Book review: The Phoenix Project

A few more quotes:

  • Improving daily work is even more important than doing daily work.
  • Being able to take needless work out of the system is more important than being able to put more work into the system
  • We need to create a culture that reinforces the value of taking risks and learning from failure and the need for repetition and practice to create mastery.
  • until code is in production, no value is actually being generated, because it’s merely WIP stuck in the system.
  • Left unchecked, technical debt will ensure that the only work that gets done is unplanned work!
  • Remember, outcomes are what matter — not the process, not controls, or, for that matter, what work you complete.

Also reviewed the Unicorn Project by the same author.