Category: Book

  • Reviewed: the Pentagon Wars – Reformers Challenge the Old Guard

    Author: James G. Burton Publisher: Naval Institute Press Year: 1993 ISBN: 9781612516004 I came to this book having thoroughly enjoyed the movie of the same name, expecting more of the same. While the salient points are present in the book, the book is quite serious in tone, whereas the movie is comedic all the way through, making…

  • Reviewed: the Goal

    Last week, I reviewed the Phoenix Project. Here are my thoughts on its predecessor: Author: Eliyahu M. GoldrattPublisher: North River PressYear: 1984ISBN: 9780884271789Length: 362 pages Having read the Phoenix Project, I wanted to read its predecessor, to see what lessons could be learned from it. As it turns out, there is quite a bit to be learned. An even better read…

  • Reviewed: the Phoenix Project

    A while back, a friend of mine tipped me off to this book, and said it was a book I should read. Here are my thoughts. Author: Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and  George SpaffordPublisher: IT Revolution PressYear: 2013ISBN: 9780988262591Length: 345 pages An IT Operations department in dire straits, facing the very real possibility of layoffs and outsourcing, starts to turn the ship around, implementing…

  • Reviewed: Fish

    Some time ago, I was handed this book by my manager, and told to read, understand and internalize its lessons. Here are my thoughts on the book: Author: Stephen C. Lundin, Harry Paul, John Christensen and Ken Blanchard Publisher: HyperionYear: 2000ISBN: 9780786888825Length: 112 pages Lundin, Christensen and Blanchard weave a fictionalized story as the backdrop to the lessons they have to teach in this book.…

  • Books that I keep returning to

    I am a voracious reader, and have spent a lot of time with my nose in a book. While I no longer have a physical book with me at all times, I always carry an iPhone with the Kindle and Readmill apps, and usually bring my Kindle with me, too. Although I read a lot…

  • Reviewed: the Good Study Guide

    As part of preparing to study at the Open University, I decided that I needed to establish some routines and generally speaking get to a point where taking an hour or three per day to study came naturally, both to me, and to my family. In order to achieve that, my first subject was the…