Accelerate

Accelerate is a book about data. The authors used data collected during their PhD projects in order to prove The DevOps is effective.

They have all sorts of different ways to measure DevOps, it sufficiency, and the fact that way more projects succeed when you do DevOps, rather than waterfall methodology.

The book essentially show can be used as evidence of return on investment when modernizing your IT department. I am a person who loves data, and thus I absolutely love this book. Also, if you listen to the audiobook version, one of the authors reads it to you and… show more.

I love this book so much. Warning: it’s academic.

In each of the four years spanning 2014 to 2017, researchers collected data from 23,000 software engineering practitioners from around the globe. These engineers hailed from over 2,000 organizations, from small startups with fewer than five employees to large enterprises with more than 10,000 employees.

What did the researchers find? High performers use different practices than their peers, and these practices make high performers twice as likely as low performers to exceed goals of profitability, productivity, market share, number of customers, quantity of products and services, operating efficiency, customer satisfaction,… show more.

The authors of Accelerate explain the methodology behind the DORA DevOps report. They also expand on the relationship between the different practices in a sociotechnical system, under the DevOps light. They bring scientific research to the software industry, and at the same time they make it accessible to anyone. Competitive digital native companies leverage technology, and there are some common traits shared amongst them. Accelerate collates the insights, and provides clues for companies that want technology at their core.