How long does it take to read Accelerate?
The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations
Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim
Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2018. 288 pages, about 79,200 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book goes into depth on research that shows how DevOps techniques can make technology organizations more effective. Fundamentally, they can help create generative team cultures which in turn leads to higher performance, better retention and better outcomes. The book shares multiple years of research from the State of DevOps reports.
Subjects: Software engineering, Teams, Leadership, Agile software development, Computer software industry, Information technology, management
