As you know, I am not only a technology enthusiast but also
very into the business side of DevOps. And as a fan of The Phoenix Project, I
really could not refrain from purchasing it 😊
Also, the focus is on High Performing Technology Organisations (HPTO from now on), which
is a very broad subject intertwining technology, management, strategy. Enough to
keep me interested.
I read it twice before writing this review. Yes, twice. And
the conclusion is very simple: it carries a huge horizontal value. This book is
not the typical technical or business book, its approach is more scientific, almost
academic.
A real HPTO is a well-oiled machine that requires lots of
work all across the board. And that is where it shines for business value:
despite this approach, the result is that each chapter can be picked by any
company as a project on its own to improve itself and go towards the required
maturity to ‘be’ an HPTO.
Technical best practices? Chapter four. Infosec and the
shift left on security? Chapter six. Employee empowerment through management?
Chapter nine. Each chapter has enough stuff to keep you, your teams and your
companies busy for months, if you actually start a project on it. And given
that I do not think every reader of this book works in a HPTO, you definitely
should start some projects 😊
Summarising it in a single sentence, the issue at heart is
that software is the actual business engine. That is what the book underlines
as well - without a good software factory you simply cannot deliver value to
your users, and if you don’t deliver value…
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