The game is based upon ‘The Phoenix Project’ Book and is designed to provide an example of real life experiences where the principles of DevOps can be applied.

The situation you play out:

Parts Unlimited is in trouble. Newspaper reports reveal the poor financial performance of the organisation. The only way forward to not only save the company but to make it competitive and profitable is “The Phoenix Project” which represents an IT enabled business transformation, with Retail Operations as the business owner of this project. The VP of IT Operations is asked to take the lead of the IT department and ensure that “The Phoenix Project” will be a success. But the VP of IT Operations is facing a tremendous amount of work. A huge backlog of issues, features and projects.

As a team, you will act in different roles within the Parts Unlimited organisation. You can be Retail Operations, Human Resources or Finance – playing the Business roles of the company. Or you can be the VP of IT Operations or other members from his IT Team that needs to develop the applications and solve the IT Issues.

Your challenge is to use the DevOps principles and apply them in this serious Business Simulation. In three rounds you will work on the IT projects and IT issues and ensure that “The Phoenix Project” will be finished on time. But, beware, the business keeps coming with new ideas and demands and external developments outside your control can also throw a spanner in the works.

Fresh Tracks will customise the simulation towards your own specific needs and learning objectives. But in general these are the main learning outcomes:

• How to apply DevOps principles in a real-life situation

• How to find the right balance between delivering your SLA requirements and your IT projects according to plan

• Experience how DevOps can bring serious value to your business

• How to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of your IT Department

• How to create better flow in your teams

• How to develop people’s skills to act in a DevOps environment

• How to show business their responsibilities in making IT Projects more successful

This is an excellent team building experience that delivers tangible outcomes. The 1-day simulation is designed for anyone at any level not just in IT but across the business.

Team members in IT software development, IT operations, and IT Service Management, as well as PMO, HR and Leadership cohorts will gain understanding of what DevOps really means for the whole business, and the culture changes needed to embed DevOps into your way of working.

There is no prerequisite for this simulation.