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

Management systems have been designed to provide reliability and efficiency, not adaptability and agility. Many of the tools and practices of modern management are geared towards solving problems and eliminating deviations in processes, behaviors, and practices. Because of this framework, management training and leadership development is often focu... See more

To sense if the experiments are moving you in the right direction, you first need to be able to “see” and measure your current system of work. You need to know your starting points. Here I refer again to Dan Terhorst-North’s “visualize, stabilize, optimize.” You first need to be able to visualize steps in a value stream from left to right. You need

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First, starting small with a cross-functional team and gradually growing the capability of the product, while delivering value iteratively and incrementally, is an extremely effective way to mitigate the risks of replacing high-visibility systems, while simultaneously growing a high-performance culture. It provides a faster return on investment, su

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If a pathological or bureaucratic culture is prevalent (see Table 3.1); if the organization or business area is not receptive to upheaval; if there have been failed capital “T” Transformation attempts; if there is little psychological safety; if there is fear; if there are strong vested interests in maintaining the status quo; or if the locus of co

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