Value Stream Management

The definition of value stream management has changed

While the aspirations of companies wanting digital innovation and to connect business value haven’t changed over the years, the definition of what constitutes value stream management has. Dr. Mik Kersten, the CEO of Tasktop Technologies (recently purchased by Planview) and the author of “Project To Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of

By |2022-11-16T14:50:52+00:00November 14th, 2022|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , |Comments Off on The definition of value stream management has changed

OASIS committee working on value stream interoperability standards

In order to facilitate the development of standards for sharing data across different platforms within the value stream, a new technical committee has sprung up from within OASIS Open, which is an open source and standards consortium.   According to the committee, organizations typically employ a number of different tools to measure software performance in order

By |2022-09-08T15:37:18+00:00September 8th, 2022|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , |Comments Off on OASIS committee working on value stream interoperability standards

Value stream metrics and development metrics shouldn’t be confused

Value stream management and data-driven insights have been hot topics these past few years, and interest will continue to grow. Late last year, Gartner put out a prediction that by 2023, 70% of organizations will be using value stream management in some capacity. In order to do value stream successfully, however, companies need to understand the difference

By |2022-08-23T20:01:27+00:00August 23rd, 2022|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , |Comments Off on Value stream metrics and development metrics shouldn’t be confused

Cross-functional team collaboration is the key to eliminating dependencies

When multiple teams are operating within the same value stream, controlling dependencies can feel like a daunting task. These teams often become silos and negatively impact the ability to collaborate across the entire value stream, increasing dependencies and decreasing overall productivity.  At this month's {virtual} VSMcon 2022, Jim Benson, CEO of Modus Cooperandi and author

By |2022-05-26T15:18:27+00:00May 26th, 2022|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Cross-functional team collaboration is the key to eliminating dependencies

Continuous improvement throughout the value stream

Value stream is all about finding ways to measure the value you’re providing to your customers, and as with anything that we try to do in business, there are always new practices that can be applied to make improvements.  In a talk at {virtual) VSMcon 2022, a conference dedicated to value stream management, Scott Ambler,

By |2022-05-24T16:55:50+00:00May 24th, 2022|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , |Comments Off on Continuous improvement throughout the value stream

Drive better business outcomes with value stream management

Collaboration between different teams within an organization has become essential in order to bring the most value to the customer. However, optimizing collaboration through value streams while also successfully completing necessary business processes has become somewhat of a challenge in today’s environment. In an SD Times Live! event entitled “Unlocking Real World Outcomes With Value

By |2021-12-14T16:56:14+00:00December 14th, 2021|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , |Comments Off on Drive better business outcomes with value stream management

Industry Watch: The State of VSM

Value stream management has been a 'thing' in manufacturing for a long time, but it's only been a handful of years since it's been applied to the manufacture of software. In that time, there has been lots of adoption within companies reliant upon software to drive their businesses, and some problems in companies unfamiliar with

By |2021-11-19T21:32:58+00:00November 19th, 2021|Categories: Value Stream Management|Comments Off on Industry Watch: The State of VSM

The evolution of value stream management across the enterprise

There’s an often-repeated saying that is attributed to Mark Twain: “History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” Based on what I’ve witnessed over the course of the past several decades I’ve been in this arena, I’d say this observation is very applicable to the enterprise software market. There’s been consistent rhyming as you

By |2021-11-18T19:01:15+00:00November 15th, 2021|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , |Comments Off on The evolution of value stream management across the enterprise

VSMcon returns with two days of value stream instruction

The third {virtual} VSMcon -- now a two-day event discussing all things value stream -- is set for Nov. 3-4 and will feature a host of sessions and workshops to help attendees improve their knowledge of value stream management and begin to implement it at their jobs. The first day offers keynotes and breakout sessions

By |2021-10-27T18:26:40+00:00October 27th, 2021|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , |Comments Off on VSMcon returns with two days of value stream instruction

Use flow engineering to effectively provide value to your customers

In today’s world of instant gratification, users want a perfect experience every time they access one of their devices. We are no longer in a world where it’s just about buying up new technology for this gratification, developers need to be providing value every time they push out an update.  In a talk at DevOps

By |2021-09-30T14:59:30+00:00September 30th, 2021|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , |Comments Off on Use flow engineering to effectively provide value to your customers
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