{"id":1300,"date":"2021-08-07T10:28:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T10:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdrefocus.com\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2024-12-14T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T11:10:57","slug":"books-the-phoenix-project-and-the-unicorn-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdrefocus.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/07\/books-the-phoenix-project-and-the-unicorn-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Books: “The Phoenix Project” and “The Unicorn Project”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by <\/strong>Gene Kim<\/strong><\/a> , Kevin Behr, and George Spafford<\/strong>, 2013 => 2018 – A novel about IT, DevOps, and helping your business win
https:\/\/itrevolution.com\/the-phoenix-project\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Gene Kim<\/strong>, 2019 – A novel about developers, digital disruption, and thriving in the age of data
https:\/\/itrevolution.com\/the-unicorn-project\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Essential books for understanding the DevOps movement and its Lean inspirations, in a novel format that perfectly complements the DevOps Handbook.”<\/strong><\/em>
<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

– <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I Liked The Most<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • The effectiveness of the storytelling format. We identify easily with the characters and remember similar or close situations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Introduction of theoretical principles using scenarios and practical situations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Two companion novels, telling the same story from Ops (Bill) and Dev (Maxine) points of view.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Human and cultural challenges involved in such transformation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Risks of using a ticketing system for communication versus going and meeting each other.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Psychological safety and blameless culture to ensure that things will improve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    – <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What Important Lessons I Learned<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • IT work has a lot in common with manufacturing plant work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Theory of constraints, identify and resolve your most important bottleneck (like a dependency to an expert: Brent), one at a time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • To improve planned work, unplanned work must be reduced to a minimum. Pay down technical debt as a part of daily work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The Three Ways (Phoenix project), The Five Ideals (Unicorn project), and The Three Horizons from Geoffrey Moore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Focus improvement initiatives on achieving business goals. Be able to measure and demonstrate business and customer value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      – \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      #storytelling #theoryofconstraints #leanthinking #devops #technicaldebt #threeways #fiveideals #customervalue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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