Goal
The path to "LEADING QUALITY"
Here is the reading path leading up to this book, derived from its dependencies and ordered from the fundamentals.
The path so far (3 books)
Why read this first: Once testing and CI/CD give you a foundation for building in quality, you frame how it affects organizational delivery performance through measurement. DORA's four key metrics show empirically that speed and stability are not a trade-off.
Why read this first: Once you can improve delivery performance through measurement, you widen your view to the engineering culture and practices that sustain it at scale and over time. Google frames this as 'programming integrated over time.'
Why read this first: After understanding the engineering practices of large organizations, you advance to a leadership view that raises quality from individual effort to a culture the organization cultivates. Quality becomes a strategic concern of management.