Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

Overview
Accelerate provides a data-driven guide for technology leaders to build high-performing software delivery teams. Drawing on four years of research, the authors identify the capabilities that distinguish elite organizations and show how to implement them.

Key Takeaways

• Measure performance using lead time, deployment frequency, mean time to restore, and change fail rate.
• Adopt lean management, continuous delivery, and DevOps practices to accelerate flow.
• Culture of psychological safety and learning is critical for sustained improvement.
• Technical practices such as version control, automated testing, and trunk-based development drive higher velocity.

Who Would Benefit

• Engineering managers and directors seeking to improve delivery speed and quality.
• CTOs and VP of Engineering responsible for organizational performance.
• Technical leaders interested in data-backed transformation strategies.
• Agile coaches and DevOps practitioners.

Frameworks and Methodologies

• Lean Management
• DevOps
• Continuous Delivery
• Agile Scrum/Kanban
• Accelerate's Four Key Metrics