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I can buy the part about putting up fences between business people at the tech team. Been there, done that, modernized project management. But the "thank you"s,
by iKnowKungFoo 5y ago
I can buy the part about putting up fences between business people at the tech team. Been there, done that, modernized project management. But the "thank you"s, bonuses and all that? Complete fantasy. :)
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 5y agoI 100% guarantee it's someone who has recently read "The Phoenix Project" and made it up based on that.
- sanguy 5y agoHe even referenced the Phoenix Project ;)
- _tom_ 5y agoNow you understand modern book marketing. :-)
- kortex 5y agoWait...are you suggesting that whole comment is actually just an ad?
- _tom_ 5y agoWhile I have no evidence in this particular case, if I wanted to promote a book, I could imagine making up a related, positive story, which just happens to mention the book positively, and posting it on a popular social media site (I put the book in my cart). Then one could follow up with a softball opposing story on another site to get some controversy and thus visibility. Probably someone will cross link for you (I thought about doing that when I saw the headline). If not, a sock puppet can point out the link, and the book, again. TBH these two stories have the exaggerated perfection that characterizes fake stories. And the fact that they arrived so close together makes me very suspicious.
- bobobob420 5y agoI mean I read it and thought about looking up the book and getting it
- soonnow 5y agoI did like the book, back when I was completely new to DevOps. It's also a fictional story in the same vein as the one on reddit basically same template, but more mystic. Explaining DevOps through a story. Now I'd suggest to just read the state of Devops reports by Google, they are excellent.
- rmetzler 5y agoThis is not an ad and I doubt it is fake. Click on the user profile and read some of his other comments. This guy is real.
- switch007 5y agoCompletely agree. I knew they'd link to the Phoenix Project at the end
- alostpuppy 5y agoIf so, I’m even more impressed.
- crispyambulance 5y agoWhen I first encountered the Phoenix Project, I was expecting it to be some kind of satire. It wasn't, it was played straight all the way through and ends with "a win". It blows my mind that someone could write a novel about work and NOT have it be a satire or dark comedy. This book is used in project management courses, by the way.
- t-writescode 5y agoWhy? Maybe it’s that you’ve never worked for a boss that fought that hard for your free time? Great bosses like this exist
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 5y agoThe manager maybe, but you don't change the culture of the company like that. A low level manager has very little influence on that, they'd be replaced the moment other VPs started complaining.
- topkai22 5y agoDepends on the on the exact political arrangements. I’ve seen a “low” level manager get the ear of a senior leader and get protection/empowerment that ended them to do something on par with this. It sounds like the author got the appropriate buy in, and I suspect that not all ad hoc work got prioritized in a FILO manner.
- Swenrekcah 5y agoIt sounded implausible to me. Admittedly I don’t work for a large corporation but this sounded like a socially challenged persons dream of how they’d convince large groups of opposing people to their side. Hostile interactions with shelter from an all powerful HR and the vague threat of a lawsuit.
- t-writescode 5y agoI've explicitly asked for strong barriers from external leads and developers from my manager before and gotten them. My current boss aggressively puts barriers in place to keep us from being bothered or distracted.
- pm24601 5y agoWhy? I do this stuff all the time as a manager. It really goes exactly that way. Notice that the reddit commenter started with getting buy-in from the higher-up in their org. He didn't unilaterally start changing process. This is honestly basic management technique. It is called the "Auntie/Uncle" problem.
- pitched 5y agoI’m having a bit of trouble what “Auntie/Uncle problem” is in reference to. My Google search are just a bit too generic to narrow in. Any chance you know of an article on the subject I can read through?
- jsdalton 5y agoYou might consider providing a link, since Google returns absolutely nothing about management relating to “Auntie / Uncle” as a search term.