The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

***Over a half-million sold! And available now the Wall Street Journal Bestselling sequel, The Unicorn Project***

"Every person involved in a failed IT project should be forced to read this book."--TIM O'REILLY, Founder & CEO of O'Reilly Media

Five years after this sleeper hit took on the world of IT and flipped it on its head, the 5th Anniversary Edition of The Phoenix Project continues to guide IT in the DevOps revolution. In this newly updated and expanded edition of the bestselling The Phoenix Project, co-author Gene Kim includes a new afterword and a deeper delve into the Three Ways as described in The DevOps Handbook.

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Published Jan 10, 2013

432 pages

Average rating: 7.92

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Stizstar
Nov 24, 2025
10/10 stars
Awesome.
Raseel
Jan 03, 2026
8/10 stars
I had heard about this book quite some time ago and coming from a DevOps background in my professional life, I was immediately interested. It has been lying in my Reading list quite some time now.

It was surprisingly good book. I picked it up with an expectation that it would be a very preachy, dry book. But the fictional element actually adds a little but of fun. By the end of it, I could related with multiple instances and people from my past companies. It was also extremely interesting to see how DevOps actually evolved in corporate America.

Overall, I think this a must lead for not just DevOps and IT professionals but everyone in the Software Engineering or IT/ITES community.
MidnightCharcuterie
Nov 27, 2024
4.0
JonMoss
Mar 18, 2023
3.5 stars

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