Book · 2018 · Business & Economics
Accelerate
The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
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High performers do better everything because the capabilities that enable high performance in one field if done right enable it in other fields.
What they say about it
- Discussing research findings“high performers do better everything”6
The best things said about it
There's a good book called Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren, which touches on a lot of this. Not quite all of it, but a lot of it. So, I recommend that book.
Part 2 of the book covers this in almost excruciating detail.
We measure speed or tempo as we call it in the book or sometimes people call it three per as well which is a nice full circle manufacturing idea like the semiconductor like circuit throughput.
We actually studied this as a whole sectional architecture in the book where we look exactly this question architecture has been studied for a long time and people talk about architectural characteristics.
A great example of this is one of the cases we talk about in the book is working off a shared trunk or master in version control not going on these long-lived feature branches.
We have several companies around the world now that are measuring their culture on a quarterly cadence and basis because we show in the book how to measure it westerns typology was the table itself.
Why people recommend it
Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim is a technology and business book that presents research-backed capabilities and metrics for measuring software delivery performance and organizational DevOps culture. The book was highlighted on the a16z Podcast by co-authors Jez Humble and Nicole Forsgren, who discussed their research methodology and findings. Jez Humble explained that a key result of their research is that high-performing organizations succeed across the board because capabilities enabling high performance in one area reinforce performance in others if implemented correctly. Humble also discussed how the book measures software speed or throughput, linking it to classic manufacturing throughput ideas, and noted that the book contains entire sections dedicated to studying whether software architecture characteristics, such as microservices or working off a shared trunk in version control, directly correlate with DevOps outcomes. Nicole Forsgren added that part two of the book details the research methodology with great precision and explained how organizations can measure their culture on a quarterly cadence using established typologies featured in the text. Later, David Singleton recommended Accelerate on The Peterman Pod, noting that it touches on many important practices regarding testing, gradual deployment, and team efficiency, making it a valuable read for technology leaders aiming to help their engineering teams move quickly and safely.
Every mention
David Singleton There's a good book called Accelerate by Nicole Forsrren, which touches on a lot of this. Not not quite all… 1
“There's a good book called Accelerate by Nicole Forsrren, which touches on a lot of this. Not not quite all of it, but a lot of it. So, I recommend that book.”
Jez Humble and this is when the key results in the book in our research is this fact the high performers do better eve… 4
“and this is when the key results in the book in our research is this fact the high performers do better everything because the capabilities that enable high performance in one field if done right enable it in other fields”
“so we measure speed or tempo as we call it in the book or sometimes people call it three per as well which is a nice full circle manufacturing idea like the semiconductor like circuit throughput”
“so we actually studied this as a whole sectional architecture in the book where we look exactly this question architecture has been studied for a long time and people talk about architectural characteristics”
“a great example of this is one of the cases we talk about in the book is working off a shared trunk or master in version control not going on these long-lived feature branches”
Nicole Forsgren and part 2 of the book covers this in almost excruciating detail 2
“and part 2 of the book covers this in almost excruciating detail”
“and we have several companies around the world now that are measuring their culture on a quarterly cadence and basis because we show in the book how to measure it westerns typology was the table itself”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and today's episode takes a different angle on the topic by drawing on the research of one of the largest large-scale studies of software and organizational performance out there from the authors of the new book accelerate the science of lean software and DevOps building and scaling high-performing technology organizations by nichole force grin Jays humble and Jean Kim joining”
“that's when the key Heyford as we talked about in the book and that's what devops enables”
“the book just out is accelerate building and scaling high-performing technology organizations thank you so much you guys”