Value Stream Management
Value Stream Management (VSM) is used to chart and understand the critical steps in a specific process, quantifying the time and volume taken at each stage, to identify key constraints like slow hand-off interactions.
As Wikipedia describes Value Stream Mapping offers a systematic approach to analyzing, optimizing, and visualizing the flow of work in the software lifecycle.
Optimizing Process Flow
A value stream map is a visual tool that displays all critical steps in a process and easily quantifies the time and volume taken at each stage. By implementing VSM practices, teams can streamline their processes, identify bottlenecks, and optimize workflows.
Whole System Design
By mapping the flow of processes teams can develop an understanding of their end-to-end organizational flows, and from this identify and eliminate system-level bottlenecks, an approach central to the Theory of Constraints.
Mapping DevOps value streams enables the team to understand how work flows through the different functions, right from idea inception through to deployment. It identifies where constrictions occur that slow the overall system throughput, like slow hand-off interactions.
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Industry Insights
An ongoing article series on implementing value stream management best practices.
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How CIOs can use value stream management to adopt a digital-first mindset.
A foundation for ‘Software Factories’ can be achieved by leveraging the same Lean Manufacturing principles used by them to optimize production rates.
Mapping DevOps value streams enables the team to understand how work flows through the different functions, right from idea inception through to deployment.
