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It's worth reading The Goal as The Phoenix Project is somewhat based on it. The Goal introduces the idea of Theory of Constraints in a similar novelized form, and The Phoenix Project takes ToC and applies it to information systems/software work. There's overlap between ToC and the Toyota Way (Toyota Production System, Lean, etc.) as all are based on taking a systems view of things, and place a great deal of emphasis on identifying problems with the process, not the people (that is, no individual blame).


I had a CTO loan me "The Goal" after I came back from USENIX in Boston (2011) talking about devops and shite... Its a good read and gave context to the Phoenix project without being a spoiler...


There are also a bunch of very nice books about TLS, which stands for "Theory of Constraints + Lean + Six Sigma".

For example books by Bob Sproull and books by Bruce Nelson.




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