A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller! In The Unicorn Project, we follow Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project, to the horror of her friends and colleagues, as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She tries to survive in what feels like a heartless and uncaring bureaucracy and to work ......
A Graphic Novel about IT, Devops, and Helping Your Business Win
Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill's entire department will be outsourced. Adapted from the acclaimed ......
A Graphic Novel about IT, Devops, and Helping Your Business Win
Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill's entire department will be outsourced. Adapted from the acclaimed ......
Apis, Optionality, and the Science of Happy Accidents
Unbundling the Enterprise provides a blueprint for organizations to remain relevant and maximize growth in the digital economy by embracing the flexibility and optionality enabled by APIs. Drawing on real-world examples of both innovative "digital pirates" and legacy "digital settlers," authors Stephen Fishman and Matt McLarty articulate ......
"Every person involved in a failed IT project should be forced to read this book."-TIM O'REILLY, Founder & CEO of O'Reilly Media"The Phoenix Project is a must read for business and IT executives who are struggling with the growing complexity of IT."-JIM WHITEHURST, President and CEO, Red Hat, Inc.Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been ......
A world of accelerating change demands a new generation of management with the skills to drive decisive action and elevate performance. Managers tasked with delivering results collide with peers whose conflicting goals, perspectives, and incentives freeze progress and create a glacial pace of change. New thinking and practices are needed to act in ......
How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the
"John Willis has looked deep into Dr. Deming's history and teachings and profoundly explains his profound knowledge. Read this book and you will understand like never before the wisdom and sound advice of Dr. Deming." --Jeffrey K. Liker, author of The Toyota Way"A thoroughly entertaining and educational look at Deming, a man whose insights are ......
This book shows organizations how to apply the theories and practices of DevOps to complex cyber-physical systems, systems that combine software, hardware, and firmware.