Based on the popular DevOps book, The Phoenix Project business simulation provides a real life business experience for how to apply a DevOps approach.

DevOps is not a framework or model;  it describes a culture for how teams need to collaborate to deliver business value. DevOps is a collaborative and integrated approach to working between software development, IT operations and IT service management, and business units.

Here’s the scenario for this very interactive simulation:

Parts Unlimited is in trouble.  Newspaper reports reveal the poor financial performance of the organization.  An IT enabled business transformation is introduced by Retail Operations as the solution and the way forward to save the company and make it competitive and profitable again.  The VP of IT Operations is asked to take the lead of The Phoenix Project and is challenged to make it successful.  But the VP is facing a tremendous amount of work including huge backlogs of issues, problems and other projects.

Your challenge is to use DevOps principles of collaboration, integration and communication and apply them in this serious business simulation. In three rounds you will work on IT projects and IT issues and make sure The Phoenix Project will be finished on time and successfully. But, beware, your internal business partners keep coming at you with new ideas and demands and external developments outside your control are frequently thrown your way!