instaread summaries, 9781683780274, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. It has trees, a swimming pool with clean water, streams and a playground. Mar 14, 2018 the phoenix project pdf summary by gene kim, kevin behr, and george spafford explains the basics of devops, an innovative it management system that is created to help coordination and collaboration among business units, products owners, and different it operations. It is a story about it, devops, and helping your business win. It might have some great examples for devops etc, but on a literary level it is absolutely terrible writing. The phoenix project pdf summary devops is an innovative it management system that is created to help coordination and collaboration among business units, products owners, and different it operations. He is passionate about it operations, security and compliance, and how it organizations successfully transform from good to great. The flight of the phoenix is a 1964 novel by elleston trevor. It operations is frequently viewed as a business costliability rather than a valued asset, as evidenced by language used to discuss infrastructure.
A novel about it, devops, and helping your business win written by gene kim, kevin behr, and george. By gene kim, kevin behr and george spafford includes analysis by by instaread summaries this summary of the phoenix project. Writing a fictional account is a powerful effective way to get the message across, used by others such as ely goldratt with the goal. Sep 16, 2017 the phoenix project is an allegorical tale of devopsthe needs, the transition, and the business impactas told through the main character, bill palmer, who has recently been named vp of it operations, much against his will. The story of atlas shrugged takes place in the united states at an unspecified future time. The phoenix project uses a contrived narrative to deliver it best practices like a mother would use applesauce to hide peas while spoonfeeding a toddler. The government of mexico is outraged to find that francisco danconias san sebastian mines are worthless, containing no copper. The phoenix project pdf summary by gene kim, kevin behr, and. A novel about it, devops, and helping your business win kim, gene, behr, kevin, spafford, george on. What is the cycle time in your org from code to production. So after growing tired of repeated references to the phoenix project i decided to try and read it. The phoenix project is a business book masquerading as a work of fiction. Dagny taggart, vice president in charge of operations for taggart transcontinental railroad, seeks to rebuild the crumbling track of the rio norte line that serves ellis wyatts oil fields and the booming industrial areas of colorado.
The authors explain devops by wrapping it up in a business fable about parts unlimited, an auto parts company that devops saves. Finally was able to read and i must say was not able not keep it away until the end. It is designed by the local community to best serve their needs. At its most practical, the phoenix project is an illustrative series of examples and suggestions for ways to evolve it from a function thats viewed as a bottleneck to one thats widely agreed to be an indispensable capability. If bill fails in his quest to deliver the project, the ceo will outsource his entire it department. The phoenix project summary lopamudra misra medium. By gene kim, kevin behr and george spafford includes analysis 9781683780274. Summary of the phoenix project ebook by instaread summaries. By gene kim, kevin behr and george spafford includes analysis pdf by instaread summaries. Jan 30, 2014 the phoenix project the authors gene kim george spafford gene kim is a multiple awardwinning entrepreneur, the founder and former cto of tripwire and a researcher. Summary of the phoenix project navy general library program.
I recently read a book called the phoenix project that resonates well with my own experience of dealing with changing demands and challenges when running major projects. Lessons learned from the phoenix project part 1 loves. The phoenix project is a business allegory about how a fictional company becomes profitable after a crisisdriven change in its information technology management style. The phoenix project is a novel that first describes the problems that almost every it organization is faced with, and then shows the practices of how to solve the problems, improves the. The phoenix remediation park looks and functions like a park. Jan 05, 2016 by dick stark i recently finished the phoenix project, and made this required reading for our entire company. Sep 03, 2018 i was looking all over the internet for a book that can help me get the knowledge of the scenarios that occur in enterprise so that i can gain much knowledge in the starting of my career. Joker joaquin phoenix is astonishing as a mentally ill geek who becomes the killerclown joker in todd phillips neotaxi driver knockout. The phoenix project gene kim, kevin behr and george spafford was in my reading list for a quite long time. For the last decade, like clockwork, new cios would come and go every two years. May 03, 2018 the phoenix project gene kim, kevin behr and george spafford was in my reading list for a quite long time. Rowlings harry potter and the order of the phoenix. Francisco is in new york, ostensibly to witness the spectacle of a divorce scandal in which hes supposedly involved.
Bill palmer is promoted to vice president of it at parts unlimited, an automotive parts manufacturer and retailer, at a time. I was looking for a good summary of the phoenix project and was unable to find one that wasnt simply a list of devops methods and principles, so here you go. Shifting from oil to hydrogen, a book by harry braun. Mar 31, 2017 the phoenix project devops simulation is a one day interactive workshop. Bill goes out of his way during his conversation with dick to understand the real business impact of the payroll outage. A novel about it, devops, and helping your business win. The phoenix project is an interesting read for anyone who needs to change information technology processes and tools or wants to start. A novel about it, devops, and helping your business win the story is about bill, an it manager, suddenly promoted from director of. The phoenix project is a novel about it management.
Summary of the phoenix project instaread summaries cor. A team of 812 students will act in the context of the book by gene kim et al the phoenix project and will experience. If you work in it or a related field, youll relish this entertaining, informative guidebook and compelling read. The phoenix project is a business allegory about how a fictional company becomes profitable after a crisisdriven change in its information technology management style bill palmer is promoted to vice president of it at parts unlimited, an automotive parts manufacturer and retailer, at a. Resource guide for the phoenix project part 2 february 26, 2014 by gene kim 4 comments this blog article continues the description of the body of knowledge that underpins the phoenix project, which started in part 1. Relearning the context of the code thats at fault in order to fix it. The plot involves the crash of a transport aircraft in the middle of a desert and the survivors desperate attempt to save themselves. I also found it hard to follow the characters roles within the organization, so i have included an org chart as well. A novel about it, devops, and helping your business win written by gene kim, kevin behr, and george spafford gives you great insights how to improve the success rate of your it organization by transforming your organisation in a devops like organisation to deliver much faster more than 10 deployments a day, still staying compliant and with less errors, the.
Now weve got a bunch of databases down, including, of course, payroll. A novel about it, devops, and helping your business win the story is about bill, an it manager, suddenly promoted from director of midrange technology operations to vp of it. The phoenix project can anyone point to a good synopsis. Summary of the phoenix project by gene kim, kevin behr, and george spafford includes analysis. The phoenix project pdf summary gene kim 12min blog. Summary of the phoenix project by gene kim, kevin behr, and george spafford includes. Phoenixs journey on this worn path, filled with hardship as it is, is one that she has completed repeatedly, like clockwork. Reporting directly to the chief executive officer ceo, bill has 90 days to fix an overbudget, failing initiative codenamed the phoenix project. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of harry potter and the order of the phoenix.
This parable of an it project on the brink of destruction is told with humor and insight. The duality of phoenixs inner fortitude and social weaknesswhich becomes a type of poweroccur throughout the story. Phoenix project pentagon, a part of the pentagon renovation program the phoenix project, a 2015 film directed by tyler graham pavey. While reading through it, i felt like i was reading my story rather i would say its a story of anyone working in it.
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