During lockdown I’ve been reading The Unicorn Project. The follow-up to The Phoenix Project. Again a very entertaining writing about the rocky road to get the IT department to the next level.

I’ve read this book after I’ve read The Phoenix Project for the second time. It is situated during the same timespan and sometimes the storylines overlap. This makes clear not one team’s effort has saved the company, but multiple teams with the same endgoal.

The story is written with enough technical background to be based on true life and everything learned can be applied in the now. I can relate to a lot of the problems faced even though I’m not working at a commercial company. But keep in mind that the book is fictional.

After reading The Unicorn Project I’m more convinced that devops has its advantages, but might not be easily applied to every company. It requires a lot of agility of the entire company and a group of enthousiasts that are willing to go the extra mile.

Read more here: https://itrevolution.com/the-unicorn-project/