All posts tagged “Book Summary

Remote – Part 1

The book Remote: Office Not Required has been on my reading list since August 2018. At the time of this writing, I manage two remote developers and Houston Miller has recently become a remote developer. Continuing our book club (with…

The Phoenix Project – Part 8

This post concludes the book club discussion of The Phoenix Project. See also: The Phoenix Project – Part 7 Here are my notes for the additional chapters after the main story… Brent was cast as a “sharer” instead of a…

The Phoenix Project – Part 7

This post continues the book club discussion of The Phoenix Project. See also: The Phoenix Project – Part 6 Here are my notes for chapters 31-35… The team is heading toward ten deployments each day, which the team initially finds…

The Phoenix Project – Part 6

This post continues the book club discussion of The Phoenix Project. See also: The Phoenix Project – Part 5 Here are my notes for chapters 26-30… It’s important that the team — not just the IT department — owns things…

The Phoenix Project – Part 5

This post continues the book club discussion of The Phoenix Project. See also: The Phoenix Project – Part 4 Here are my notes for chapters 21-25… Security audits can have multiple sets of rules. Unless auditors want to punish you,…

The Phoenix Project – Part 4

This post continues the book club discussion of The Phoenix Project. See also: The Phoenix Project – Part 3 Here are my notes for chapters 16-20… We discussed Steve confronting Bill about why he wasn’t in the office dealing with…

The Phoenix Project – Part 3

This post continues the book club discussion of The Phoenix Project. See also: The Phoenix Project – Part 2 Here are my notes for chapters 11-15… Scheduled changes aren’t getting completed because Brent is the hidden dependency. Knowledge should be…

The Phoenix Project – Part 2

This post continues the book club discussion of The Phoenix Project. See also: The Phoenix Project – Part 1 Here are my notes for chapters 6-10… You can’t assign random people to just any project. This speaks to silos of…

The Phoenix Project – Part 1

The book The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win has become one of the must-read books in the IT/software arena. It’s been on my reading list for over a year, so a few of…

Summary: Developer Hegemony

I’ve had Developer Hegemony by Erik Dietrich in my library since 2015, and I’m pleased that I made time this year (2018) to giving it a thorough read. Although not part of my training docket for work, I thought I’d…