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Jez Humble

author Updated 18th May 2026
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Books in this wiki: Accelerate

Background

Coauthor of Continuous Delivery (2010, with David Farr), Lean Enterprise, and The DevOps Handbook. Started career at a London startup in 2000; spent 2005–2015 at ThoughtWorks delivering software products and consulting as infrastructure specialist, developer, and product manager. Research VP at Google Cloud (DORA). Brings deep practical expertise in CI/CD, Lean, and DevOps to the Accelerate research programme alongside Forsgren's academic rigour.

Core Positions

  • Continuous delivery is not just a technical practice but a driver of organisational culture and performance
  • Small batches, fast feedback loops, and automated pipelines are the mechanism by which high performance is achieved
  • The goal of deployment should be a non-event: boring, routine, and reversible
  • DevOps practices are not at odds with security and compliance — properly integrated they reinforce each other