Lance Knight, president and COO of ConnectALL, joins SD Times' podcast What the Dev to talk about the uptake in value stream, and the number of companies that now hang their hats on the topic. He highlights what he says is the number one thing a value stream platform needs to do. LISTEN NOW
Metrics are great. They give you insight into how your systems are running, and help you see the results of what you've done. They help you derive value from your efforts But what if you want to not merely play catch-up with what the metrics are telling you, but instead want to mitigate against how
Chief of Staff: “Gentlemen, the C-Suite is ready for you now, step in this way. And, I hope you have a solid plan. The finance team just laid out a stunning 18-month roadmap.” CTO: “What? Uggh! We just got these jobs last week. Nobody told us to have a plan.” CIO: “I have to go
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In the software development industry, value stream management (VSM) is a relatively new concept. While it's been used in physical manufacturing for decades, it's application within software development poses unique challenges, in that the product is always changing and — in a more esoteric sense — software development is not linear. So it's not surprising
There is a lot of talk these days about value stream management. Much of the hype is about getting the right VSM Platform. It’s about the tooling. I try to cut through the hype in my post “What Value Stream Management Isn’t.” In that post I make the point that value streams exist whether you are aware
The adoption of value stream management platforms is especially needed in DevOps environments. According to Gartner, “Organizations lack end-to-end visibility into product delivery and struggle to improve their flow of value. I&O leaders, together with application leaders, must implement a DevOps value stream management platform and analyze value stream metrics to optimize the overall health of product delivery.” Gartner
