When Bill Palmer is unexpectedly promoted to vice president of IT Operations at Parts Unlimited, he inherits an organization that is underperforming and in danger of being outsourced.  With the help of an enigmatic potential board member, Bill starts to see a new way to run his organization, using agile and DevOps to save the day.

2011 was the last time I read a “business” book, but my senior manager kept harping on this one and, during an agile training session, I broke down and ordered the book.  Written as a novel, the book details how implementing these strategies improve performance and help make IT an integral part of any enterprise.  It paints a rosy picture, while ignoring any difficulties that may be experienced while switching to these new paradigms.