Cover for Accelerate - The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

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

Nicole Forsgren PhD, Jez Humble, Gene Kim

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Key Facts or Insights from the book

  1. Lean Software Development and DevOps practices have a direct impact on IT performance and organizational performance.
  2. Building quality into products is more efficient than inspecting at the end of production.
  3. High-performing organizations decisively outperform their lower-performing peers. They have more frequent code deployments, faster lead time from commit to deploy, faster time to recover from downtime, and lower change failure rate.
  4. The right culture is a critical aspect of IT performance. The book introduces the concept of a generative culture, which emphasizes learning and continuous improvement.
  5. Automation is a key factor in...

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