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The Phoenix Project

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

Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford

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Chapter Overview

Description

The Phoenix Project (2013) explores how integrating the Development and IT Operations teams of a company’s IT department can improve communication, accelerate workflow, and increase value. It uses a fictional lens to unpack a common real-life scenario – demonstrating how the DevOps approach enables organizations to deftly adapt to sudden changes, updates, or market pressures.

Who Should Listen

  • Business leaders looking to increase value through their IT department 
  • IT managers seeking to streamline their teams’ workflow
  • Tech employees wondering how different parts of a business interrelate

About the Authors

Gene Kim is an award-winning CTO, researcher, and author. He founded the cybersecurity company Tripwire and spearheaded it for 13 years. Kim has written six books, including The Unicorn Project and The DevOps Handbook. Since 2014, he’s led the DevOps Enterprise Summit, which explores technology transformations of large organizations.

Kevin Behr is an IT management specialist with over 25 years of experience. He’s the founder of the Information Technology Process Institute and general manager of Praxis Flow LLC, a design and strategy consultancy for IT organizations. He also coauthored The Visible Ops Handbook.

George Spafford is a research director for Gartner who covers DevOps, DevSecOps, and site reliability engineering. He’s published numerous articles and books on IT management and is a coauthor of The Visible Ops Handbook and Visible Ops Security.