Accelerate
The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
1st Edition
Published on 27. March 2018
288 pages
978-1-942788-35-5 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the Shingo Publication Award
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.
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.
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1st Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
OR
United States
File size
6,31 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-942788-35-5 (9781942788355)
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Nicole Forsgren, PhD | Jez Humble | Gene Kim
Accelerate
The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
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03/2018
It Revolution Press
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Persons
Dr. Nicole Forsgren does research and strategy at Google Cloud following the acquisition of her startup DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) by Google. She is best known for her work measuring the technology process and as the lead investigator on the largest DevOps studies to date. She has been an entrepreneur, professor, sysadmin, and performance engineer. Nicole's work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals. Nicole earned her PhD in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona, and is a Research Affiliate at Clemson University and Florida International University. She lives in San Francisco, CA.
Jez Humble is co-author of The DevOps Handbook, Lean Enterprise, and the Jolt Award-winning Continuous Delivery. He is currently researching how to build high performing teams at his startup, DevOps Research and Assessment, LLC, and teaching at UC Berkeley. He lives in California.
Gene Kim is a multiple award-winning CTO, researcher, and co-author of The Phoenix Project, Beyond The Phoenix Project, The DevOps Handbook, and The Visible Ops Handbook. He is founder of IT Revolution, hosts the DevOps Enterprise Summit conferences, and speaks around the world. He lives in Portland, OR with his wife and children.
Jez Humble is co-author of The DevOps Handbook, Lean Enterprise, and the Jolt Award-winning Continuous Delivery. He is currently researching how to build high performing teams at his startup, DevOps Research and Assessment, LLC, and teaching at UC Berkeley. He lives in California.
Gene Kim is a multiple award-winning CTO, researcher, and co-author of The Phoenix Project, Beyond The Phoenix Project, The DevOps Handbook, and The Visible Ops Handbook. He is founder of IT Revolution, hosts the DevOps Enterprise Summit conferences, and speaks around the world. He lives in Portland, OR with his wife and children.
Content
- Cover Page
- Praise for Accelerate
- Half Title
- Full Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures
- Foreword by Martin Fowler
- Foreword by Courtney Kissler
- Quick Reference: Capabilities to Drive Improvement
- Preface
- Part One: What We Found
- Chapter 1 - Accelerate
- Chapter 2 - Measuring Performance
- Chapter 3 - Measuring and Changing Culture
- Chapter 4 - Technical Practices
- Chapter 5 - Architecture
- Chapter 6 - Integrating Infosec into the Delivery Lifecycle
- Chapter 7 - Management Practices for Software
- Chapter 8 - Product Development
- Chapter 9 - Making Work Sustainable
- Chapter 10 - Employee Satisfaction, Identity, and Engagement
- Chapter 11 - Leaders and Managers
- Part Two: The Research
- Chapter 12 - The Science Behind This Book
- Chapter 13 - Introduction to Psychometrics
- Chapter 14 - Why Use a Survey
- Chapter 15 - The Data for the Project
- Part Three: Transformation
- Chapter 16 - High-Performance Leadership and Management
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Capabilities to Drive Improvement
- Appendix B: The Stats
- Appendix C: Statistical Methods Used in Our Research
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Authors
