Books

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Agile Conversations is a practical, step-by-step guide to using the human power of conversation to achieve truly Agile results. Stop following meaningless rituals that don’t deliver results. Instead, unleash the unique human power of conversation to build effective, high-performing teams.

Coming Fall 2020
Mark Schwartz, author of leadership classics A Seat at the Table and The Art of Business Value, reveals a new (empowering) model for the often soul-shattering, frustrating, Kafkaesque nightmare we call bureaucracy.

Coming Fall 2020
Jonathan Smart, business agility practitioner, thought leader, and coach, reveals patterns and antipatterns to show how business leaders from every industry can help their organizations deliver better value sooner, safer, and happier through high levels of engagement, inclusion, and empowerment.

New Anniversary Edition!
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.

Now a WSJ Bestseller!
This highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling title The Phoenix Project takes another look at Parts Unlimited from the perspective of Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project. This is a story about rebel developers and business leaders working together and racing against time to innovate, survive, and thrive in a time of unprecedented uncertainty...and opportunity.

Download the excerpts here.

Increase profitability, elevate work culture, and exceed productivity goals through DevOps practices with this non-fiction follow-up to the bestselling The Phoenix Project.

Winner of the Shingo Publication Award
Accelerate measures software delivery performance—and what drives it—using four years of groundbreaking research and rigorous statistical methods.

New!
Agile Conversations is a practical, step-by-step guide to using the human power of conversation to achieve truly Agile results. Stop following meaningless rituals that don’t deliver results. Instead, unleash the unique human power of conversation to build effective, high-performing teams.

Playful and thought-provoking, iconoclastic CIO Mark Schwartz explores what business value means, why it matters, and how it should affect your software development and delivery practices.

In this transcript of the audio series, Gene Kim and John Willis present a nine-part discussion of the oral history of the DevOps movement, as well as discussions around pivotal figures and philosophies that DevOps draws upon.

Gene Kim and John Willis present this nine-part series on the history of the DevOps movement, as well as discussions around pivotal figures and philosophies that DevOps draws upon.

Coming Fall 2020
Mark Schwartz, author of leadership classics A Seat at the Table and The Art of Business Value, reveals a new (empowering) model for the often soul-shattering, frustrating, Kafkaesque nightmare we call bureaucracy.

Increase profitability, elevate work culture, and exceed productivity goals through DevOps practices with this non-fiction follow-up to the bestselling The Phoenix Project.

Winner of the 2018 DevOps Dozen Best DevOps Book!
Thought leader Mirco Hering lays out a roadmap to success for IT managers of legacy organizations to propel their organization to success and transform into modern IT leaders.

Leading the Transformation is an executive guide, providing a clear framework for improving development and delivery by targeting the coordination of work across teams in large organizations.

In this timely book, IT time management expert Dominica DeGrandis reveals the real crime of the century—time theft—and offers simple solutions to help make work visible.

New Anniversary Edition!
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.

New!
Value stream network pioneer and technology leader Dr. Mik Kersten introduces the Flow Framework, a new way of building an infrastructure for innovation that will change the way enterprises think about software delivery.

Iconoclastic CIO Mark Schwartz reveals how IT leaders must throw off the old attitudes and assumptions and claim their rightful seat at the C-suite table.

Coming Fall 2020
Jonathan Smart, business agility practitioner, thought leader, and coach, reveals patterns and antipatterns to show how business leaders from every industry can help their organizations deliver better value sooner, safer, and happier through high levels of engagement, inclusion, and empowerment.

Available Now!
IT consultants Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais share secrets of the four successful team patterns and three interactions modes to ensure success for IT organizations.

Now a WSJ Bestseller!
This highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling title The Phoenix Project takes another look at Parts Unlimited from the perspective of Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project. This is a story about rebel developers and business leaders working together and racing against time to innovate, survive, and thrive in a time of unprecedented uncertainty...and opportunity.

Download the excerpts here.

Available Now!
In the latest book from iconoclastic CIO Mark Schwartz, find out why and how executives and business leaders must create a shared strategy with their IT organizations to drive innovation, enhance their competitive positioning, increase revenue, and delight customers.