Last night, I spoke with Gene Kim – @RealGeneKim – author, evangelist and all-around wonderful person. In the course of the conversation, we spoke about the impact the book, “The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win” has had on our industry. Gene – our webinar was over two years ago – August 2012!
Looking back on my notes, here is what I said at the time.
There are only a handful of books 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 team, I was learning 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, that you didn’t even notice. I learned so much about DevOps, and how ITSM can truly help the business win.
If you have a chance, read it — I know you’ll enjoy it as much as I did!
Since that time, there has been groundswell of interest in DevOps; some of my favorites;
- Websites: www.devops.com
- Certification Training:
- Conferences:
- The DevOps Enterprise Summit will assemble leaders of large, complex organizations who are adopting #DevOps, and who will be sharing their transformation stories.
- They have announced speakers from GE Energy, Macy’s, Disney, Blackboard, Ticketmaster, Target, US Dept of Homeland Security, Nordstrom, Capital One, Raytheon, Barclays…
- If you love heroic and courageous tales of DevOps transformations, this conference is for you!
- Use promo code “ITSM20” for a 20% discount! (Expires 9/28)
Until your next trip to LisaLand… Happy Reading, Conferencing and Training!
mylisaland 