“A healthy software system is one that you change at the speed you need, where people can contribute easily, without jumping through hoops.”~ The Unicorn Project, p. 57.
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I will not give a summary of the book, but I want to share some thoughts, information which I think are important or recognizable. Good illustration of must-know-and-follow principles that became industry standards in the last decade. I found parts of the book at odds with some of the fundamental goals of agile and DevOps (which is odd given that Gene Kim is one of the founders of the latter movement). The book touches on a lot of different topics and ideas, many of which I didn't expect.
. In November 2019, ‘The Unicorn Project’ by Gene Kim has been released. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. In just one hour, we found several low effort changes we could make that would make their lives easier. The primary issue I have with the book is the fact that the main character has zero work life balance.
The Unicorn Project Review by Scott Reece , on Dec 17, 2019 11:00:00 AM If you liked The Phoenix Project or learned from it, go get a copy of Gene Kim’s most recent work The Unicorn Project . The Phoenix Project introduced the story of Parts Unlimited.
No other compensation has been provided and neither Gene Kim nor IT Revolution staff were involved in the publication of this review. I received a pre-release copy of The Unicorn Project with a request to review it. It’s rare to read a lot of books like The Unicorn Project.Like its predecessor, The Phoenix Project, it uses a business novel format to teach.This is no surprise as the author was one the original authors of The Phoenix Project.If you’ve read books like Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Getting Naked, or The Goal, you’ll be familiar with this format.
Her next step is to create a new ticket with an e-mail containing the approval of her manager.
The Unicorn Project provides the concepts, language, and a roadmap to help you succeed. The CEO demands Bill fix the mess in ninety days or else Bill's entire department will be outsourced.
Major problem is that the business only requests new features and are not interested in reducing technical debt. The beauty is that you can enjoy reading also The Project Unicorn alone, without reading the Phoenix project first. I wanted to like this story a lot more than I did... What resonated for me with The Phoenix Project, and later The Goal, seemed to be largely missing when I read The Unicorn Project. Learn how your comment data is processed.
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Another part is about reducing technical debt.
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), I had high expectations towards this book and was not disappointed. She notices some moment in time that the ticket she created has been closed. 1.
I loved The Phoenix Project, dug deeper by reading a lot of Goldratts books and subsequently also enjoyed The DevOps handbook and Accelerate. and it was, but disappointment.
However, the opposite is true: the more difficult something is, the more often you should do it. Like its predecessor, The Phoenix Project, it uses a business novel format to teach. Create templates to quickly answer FAQs or store snippets for re-use. Lessons from a first attempt at Chaos Engineering, 7 Site Reliability lessons from Google and Amazon, Book review: Accelerate - The comprehensive DevOps guide. But you don't have to read the predecessor.
But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. I have read both The Phoenix Project and just finished The Unicorn Project.
It is also unusual to have people with the competence and the experience in modern and agile software engineering practices, that are still around in the company that is fundamentally dysfunctional :) The would probably leave way before rebellion would have been established.
Maxine doesn’t need to own areas or products. In November 2019, 'The Unicorn Project' by Gene Kim has been released. Part 3 deals with the topic of learning new skills at the individual, team, and organizational level and I think it’s one of the best and most valuable lessons in the book. The rest of the book is about how they continue to improve the system and organisation. It is difficult to change things in the Phoenix Project software development. This team can introduce necessary changes like CI/CD, automated tests, work together with the business and the test team.
Usually that is not the case. I understand this was a do or die situation with work.
Take the lessons from The Unicorn Project to heart and start making the transition to systems and communication styles that will let you release more reliably, faster, and with greater satisfaction among not just your customers but among your employees too.
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When it is difficult to release, people tend to say that we need less releases. You deserve them big bucks. Sure they encountered some C-level old-school executive's opposition (they even managed to overthrow her in the end! (Virtual Guided Workshop) Shortcut to Tech Leadership, The importance of modern engineering practices, The First Ideal – Locality and Simplicity, The Third Ideal – Improvement of Daily Work. Once your daily work is flowing smoothly, consider incorporate daily or at least weekly learning as part of your improvement program.
The book is slated to come out in November 2019.
