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The Phoenix Project: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Phoenix Project runs an estimated 10.2 hours (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2est. listening hrs
4.1★64 ratings
Businessgenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Phoenix Project at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

What our data says

  • At 10.2 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 66% of the business audiobooks we measured.

Computed from business audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for business listeners: a solid week of commutes at 10.2 hours (estimated).

About the book

Five years after this sleeper hit took on the world of IT and flipped it on its head, the fifth anniversary edition of The Phoenix Project continues to guide IT in the DevOps revolution. In this newly updated and expanded edition of the best-selling The Phoenix Project , co-author Gene Kim includes a new afterword and a deeper delve into the Three Ways as described in The DevOps Handbook . Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in 90 days, or else Bill’s entire department will be outsourced.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Phoenix Project as an audiobook?

The Phoenix Project runs about 10.2 hours, our estimate from its 345 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is The Phoenix Project free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Is The Phoenix Project worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was The Phoenix Project first published?

The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford was first published in 2013.