Value Stream Management

La gestion du flux de valeur (VSM) dans la livraison de logiciels est une approche essentielle pour réussir dans le paysage numérique actuel. Son approche systématique de la mesure et de l'amélioration des flux aide les organisations à réduire les délais de mise sur le marché, à augmenter le débit et à améliorer la qualité des produits. Cette catégorie de blog VSM fournit des informations éducatives, des meilleures pratiques et des conseils concrets de la part de Planview et d'experts du secteur sur la façon d'aborder les contraintes ou les problèmes que vous rencontrez dans votre cycle de vie de livraison de logiciels afin d'obtenir de meilleurs résultats commerciaux.

The Four Flow items as explained by my car

We have a long drive ahead, 12 hours in fact, and it will only take us a short way along the Eastern coastline of Australia. Having just arrived back from Tasktop HQ in Vancouver, BC where we have been discussing the Flow Framework™, I’m excited to tell my passengers (my wife and family) about the...

Why Your Organization needs a Value Stream Architect … TODAY!

“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets” – W. Edwards Deming Technology in business allows organizations to improve both the performance and overall effectiveness of products, systems and services, which, in turn, enables businesses to meet anticipated goals more quickly and efficiently. Tech, coupled with the right minds and culture, is also the linchpin of innovation, enabling traditional...

What’s the difference between Value Stream Management and Value Stream Mapping?

“Value Stream Mapping and Value Stream Management are highly complementary. They look at delivering value from a whole systems perspective. The former exercise can kick off, or be part of, an ongoing Value Stream Mangement practice.” – Dominica DeGrandis, Director of Digital Transformation, Tasktop This time last year Forrester Research declared the “time is now”...

How software developers can rediscover their passion for building great products [e-book]

At their core, software developers and engineers are creatives who enjoy fixing problems and delighting end users. They’re 21st-century digital-artists, driven by creating experiences that improve the way we live and work. “The most satisfying part of software development is creative things,” reflects Kevin Stark, a software engineer at Tasktop. “Building something useful out of nothing...

How to be successful with your DevSecOps transformation with Value Stream Integration

“Cybersecurity is a software “arms race” between companies managing IT and software infrastructures that protect sensitive data and bad actors who create infrastructure and software to break through those protections.” – Dr. Mik Kersten, Project to Product: How To Survive and Thrive in Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework™ The RSA Conference (March...

Improving global reporting for Enterprise IT with Value Stream Integration

“Lack of knowledge…that’s the problem” – W. Edwards Deming. Not understanding a situation can make the best of us feel anxious and frustrated. Sleepless nights, long contemplative walks along the sea wall, drawing on windows a la John Nash. Uncertainty can plague any person and workforce. Sure, at a team-level we can implement mechanisms for communication...

Why you should bring the UX Designer closer to the Product Development action

Given the crucial role that UX design plays in delivering software that delights end users, it’s important that the UX designer is brought in as early as possible during a product’s development. In doing so, a better software product can be built – as well as delivered faster – to accelerate the value delivery to...

What Software Needs to Learn from Physical Product Delivery

In the Age of Mass Production, which began at the turn of the 20th century, we witnessed engineering organizations master complex product delivery.  Since that time, product complexity has continued to grow, fueled recently by an ever-growing number of electronic and software components. For example, in the 2000s, approximately 40 percent of a car’s cost...