Accelerate

Accelerate (2018) explores the intersection of software development and organizational performance. Drawing on rigorous research, it reveals the practices and capabilities that allow high-performing technology-driven companies to excel and achieve a competitive edge in the fast-paced digital era.

Nicole Forsgren is a partner at Microsoft Research, where she leads Developer Velocity Lab – a cross-organizational effort to amplify productivity, community, and well-being. She’s been widely recognized for her work on understanding software delivery performance. Jez Humble is in SRE at Google and is a lecturer at UC Berkeley. He’s also the coauthor of books like Continuous Delivery and Lean Enterprise. Gene Kim is an award-winning CTO, researcher, and author best known for The Phoenix Project, The DevOps Handbook, and The Unicorn Project.