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George Spafford is a consultant and author focused on IT governance and process improvement.
Known for: The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
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The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
The Phoenix Project is a business novel that follows Bill Palmer, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, who is suddenly promoted to VP of IT Operations. Faced with a failing project called 'The Phoenix Project' that is critical to the company’s survival, Bill must learn to apply DevOps principles to transform the organization’s workflow, improve collaboration, and deliver value faster. Through a narrative format, the book illustrates key concepts of lean management, continuous delivery, and the Three Ways of DevOps.
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The Chaos Before Understanding: Bill’s Early Struggles
Bill’s first days as the newly promoted VP of IT Operations are a nightmare. The Phoenix Project is collapsing under its own complexity. Deployments fail, production systems crumble, and the executive team places the blame squarely on IT. As Bill steps into the fire, he realizes the organization isn...
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The First Way: Systems Thinking and Flow
Erik’s mentorship leads Bill to the First Way — the practice of systems thinking. To save Phoenix, Bill must learn to visualize the entire value stream, from code creation to production release and beyond. He starts uncovering what’s really happening: too many simultaneous projects, constant interru...
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George Spafford is a consultant and author focused on IT governance and process improvement.
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