Agile/DevOps framed for boards

Apress released Bridging the Gap: Turning Agile and DevOps Initiatives into Board‑Level Wins, a first edition paperback listed at 275 pages with ISBN 979-8868820700 and a publisher listing under Apress. (amazon.sg) The book’s table of contents maps twelve chapters including Conducting a Maturity Assessment, Stakeholder Engagement & Transparency, Making the Data Be Your Storytelling, Mastering Metrics & Quality Control, Launching OKRs, and Budgeting & Operational Forecasting. (searchworks.stanford.edu) “Making the Data Be Your Storytelling” appears as Chapter 5 (pages 91–109) and opens with the boardroom prompt: “Before we vote, tell me one thing. How does this improve margin?” with the chapter framed to convert metrics into executive narratives. (link.springer.com) Chapter 6, Mastering Metrics and Quality Control, calls out three Key Performance Indicators—Lead Time, Release Frequency, and Stakeholder Satisfaction—and distinguishes outputs (lead time, release cadence, reliability) from outcomes (activation, retention, revenue quality, margin, risk reduction) while promising a concise metrics glossary and example dashboards. (link.springer.com) The book supplies reusable artifacts—maturity matrices, templates, and case studies—explicitly positioned to help engineering leaders translate engineering signals into board‑level language and decision‑grade deliverables. (link.springer.com) Author Leo Bardelli is presented as a technology leader with nearly two decades of experience and a role as Head of Product Engineering at Saint‑Gobain, and the publisher states the target audience as Engineering Managers, Technical Leads, Product Owners, Heads of DevOps, and heads of engineering seeking to scale strategic impact. (link.springer.com)