George Spafford

About The Author

George Spafford is a research director for Gartner, covering DevOps, technical change, and release management, in addition to the use of bimodal IT and the pace-layered application strategy. His publications include hundreds of articles and numerous books on IT service improvement, as well as co-authorship of The Phoenix Project, The Visible Ops Handbook, and Visible Ops Security.

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The Phoenix Project

A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

By Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford

The modern classic that changed how we look at IT in the enterprise.

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

“The Phoenix Project is a must read for business and IT execu...

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The Phoenix Project

A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

By Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford

***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

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