This book is a worthy sequel to The Phoenix Project, a kind of novel that illustrated the principles of DevOps in a similar fashion that Goldratt's The Goal explained a generation ago the principles behind lean manufacturing and the theory of constraints. It used a fictional story to help the reader understand the "why" of DevOps and what a successful end state looks like. In The DevOps Handbook the same set of authors continue where they left off, this time explaining the "how" of DevOps, how the three Ways (flow, feedback, continuous learning) are implemented in practice. This book lets you see through the current hype around DevOps, much of it coming from tool vendors positioning their various "solutions" as silver bullet, putting the technology in its rightful place beside people and process. While in the Flow section there is plenty on continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) that for most people is what first comes to mind when they think of DevOps, since so much has been written about this elsewhere I don't think this is the most useful part of the book. To me the most valuable section, because it's not covered so well elsewhere, is the one on the principles of feedback, how information flows back from production environments to development via telemetry and A/B testing. But perhaps what is most useful and by itself makes this book more than worth its price are the various case studies from the companies with the most mature DevOps practices, what problems they were struggling with at first and how they got to where they are now. The book ends on a great note with the appendix, which elaborates on the lean principles on which the theoretical framework behind DevOps is built, a how to guide on "blameless postmortems", and an extensive list of references, most of them with URLs, so that the reader can drill down on all the subjects covered.
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Customers find this DevOps handbook insightful and well-researched, providing a good overview of IT practices and practical information. The book is easy to follow and understand, with enough detail on each topic, making it a must-read for software engineers. They appreciate its leadership insights, with one customer noting it's great for IT and business leadership, while another mentions how it helps teams coherently problem-solve. The handbook serves as an excellent introduction to modern agile processes, with one customer highlighting its focus on small changes for transformation.
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82 customers mention insight, 79 positive, 3 negative
Very informative. I can see why they refer to this as the bible of DevOps.Read more
Really good book lots of good info, but about halfway though it feels like the amount of filler increases.Read more
...A must read and great reference after reading The Phoenix Project. Very detailed and immensely helpful and informative. Advising my Sr....Read more
...out what changes need to take place for this powerful framework for organizational improvement through information technology to produce change for...Read more
64 customers mention readability, 64 positive, 0 negative
Great book! This is how we should be doing development and operations. I always thought I was leading the charge with change and being agile....Read more
Good Book! I'll post another review on Good Reads. Put this on your reading list if you are in the Dev-ops space!Read more
An excellent book that kept me interested till the end. I was looking for a book that covered DevOps implementations in large organizations....Read more
Great read, covers the new industry standards out there, and leads you to the origins book 'The Phoenix project'Read more
16 customers mention use, 15 positive, 1 negative
This book has become an invaluable resource. The case studies are both relevant and engaging....Read more
Very useful little book.Read more
...Excellent, practical application and explanation of Devops principals....Read more
...Very detailed and immensely helpful and informative. Advising my Sr. leadership team to purchase and study this book.Read more
12 customers mention ease of read, 11 positive, 1 negative
...An easy read that is a must for any company hoping to keep pace with the changing world of modern software development.Read more
Dry read. But solid info. Started a insurgentcy at work with this book.Read more
This book is awesome - it's very thorough and dense but still easy to understand....Read more
Great book. Very clear.Read more
10 customers mention leadership, 9 positive, 1 negative
This book is transforming the way I work and manage my teams... Implementing as many tools as possible.Read more
...This book is great for IT and business leadership,but also for engineers and operations analysts as they work to integrate and optimize their...Read more
...used in The Phoenix Project and how they're beneficial for transforming your organization. It's a great addition to The Phoenix Project.Read more
...down to is "Agile done right" The book provides many amazing examples of companies who have implemented DevOps principles....Read more
9 customers mention ease of use, 7 positive, 2 negative
...It's not overly technical, so you don't have to be neck deep in code on a daily basis to understand the points it makes....Read more
...authors have an excellent snack for taking complex processes and simplifying them so that they information is practical and actionable....Read more
This is a complete treatment of what DevOps is about and how to get started presented by some of the most experienced people in the DevOps movement....Read more
This is not a step by step manual, but rather an inspiring guide towards beginning your DevOps journey....Read more
8 customers mention detail, 7 positive, 1 negative
Detailed overview and guide to all facets of DevOps. Nice follow on to the Phoenix Project that sets the stage....Read more
...Great real-world examples. Don't try to read more than 25 percent of the total pages a day. Let it soak in....Read more
This book follows the Phoenix Project and fleshes out the details that were glossed over in the Phoenix Project....Read more
...a comprehensive picture of DevOps practice, giving just enough detail on each topic to know where to begin and what it looks like when you're doing...Read more
8 customers mention transformation, 8 positive, 0 negative
Agility and continuous improvement : how to become a truly technology driven company....Read more
...But it starts with small changes and snowballs into huge gains as time progresses, given a trusting management team.Read more
This book really helped me better understand the modern digital transformation that has taken place in software development and deployment....Read more
While the core transformation approaches are ICT based, there are many concepts that are applicable to the broader organisation....Read more
Shold be NoOps handbook not DevOps
I'm finding this book mostly small minded and hype for the DORA group. The first book "The Phoenix Project" was great and did a good job showing how the silos in tech companies can work together. I was hoping this book would go either deeper in the tech tools and show how to build workflow or more employee management (culture) to bring Sales, Ops and Dev together. Instead this book self conflicting and shallow. Example: "Myth - DevOpst Means Eliminating IT Operations or ""NoOps""". Then says.. "... the right culture norms, small teams of developer are able to quickly, safely, and independently deploy ... changes into production" That is the definition of NoOps. It also talks about building a trusting work place where Devs are allowed to make mistakes (because they can recover from them fast) but says nothing about the human aspect of managers firing Ops people because they missed a 2am alert and it escalated to his boss. It is also written with many absolute comments (sales talk) Like: in chapter 1 when FOCUS(ing) ON DEPLOYMENT LEAD TIME it implies all large batch work can be reduced. This ignores IT issues like conversion of big production data sets that can take weeks. This book comes with an code to "TAKE THE DORA DEVELOP X-RAY ASSESSMENT AND SEE WHERE YOU STAND". Marc Andreessen is famously quoted as saying, "The spread of computers and the internet will put jobs in two categories: people who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do." Or, "automate all the things" and reduce work and work force. The Answer is - Get out of OPS go back to DEV and prepare to work on small meaningless bit of code. The one subject this book does cover that the Phoenix Project did not is SECURITY. However, this books still see the Sec group as outsiders writing tasks (after the fact), reviewing Dev code and training DevOps and creating DevOpsSec. It thinks or hopes security problems can be coded away with tools like Gauntlt. Conclusion: If you're looking for some good quotes about why / how you / 're company should / can move faster to build a minimum viable product (MVP) in the lease amount of time by WIP-ing works not creating it.... This book is for you.
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