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Accelerate
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Accelerate

by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
March 2018
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
5h 17m
English
IT Revolution Press
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PREFACE

Beginning in late 2013, we embarked on a four-year research journey to investigate what capabilities and practices are important to accelerate the development and delivery of software and, in turn, value to companies. These results are seen in their profitability, productivity, and market share. We see similarly strong effects in noncommercial outcomes of effectiveness, efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

This research fills a need that isn’t currently served in the market. By using rigorous research methods traditionally only found in academia, and making it accessible to industry, our goal is to advance the state of software development and delivery. By helping the industry identify and understand the capabilities that actually drive ...

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ISBN: 9781457191435