Over the last two years, I've had the pleasure of working with Gene Kim, George Spafford and Kevin Behr, helping them with their book "The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win."
It published on January 15, 2013, and I am excited to tell you about it. There are only a handful of publications that have a permanent location in my office bookshelf, and this is one of them.
It's a fantastic book that reads like a work of fiction, captivates like a mystery and educates like a textbook. The characters are immensely engaging, and as the plot thickened I found myself thinking, "Holy Toledo Batman, how are they going to get out of this mess?"
Along with Bill, Patty, Wes, John and the team, I learned the core principles of DevOps. It's like one of those recipes where they hide the vegetables. What you're reading is good for you, but tastes so good going down, you didn't even notice. I learned so much about DevOps and how ITSM can truly help the business win.
As a special treat to our ITSM Academy Community, Gene has made available a 170 page excerpt. (The website is going to ask you to download with your email address; they promise not to bombard you.)
Download and read it, I think you'll enjoy it as much as I did!
Happy Learning,
Lisa Schwartz
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