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.

SAFe®, Scrum, Kanban Share a Bottleneck and It’s Not What You Think

Even in today’s economic downturn, where U.S. job postings are down overall compared to 2019, tech hiring is showing signs of being more resilient than average. In fact, seven of the ten most in-demand tech jobs are for developers—and none are for QA.  That’s a bit alarming, because the Flow Metrics of several Fortune 100...

5S Your WIP to Accelerate your Value Stream Management (VSM) Journey

One of the most pragmatic and effective Lean practices is modestly called “5S”. It’s all about organizing your workspace for efficient and effective utilization. In plain terms, the 5S’s are: Sort: Sort the necessary from the unnecessary. Set in Order: A place for everything and everything in its place. Shine: Clean up what’s left. Standardize:...

Standing on Shoulders: A Leader’s Guide To Digital Transformation Wins DevOps Book of The Year

DevOps.com has announced the honorees for the 2020 DevOps Dozen² Awards, with Carmen DeArdo—with co-author Jack Maher—winning DevOps Book of Year for their collaboration on Standing on Shoulders: A Leader’s Guide to Digital Transformation. We’re delighted to see Carmen follow in the footsteps of fellow Tasktopians Dominica DeGrandis (Making Work Visible) and Dr. Mik Kersten...

What Evolutionary Biology Can Teach Us About Moving From Project to Product

Humans are biologically programmed to mistrust anything that deviates from the status quo. This trait has protected and propagated our existence for centuries. It’s why change is hard, even when backed up by solid reasoning and research, because it challenges norms that have been in place for decades.  Take the COVID-19 crisis, for example. There...

Code on the Road: BMW’s Global Value Stream Management (VSM) Journey

At the recent Forrester Technology & Innovation Global Summit, René Te-Strote—Senior Project Lead of the BMW IT Group—spoke with our CEO and founder, Dr. Mik Kersten, about BMW’s ongoing transformation in the Age of Software. Expanding on the significant role that virtual product development plays in modern automotive manufacturing, René and Mik discussed how value...

New Product Release: Planview Hub 21.1 – Jira, Leankit, VersionOne, Tricentis Tosca Integration

The latest product release from the Tasktop Value Stream Management platform—Planview Hub 21.1—is out today, making end-to-end enterprise toolchain integration even easier and impactful. New exciting features include: The ability to take action on specific artifacts pairs Expanding support for multiple Atlassian Jira plugins Enhancements to our LeanKit, VersionOne and Tosca support View, Synchronize, Delete, and Recreate Specific...

Bizarro Defect Management – Are You Neglecting Customer Happiness? 

If you’re a fan of Seinfeld, you may recall an episode where Elaine experiences an alternate reality of her circle of friends. A “Bizarro World” where polar opposites exist. Elaine meets Kevin, Gene, and Feldman who are kind, generous and lacking all the immature qualities of Jerry, George, and Kramer. For those of us who...

SAFe® 5.0: How to Avoid This Big Mistake

Enterprise agility can be hard to achieve for companies that weren’t built from the ground up as software companies. Old habits die hard, even under the glossy new surface of SAFe operating procedures and cadences.  Similar to the beloved genre of transformation TV shows, there is a key to what sticks. Queer Eye gives fabulous...

New Product Release: Planview Viz™ – Measure Your Value Stream Management (VSM) Journey

With Planview Viz, executives and practitioners are able to finally gain cross-value stream insights in one consolidated place. The incredible Fortune 100 adoption since its launch has helped us develop and prioritize the features that companies of this size need today to improve their business value delivery.  We’re pleased to announce some exciting new features...