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Accelerate

By Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

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Winner of the Shingo Publication Award

How can we apply technology to drive business value? For years, we’ve been told that the performance of software delivery teams doesn’t matter―that it can’t provide a competitive advantage to our companies. Through four years of groundbreaking research to include data collected from the State of DevOps reports conducted with Puppet, Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim set out to find a way to measure software delivery performance―and what drives it―using rigorous statistical methods. This book presents both the findings and the science behind that research, making the information accessible for readers to apply in their own organizations.

  • Publication Date March 27, 2018
  • Pages 288
  • Paperback Dimensions 6 x 9 inches, black and white
  • Paperback ISBN 9781942788331
  • eBook ISBN 9781942788355
  • Kindle ISBN 9781942788362

Features

  • Groundbreaking Research

    Using rigid statistical methods to measure software performance and what drives it, this book reveals the how and the why behind successful technology practices. The famously dubbed DORA metrics.

  • Award-Winning

    Winner of the Shingo Institute Publication Award for advancing new knowledge and understanding of lean and operational excellence.

  • Expert Authors

    Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim are three of the top researchers and thinkers in the technology industry today, this book reflects their combined deep knowledge and expertise.

  • All Managers

    Managers at every level will discover how to measure and evaluate performance and what capabilities to invest in to drive higher performance.

About the Book

Accelerate your organization to win in the marketplace.

How can we apply technology to drive business value? For years, we’ve been told that the performance of software delivery teams doesn’t matter―that it can’t provide a competitive advantage to our companies. Through four years of groundbreaking research to include data collected from the State of DevOps reports conducted with Puppet, Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim set out to find a way to measure software delivery performance―and what drives it―using rigorous statistical methods. This book presents both the findings and the science behind that research, making the information accessible for readers to apply in their own organizations.

Readers will discover how to measure the performance of their teams, and what capabilities they should invest in to drive higher performance. This book is ideal for management at every level.

Nicole Forsgren
Jez Humble
Gene Kim
Nicole Forsgren

Nicole Forsgren

Nicole Forsgren, PhD, is Partner at Microsoft Research. She is author of the Shingo Publication Award-winning book Accelerate, and is best known as lead investigator on the largest DevOps studies to date. She has been a successful entrepreneur (with an exit to Google), professor, performance engineer, and sysadmin. Her work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals.

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Jez Humble

Jez Humble

Jez Humble is the coauthor of Accelerate and The DevOps Handbook

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Gene Kim

Gene Kim

Gene Kim is a best-selling author whose books have sold over 1 million copies. He authored the widely acclaimed book "The Unicorn Project," which became a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Additionally, he co-authored several other influential works, including "The Phoenix Project," "The DevOps Handbook," and the award-winning "Accelerate," which received the prestigious Shingo Publication Award. His latest book, “Wiring the Winning Organization,” co-authored with Dr. Steven Spear, was released in November 2023.

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"Excellent! As well as conclusively showing that DevOps outcomes are faster, cheaper AND safer, this book is an excellent case study for robust survey design and analysis."

Adrian Cockcroft

VP Amazon Sustainability Architecture, Amazon

"This is the kind of foresight that CEOs, CFOs, and CIOs desperately need if their company is going to survive in this new software-centric world. Anyone that doesn’t read this book will be replaced by someone that has. Anyone that doesn’t read this book will be replaced by someone that has."

Thomas Limoncelli

Co-Author of The Practice of Cloud System Administration

"Accelerate summarizes the best metrics, practices, and principles to use for improving software delivery and digital product performance, based on years of well-documented research. We strongly recommend this book to anyone involved in a digital transformation for solid guidance about what works, what doesn’t work, and what doesn’t matter."

Tom Poppendieck & Mary Poppendieck

Authors of the Lean Software Development Series of Books

"Whether they recognize it or not, most organizations today are in the business of software development in one way, shape, or form. And most are being dragged down by slow lead times, buggy output, and complicated features that add expense and frustrate users. It doesn’t need to be this way. Forsgren, Humble and Kim shine a compelling light on the what, why, and how of DevOps so you, too, can experience what outstanding looks and feels like."

Karen Martin

Author, Clarity First and The Outstanding Organization

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