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Book Summary: Accelerate
Building, and scaling high performing technology organizations
Accelerate has consistently been described as one of the best books when it comes to DevOps and building technical agility in organizations. I finally got around to reading it and it was every bit as good as I had expected it to be.
The book is essentially the presentation of a multi-year research and contains a whole section on why certain research methods were chosen over others. I have been reading and writing a fair bit about agility and moving fast, so most of the things in the book were not new, but the solid research backing it means that “CI/CD is a must-have” is not just an opinion anymore. The authors have shown it to be a demonstrable trait of successful teams in the wider industry.
Accelerate is a short-ish read, but it is dense with information. I am sharing my highlights from it below so that you can get a taste of what the book is like. If you like these semi-organized snippets, you should definitely read the book.
Preface
improvements in software delivery are possible for every team and in every company, as long as leadership provides consistent support — including time, actions, and resources — demonstrating a true commitment to improvement, and as long as team members commit…
