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Winner of the Shingo Publication Award. Accelerate your organization to win in the marketplace.
“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 and Mary Poppendieck, authors of the Lean Software Development Series
“A must-read! In a sea of books about technology approaches, Accelerate stands out in its clarity and practicality.” —Karen Martin, author of Clarity First and The Outstanding Organization
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.
“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.” —Thomas A. Limoncelli, coauthor of The Practice of Cloud System Administration
Publisher : IT Revolution
Publication date : March 27, 2018
Edition : First Edition
Language : English
Print length : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 1942788339
ISBN-13 : 978-1942788331
Item Weight : 11 ounces
Dimensions : 5.89 x 0.9 x 9.09 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #18,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #10 in Software Development (Books) #25 in Computers & Technology Industry #214 in Leadership & Motivation
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Customers say
Customers find the book well-researched and enjoy its readability, with one review noting it serves as a key reference with 24 principles. The book receives positive feedback for its approach to software delivery, with one customer highlighting its evidence-based approach, and customers appreciate how it continuously evolves software delivery excellence. They praise its exceptional pacing and high quality, with one review specifically mentioning its data-driven content.
Asim Ghaffar –
Still the North Star for Software Delivery in a Changing World
Even in 2024, Accelerate remains a must-read for improving software delivery performance. Seven years after its release, the book’s lessons are as relevant as ever, thanks to its practical advice and real-world data. While the first part is especially impactful, the entire book offers valuable insights that apply seamlessly to modern AI-driven tools and systems.One of the book’s greatest strengths is its focus on achieving meaningful outcomes rather than merely checking boxes. It makes a compelling argument against maturity models, stating:> “Maturity models are not the appropriate tool to use or mindset to have. Instead, shifting to a capabilities model of measurement is essential for organizations wanting to accelerate software delivery.”The authors emphasize measuring what truly matters, such as delivery lead time, deployment frequency, time to restore service, and change fail rate. These metrics ensure teams focus on results, not unnecessary busywork. As they put it:> “A successful measure of performance should have two key characteristics. First, it should focus on a global outcome to ensure teams aren’t pitted against each other.. (Second,) it shouldn’t reward people for putting in large amounts of busywork that doesn’t actually help achieve organizational goals.”Overall, Accelerate is an exceptional guide for improving software delivery and team performance. Its ideas are simple to grasp, practical to implement, and enduringly relevant. For anyone working in tech or leading teams, this book is just as valuable today as it was when it first came out.
Bas Vodde –
Evidence modern development practices pay off?
Accelerate will convince you that modern agile/devops development practices are worth investing in and will bring you business benefits. At least, that is the goal of the book. It explores survey results from 3 years of DevOps survey, explain why they are trustworthy and relevant and what you can learn from them. It does so in a very convincing way if I may say so. I personally experienced most of the promoted practices to be useful and therefore probably didn’t need convincing. If I did, this book might have been able to do so.The DevOps survey is an industry survey originally done by Puppet Labs for exploring Continuous Delivery and DevOps practices in the industry. The first DevOps survey was in 2014 and the book takes 3 years of survey results (3 surveys) and shares the results and the conclusions of these results. The book consists of three parts: (1) What we found, (2) The Research, and (3) Transformation.The first part shares the results and conclusions of the DevOps survey. Good development and continuous delivery practices result in less stress, better quality, and better business results. This part summarizes different practices and how they correlated with improved business success. I felt most of the practices were not controversial (for someone with an agile background) although there were some exceptions (how far should you go in not standardizing tools) and areas not covered. Especially the area of organizational and team structure was not covered and, at times, the book suggested traditional organizations and traditional role divisions. This was unfortunate as it would have been interesting inclusions… but not covered well in this book.I actually enjoyed the second part of the book, which had nothing to do with software development but explains the different research methods and practices applied. It explains different data collection strategies and why a survey was the right strategy for the questions the authors were asking. One skepticism I had (still have) is that the selected target population (people familiar with DevOps) causes a self-selection bias and therefore invalidates the findings when extrapolating to the entire industry. The authors, unfortunately, didn’t discuss that much, but it did come up with arguments on why they should restrict the target population to people familiar with DevOps. The arguments were good… though not fully convinced me. Still, I found part 2 unusual and interesting.Part 3, transformation, was small and not written by the authors. Instead it provided a case study of lean management practices by Steve and Karen Whitley Bell. The case study was from ING Netherlands. Although I enjoyed the case study, I did wonder at times why it was included as it didn’t actually talk about the majority of the practices of the book. It mostly focused on Lean Management and Lean Transformation practices. Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading the case study.All in all, Accelerate was an enjoyable little book. It didn’t provide huge new insights to me, which was not the intention of the book. The intend was to share evidence (science) that some existing modern practices actually work. In that, the book succeeded. I would not recommend the book to people who want to understand these modern practices in-depth, for that, this is the wrong book. I would very much recommend the book for people who want to understand (and be convinced) that these modern DevOps/Development/Agile practices can have a positive effect on your business… and they are worth investing time and resources in. Good book, recommended, 4 stars.
Mariano S. –
I love ❤️ it ******
This book really made me reflect on how crucial it is to choose the right software development approach — and how that choice can significantly influence an organization’s outcomes.
Preethi Narayan –
A scientific method to understand and recommend good practices for high performing technology teams.
Many of the recommendations in the book seem like common sense. However the authors have taken the time to explain how they came to the conclusion and presented a case study of how leaders help transform teams. It’s a good read for anyone trying to set standards for tech teams at scale and transform organizations.
Droma –
If you have any interest in what constitutes best practice then buy this book, agnostic of any tech stack(s) you’re using, read this book, implement everything it tells you. The first half is the what, the second half is the why related in clear data science breakdown of what the numbers showed, so wether you are looking for the guide on what to do, or looking for the data on why you need to do what people keep telling you is a good idea, it is all here neatly packaged up and presented.
Vsalmeida –
Ótimo livro para refletir sobre a evolução do DEVOPs em busca de times de alta performance. Baseado em várias pesquisas ao longo de vários anos, times dev no mundo inteiro, a obra apresenta um resumo sobre o que leva um time a alcançar entregas de valor cada vez mais rápido e com maior qualidade. Não é uma fórmula mágica, mas uma mudança cultural. De fato, se você é gerente de TI e não leu esse livro, certamente será substituído por alguém que o leu!
Antonio Valle –
Un gran libro que proporciona las bases para comprender y justificar los resultados de los informes The Devops Status Reports desde 2013 en adelante. Una joya!
Mr 078RPM –
Bought this for my son, who is a computer programmer, he recommends it.
Matthieu –
J’ai acheté ce livre en version kindle. C’est un résumé de beaucoup de sondage des équipes ingénieurs informatiques, utile pour enrichir mes connaissances. Ce livre est écrit en anglais mais facile à lire.