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Enterprise DevOps transformation without the risk of culture change. A complete field guide for practitioners of the Scaled Agile DevOps Maturity Framework, the first enterprise framework to build comprehensive, enterprise-grade governance infrastructure around the organization as it actually operates.

This is a way to present the Theory of Constraints that is surprising for rookies but equally profound and formal for the experts. Much has already been said and written about the Theory of Constraints – it is, "Simply the best way to manage and improve, in a simple and therefore radical way, the complex systems in which we live and operate."

From NASDAQ gods to Bangalore’s “Agile Begging Syndicate” — seven Indian tech founders lose everything in one tariff strike. What follows is a riotous descent into Aadhaar forgery, Six Sigma idlis, and a spiritual reboot that trades stock options for the syntax of karma. A savage, hilarious novella about hubris, failure, and the only IPO that truly matters.

When a terrorist attack plunges Sydney into lockdown, IT manager Sunil Sharma decides "Business Continuity" requires more than just server backups. Armed with an e-scooter and a deluded sense of duty, he embarks on a scandalous nocturnal odyssey to "comfort" eighteen stranded female colleagues—only to find that some aftershocks are purely personal.

King BoseAka has a grand vision for ancient Bengal, but his path to glory is blocked by a singular, stinky nemesis: open defecation. Witness a riotous parody of history as one germaphobic emperor trades his sword for a shovel, only to realize that conquering an empire is easy—but changing its bathroom habits is a total "poo-tastrophe."

In the cutthroat world of IT consulting, Chunmun Singh's brilliant career becomes a never-ending nightmare when every project mysteriously summons a Tanu Sharma — each one lazier, more manipulative, and more dangerously unhinged than the last. From Bangalore boardrooms to Tokyo high-rises, these "Tanu" variants wield gossip, knives, fake harassment claims, and passive-aggressive naps to sabotage him… until he uncovers the chilling corporate conspiracy behind the curse. A darkly hilarious odyssey of professional paranoia, resilience, and one man's fight to code in peace.

In the golden twilight of Swarga, Indra's diamond throne trembles—not from cosmic threats, but from the quiet, unyielding tapas of Chunmun Singh, a celibate Solution Architect in Western Sydney's suburbs. Fearing the rise of a mortal whose disciplined meditation could rival divine power, the King of Gods dispatches his most irresistible weapons: the Apsaras, celestial temptresses tasked with shattering thirteen years of iron resolve.What follows is a deliciously absurd cosmic comedy of seduction versus stubborn practicality—from eucalyptus-scented parks in Parramatta to fluorescent Centrelink queues—where enlightenment collides with everyday Australian realities, and one man's prudent dread of housing prices proves mightier than heavenly allure.

Forget the solemn chants and divine glow—this Ramayana retold unleashes a gloriously flawed epic where Rama’s bargaining skills are questionable, Lakshmana rocks noise-canceling headphones, and Sita’s razor-sharp wit cuts deeper than any arrow. What unfolds is a chaotic, laugh-out-loud odyssey of cosmic mix-ups, petty curses, marital bickering, and heroic dysfunction that proves even gods and demons can’t escape the messiness of being human.

In Singapore’s sleek skyline of code and glass, 32-year-old software engineer Nitin Desai has perfected a life of elegant solitude—until his parents launch him into the relentless, continent-spanning machinery of modern Indian matchmaking. What begins as a dutiful profile upload on matrimonial apps quickly becomes a high-stakes audit of his NRI value: salary, green-card prospects, horoscope compatibility, and the invisible tally of cultural currency he never knew he was carrying.

In a dim, humming Parramatta apartment, Chunmun Singh survives as a freelance digital ghost, tethered to a server rack that pays his bills while fourteen years of involuntary celibacy have quietly forged an extraordinary inner power: the ability to sense and soothe the chaotic minds of others. This low, resonant hum—mechanical and mystical—defines his isolated existence, until the boundaries between his cage and his gift begin to blur, threatening to pull him out of the shadows and into a confrontation with the world he has learned to silence.

From clever food puns to culture-inspired wordplay, The Laugh Heard Around the World delivers laughs that are smart, lighthearted, and suitable for all ages.

A humorous fable for IT professionals exhausted by urgency theater

Me, my bestie, her husband and his colleague...At one point my friend’s husband began to make gestures with his head and hands imitating a mental patient. The surprise made the young doctor and I look at each other, and he shrugged and raised his hands in a gesture of “What shall we do?” But my bestie’s reaction was even more surprising.“STOP! Stop right now!” she shouted, getting up and trying to hit the husband in the face.I’d never seen her so angry. Everyone in the pub looked at us in surprise, some with a slight smile, others with a disapproving look, most looking frightened. In a flash, the trainee doctor stood up and grabbed my friend by the wrists. Then her husband also stood up, gestured with his hand “take her” to his colleague and shouted “the bill, please”. I was paralysed in my chair.

This book is an anthology of posts on people and project management from 2008 to 2010, when the author was a manager and was roaming between management training sessions. It started as a blog, Management Bits and Tips: Reflections on Software Engineering and Software Technical Support Management, which now survives as a Facebook page, ManagementBits. When the author returned to engineering after management in 2009, he wanted to publish a book with the original title, Management Bits: An Anthology from Reductionist Manager. Around 2015, he changed its title to Critique of Management Reason: Management Bits and Tips from Can't and added a few more bits as late as 2017.