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“On the other side of the jelly-glass docking hatch they could see, improbably, impossibly, a hyperactive red panda jumping up and down and waving his paws at them.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Space Opera

“Low performers were more likely to say that the software they were building—or the set of services they had to interact with—was “custom software developed by another company (e.g., an outsourcing partner).”
― Nicole Forsgren, Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

“These measures are strongly correlated to culture: ​–​Organizational investment in DevOps ​–​The experience and effectiveness of team leaders ​–​Continuous delivery capabilities ​–​The ability of development, operations, and infosec teams to achieve win-win outcomes ​–​Organizational performance ​–​Deployment pain ​–​Lean management practices Westrum organizational culture predicts software delivery performance, organizational performance, and job satisfaction. Westrum organizational culture is negatively correlated with deployment pain. The more painful code deployments are, the poorer the culture.”
― Nicole Forsgren, Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

“I say assertively, “Give me three lists. One that requires Brent work, one that increases Brent’s throughput, and the last one is everything else. Identify the top projects on each list. Don’t spend too much time ordering them—I don’t want us spending days arguing. The most important list is the second one. We need to keep Brent’s capacity up by reducing the amount of unplanned work that hits him.”
― Gene Kim, The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win