Martin Fowler

Nicole, Jez, and Gene asked me to contribute a foreword to their new book Accelerate. I’m very chuffed to be asked, as I think this is going to be the most important software book published in 2018 (and I don’t say that lightly).

A few years ago I read a report that said “We can now assert with confidence that high IT performance correlates with strong business performance, helping to boost productivity, profitability and market share.” When I read something like that, my usual response is to toss it with great force into the rubbish bin, because that’s usually a tell for some bogus bullshit masquerading as science. I hesitated this time, however, for this was the “2014 State of Devops Report”. One of its authors was Jez Humble, a colleague and friend who I knew was equally allergic to this kind of twaddle. (Although I have to confess that

To read the full article click on the 'post' link at the top.