The Phoenix Project

A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

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The Phoenix Project (Hardcover, 2013, IT Revolution Press)

Hardcover, 343 pages

English language

Published Jan. 20, 2013 by IT Revolution Press.

ISBN:
978-0-9882625-9-1
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OCLC Number:
1001840470

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2 stars (1 review)

The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win is the third book by Gene Kim. The business novel tells the story of an IT manager who has ninety days to rescue an over-budget and late IT initiative, code-named The Phoenix Project.

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A good (though old) message wrapped in a bad novel

2 stars

As a novel, this is as bad as it gets. The dialog is awful, the plot is nonsensical, and the characters are like bizarre cardboard cutouts; totally one-dimensional, yet totally unrealistic.

The message that the book is trying to get across may have been more impactful in 2013, but it feels like ancient history now in 2023. There are better books about DevOps that don't spend hundreds of pages telling a hokey story about why it's important.

Subjects

  • Planning
  • Management
  • Knowledge management
  • Security measures
  • Information technology
  • Fiction