Value Stream Management

Flow metrics in SAFe 6 help with value realization and delivery

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) helps companies organize work, organize teams, determine how to break work up, and understand what is being prioritized in all of this. And the inclusion of flow metrics into SAFe 6 enables those companies to realize those plans. Flow metrics can enable companies to determine if all of that orchestration

By |2023-08-22T21:43:32+00:00August 23rd, 2023|Categories: Sponsored, Value Stream Management|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Flow metrics in SAFe 6 help with value realization and delivery

Enterprise architecture is at the heart of value stream management

The concept of enterprise architecture (EA) can be traced back to the 1960s, when large organizations started to adopt computer systems to manage their operations. EA grew in popularity during the 1990s, after John Zachman developed the original framework, and the Open Group formalized the most successful framework to date (TOGAF - The Open Group

By |2023-07-19T18:27:03+00:00July 5th, 2023|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Enterprise architecture is at the heart of value stream management

Broadcom acquires VSM platform provider ConnectALL

Broadcom today announced it has acquired value stream management platform provider ConnectALL to add integrations to its ValueOps VSM portfolio. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In a blog post announcing the deal, Broadcom said its plan is to integrate ConnectALL with the company's ValueOps platform, which includes the Rally agile solution and the

By |2023-06-06T20:12:04+00:00June 6th, 2023|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , |Comments Off on Broadcom acquires VSM platform provider ConnectALL

How Tech Leaders Can Avoid the Black Box Trap With Value Stream Management

Recently, we published a post for finance leaders on how to break open the black box that is software development. Now, I’d like to share some guidance for their technology counterparts on how to avoid being perceived as a black box in the first place. First, let’s review the issue at hand from the perspective

By |2023-04-17T15:15:26+00:00April 17th, 2023|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on How Tech Leaders Can Avoid the Black Box Trap With Value Stream Management

Planview partners with UiPath to offer VSM capabilities in testing

Planview, the platform for connected work from portfolio planning to delivery, announced today that it is entering into a strategic collaboration with the enterprise automation software company UiPath in order to bring value stream management (VSM) features to testing.  This integration is intended to bring together the UiPath Business Automation Platform with Planview’s VSM solution

By |2023-03-29T16:44:15+00:00March 29th, 2023|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Planview partners with UiPath to offer VSM capabilities in testing

ConnectALL 2.11 introduces Logic Flow Adapters

ConnectALL 2.11 is the latest release of the value stream management (VSM) company’s flagship VSM platform. ConnectALL is calling this release a “complete overhaul” of the platform, providing a more modern UI and stronger VSM capabilities.  Logic Flow Adapters were added to the platform in this release. These allow users to incorporate business logic into

By |2023-02-09T16:54:50+00:00February 9th, 2023|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , |Comments Off on ConnectALL 2.11 introduces Logic Flow Adapters

GitLab enters value stream market with new Value Streams Dashboard

GitLab is officially entering the value stream management space with the beta release of its Value Streams Dashboard.  The new dashboard provides an overall view of metrics like DORA and flow metrics. By tracking these metrics over a period of time, development teams will be able to locate trends early, drill down into individual metrics,

By |2023-01-27T18:31:55+00:00January 25th, 2023|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: , |Comments Off on GitLab enters value stream market with new Value Streams Dashboard

Broadcom: 84% of orgs will be using VSM by end of the year

If you’re a regular reader of SD Times you may have gotten the sense that value stream management (VSM) is really taking off in tech. We’ve increasingly written about it, launched a new website just for value stream news, and even launched a value stream management conference that has been running annually since 2020.  And

By |2023-01-09T20:25:16+00:00January 9th, 2023|Categories: Value Stream Management|Tags: |Comments Off on Broadcom: 84% of orgs will be using VSM by end of the year

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
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