  Adiabatic evolution is considered to be the ideal situation for most
thermodynamic cycles, as it allows for the achievement of maximum efficiency.
However, no power output is produced in light of the infinite amount of time
required to perform a transformation. Such issue can be overcome through
Shortcuts-To-Adiabaticity (STA) protocols, which allows a dynamics to mimic its
adiabatic counterpart, but in a finite time. Transitionless quantum driving
(TQD) is one form of STA. We develop and study the effects of TQD on a
single-qubit system subjected to a changing magnetic field and a general
two-qubit Heisenberg model with a time-dependent interaction strength. We
establish a quantitative relation between the work produced across the dynamics
and the entropy production resulting from the evolution at hand, focusing on
the role played by the initial states of the work medium. We identify the
states that extremize performance under the TQD protocol. The thermodynamic
implications of STA are discussed in the end.
