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

I revisited Accelerate with my platform leadership team last summer, and the data still punches above its weight. The authors translate years of DevOps research into a playbook you can actually socialize with executives: define the four DORA metrics, invest in trunk-based development, shrink batch sizes, and relentlessly remove deployment toil. The chapters on culture and psychological safety were the missing piece when we launched our own delivery initiative—no tooling overhaul would have landed without that buy-in. Every time I run a value stream workshop now, this book is sitting on the table.