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The Unicorn Project

A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    6 October 2025

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Summary

A Wall Street Journal Bestseller!

In The Unicorn Project, we follow Maxine, a senior lead developer and architect, as she is exiled to the Phoenix Project, to the horror of her friends and colleagues, as punishment for contributing to a payroll outage. She tries to survive in what feels like a heartless and uncaring bureaucracy and to work within a system where no one can get anything done without endless committees, paperwork, and approvals.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781942788997
ISBN-10:1942788991
Author:Gene Kim
Publisher:IT Revolution Press
Imprint:IT Revolution Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:6 October 2025
Weight:412g
Dimensions:31mm x 152mm x 227mm
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The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim - ISBN: 9781942788997
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About The Author

Gene Kim

Gene Kim is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, researcher, and multiple award-winning CTO. He has been studying high-performing technology organizations since 1999 and was the founder and CTO of Tripwire for 13 years. He is the author of six books, The Unicorn Project (2019), and co-author of the Shingo Publication Award winning Accelerate (2018), The DevOps Handbook (2016), and The Phoenix Project (2013). Since 2014, he has been the founder and organizer of DevOps Enterprise Summit, studying the technology transformations of large, complex organizations.

In 2007, ComputerWorld added Gene to the “40 Innovative IT People to Watch Under the Age of 40” list, and he was named a Computer Science Outstanding Alumnus by Purdue University for achievement and leadership in the profession.

He lives in Portland, OR, with his wife and family.

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