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Mentioned in 17 episodes

The Phoenix project

Book • 2013

Lambeth London Borough Council

In this novel, Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford tell the story of Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, who is tasked with turning around the company's failing IT department.

The book delves into the challenges of IT management, the importance of DevOps practices, and how these practices can lead to significant improvements in efficiency, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

Mentioned by

Adrian Sanabria

Richard Campbell

Christopher Bailey

Gabriel Ramirez

Mentioned in 17 episodes

Mentioned by

Will Larson

as a modern rewrite of The Goal.

The engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)

Mentioned by

Christopher Bailey

as a lean, agile, and DevOps-oriented book aimed at managers.

Manage Projects With pyproject.toml & Explore Polars LazyFrames

Mentioned by

Gene Kim

as a book that discusses the challenges of IT work.

Gene Kim on developer experience and AI engineering

Mentioned by

Randy Shoup

as engaging novels about IT.

A Half-Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup

Mentioned by

Julien Smith

as a book about how tech happens.

Info Diets, OG Content Creators, and 7-year Lifespans

Mentioned by

Manuel Pais

as one of IT Revolution's reference books.

Tap Into Fast Flow with Team Topologies & Platform Engineering • Manuel Pais & Julian Wood

Mentioned by

Gabriel Ramirez

as a famous book in engineering with a central character taking vacation.

Github Network Analysis

Mentioned by

Adrian Sanabria

in the context of toxic tendencies and hero complex.

Setting up your SIEM for success - Pitfalls to preclude and tips to take - Geoff Cairns, Neil Desai - ESW #400

Recommended by Brian for mid-level developers to understand software development lifecycle processes.

#202 - The Best Books for Developers (That No One Talks About)

Mentioned by

Manuel Pais

as a mind-breaking book at the time.

Manuel Pais Reflects on Team Topologies

Mentioned by

Thiago Ghisi

while discussing overworked engineers and knowledge hoarding within IT systems.

S03E03 - The slippery slope of managerial & cultural incentives in engineering teams!

Mentioned by

Richard Campbell

and

Tim Warner

while discussing DevOps practices and organizational improvements.

Agentic AI for IT Pros with Tim Warner

Mentioned by

Mark Hillick

as being released around the time he started recognizing the shift left movement.

Chasing Entropy Episode 010: Empathy, AI, and the Evolution of Security with Mark Hillick

Mentioned by

Rick Howard

as a novel about DevOps, illustrating its principles through a fictional story.

Ex Palo Alto Networks CSO Rick Howard on Cybersecurity from First Principles

Shane Gibson

states reading the book started him thinking about data ops as a form of DevOps.

Shane Gibson - The Power of the Information Product Canvas

Recommended by Brian as a fictional book about improving software team efficiency.

#235: 2 Skills You Don't Need Anymore In the AI Era and 3 More You're Going to Need

Mentioned by

Richard Campbell

as a book about DevOps and IT.

Managing AI Costs with Sonia Cuff

Mentioned by

Mike McCabe

, covering the technology side, that building the factory for how things get out the door.

Episode 079: CISOver It: When Dashboards Replace Direction

Mentioned by

Eric Hanselman

as a refocusing point regarding the mechanics of making a business run.

S&P Global’s Eric Hanselman on Integrating Threat Intelligence into Business Strategy

Mentioned as a book with a similar format to "Shift from Product to People".

Shift: From Product to People - A Conversation on Agile Evolution

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