{"id":21456,"date":"2017-11-28T09:23:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/every-second-counts-why-you-need-software-value-stream-integration-today\/"},"modified":"2017-11-28T09:23:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:23:46","slug":"every-second-counts-why-you-need-software-value-stream-integration-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/every-second-counts-why-you-need-software-value-stream-integration-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Every second counts \u2013 why you need Software Value Stream Integration today"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div class=\"feature-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/tasktop_value-stream-integration_reasons-not-to-delay.png\" alt=\"Every second counts \u2013 why you need Software Value Stream Integration today\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><i>&#x201C;<\/i><i>Each time you receive an email that describes a defect, or send one asking about a requirement, it costs a little bit of time and money, and introduces the opportunity for errors and omissions.&#x201D;<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Connecting your best-of-breed tools for planning, building and delivering enterprise software is probably on your radar. Considering that&#xA0;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nearly&#xA0;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"\/customers\">50 percent of the Fortune 100<\/a> have mastered delivering software at scale by defining and creating a Value Stream Network through integration, how can it not be?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the same time, you have a million and one business initiatives, and your organization&#x2019;s software delivery &#x201C;seems&#x201D; to be functioning at high level, so integration can wait&#x2026;or can it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If your Software Value Stream isn&#x2019;t integrated, it&#x2019;s highly likely you&#x2019;re underperforming and quickly falling behind your competitors. If you&#x2019;re not sure, ask yourself some of the following questions. Does your organization<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spend too much money to deliver too few features to the business?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have a sizeable backlog of software initiatives that could deliver more value to the business?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Strain to deliver on the timescales the business wants?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spend substantial extra time and money to ensure your process is governed and your software is compliant?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Struggle to maximize the effectiveness of your Agile and DevOps initiatives, or the return on your investments in existing tools and practices?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you&#x2019;ve answered &#x201C;yes&#x201D; to any of the following questions, then you really do need to integrate your Software Value Stream today. 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