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Accelerate: State of DevOps 2019 | Executive Summary
initiatives such as supporting
information search, more usable
deployment toolchains, and reducing
technical debt through flexible
architecture, code maintainability,
and viewable systems.
Our research continues to show that
the industry-standard Four Key Metrics
1
of soware development and delivery
drive organizational performance in
technology transformations. This year’s
report revalidates previous findings
that it is possible to optimize for
stability without sacrificing speed.
We also the identify the capabilities
that drive improvement in the Four Key
Metrics, including technical practices,
cloud adoption, organizational practices
(including change approval processes),
and culture.
For organizations seeking guidance on
how to improve, we point to the only real path
forward: Start with foundations, and then
adopt a continuous improvement mindset
by identifying your unique constraint (or set
of constraints). Once those constraints no
longer hold you back, repeat the process.
We also provide guidance on the most
eective strategies for enacting these changes.
1 https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/techniques/four-key-metrics