How to Write Data Driven Tests With Robot Framework, Easy Integration Testing With Testcontainers, How to Write Data Driven Tests With Robot Framework, Connect with git repository in Android Studio, Create Fast and Easy Docker Images With Jib. The book focuses on the development part of the Unicorn project of Parts Unlimited which was introduced in the well-known book ‘The Phoenix Project’. The first step was Edward's Yourdon "The Death March". I understand this was a do or die situation with work. I'm trying not to be that. . These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent.
These days most tech companies are at least aware of, and hopefully embracing Systems Thinking, fast feedback loops, and learning cultures to deliver value to the customers.
Upon returning from vacation she’s thrown into the maelstrom of the Phoenix Project. This waiting time needs to be reduced by introducing fast feedback loops in order to learn fast. Teams can quickly and independently develop, test, and deploy value to customers. I liked the story a lot as well as the level of details on many topics.
On the other side it would be excellent book if written few years back. In the story, the conflicting priorities of these split up teams often comes in the way of an idea going to production. Thanks for the review, Raoul!
It might even make you a bit frightened of working for a less tech-centric company. Unicorn follows Maxine, a problem-solving developer facing the frustrations of unmanageable code, poor documentation, and lack of end-to-end access to projects.
Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. In the end, a developer picked up the story, but couldn't figure out the details of what needed to happen. On the other side, if a helpdesk employee does not understand a certain request, then we may expect that he or she will come back to us in order to request some clarification. This was a fantastic read and one I'd recommend to anyone with even passing experience in IT, IS, software development, etc. I also quite often notices that helpdesk employees do not have any affinity with software development and that they are more used to deliver standard office IT. departments and companies should listen to: Customers demand constant quality and security at unprecedented speeds, and monolithic legacy systems run manually and in siloed departments are doomed to fail—if they aren’t failing already. . Receive #NoDrama articles in your inbox whenever they are published.
As you may have read in my review, I thought it was amazing. The Unicorn Project provides the concepts, language, and a roadmap to help you succeed. Looking at The Pheonix Project and DevOps Handbook I thought this will be HUGE.
The Phoenix Project is a standard when we are talking about DevOps books. It’s an infamous project with great ambitions, a lot of visibility and also a lot of problems. What I really enjoy in these books and that that they focus on mindset, organization, and practices, instead of technology which in my experience is the hardest and most impactful change in any organization. Cover of The Unicorn Project.
By taking on DevOps practices and mindsets. If you’re new to Parts Unlimited, I suggest reading or listening to it end-to-end. The Five Ideals run like a thread throughout the book.
That there was a major crisis, but this was bad. But the Five Ideals and many practices Parts Unlimited ends up adopting are still relevant. She wants to see continuous improvement, encouraging and enabling others to contribute too.
If you already have the perspective of The Phoenix Project, consider reflecting upon which of ideals you could improve on the most and focus your reading and further research on those points of the story.
“Simplicity is important because it enables locality. All with the people and technology you have right now. This is no surprise as the author was one the original authors of The Phoenix Project.
This story is about finding better ways to do our daily work, and I think it’s incredibly important.
We all need time, energy, and the focus to do our work, especially individual contributors trying to solve hard problems.
), in reality, no such radical change of processes and mindset can proceed in such a smooth and straightforward way (if so, won't we live in such a dream already?
p.s. I did have quite high expectation's from this book.
As you may have read in my review, I thought it was amazing.
While it made sense to me that there could be a small group of smart people who want to change things for good, that they assembled bare minimum infrastructure to do modern software development, even that they got splendid business results for their first project, what I couldn't wrap my head around is how this trend can JUST spread across the organization like everybody is ready for the changes. He is also conveniently one of the owners behind the pub. The Age of Software is here, and another mass extinction event looms--this is a story about "red shirt" developers and business leaders working together, racing against time to innovate, survive, and thrive in a time of unprecedented uncertainty...and opportunity.
Easily one of the worst books I've ever read. The highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling title, The Phoenix Project.
She demonstrates that she is an accomplished Maker. Probably better to start with Phoenix Project since it is referenced few times in Unicorn Project. It is written as a novel and focuses on key DevOps concepts. If you have never heard of these books, I highly recommend both. Instead, everyone is responsible for understanding how their products are being used. IT is the nervous system of any organization and business people who can't interact with it really can be like a disease attacking it. I finally had the time to read it and share some thoughts about it.
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