Passage du projet au produit

In the bestselling book Project to Product, Planview CTO Dr. Mik Kersten introduces leaders to the missing framework needed to create a Value Stream Network — the technology equivalent of an advanced manufacturing line that comprises thousands of IT professionals.

Need for Speed: Cubic’s Journey with Planview Viz™ and Flow Metrics

“I feel the need — the need for speed” – Peter “Maverick” Mitchell  Just like the sky-soaring heroes of Top Gun, Cubic has only one speed — fast. It’s why the company has racked up so many industry firsts across transportation, defense and beyond. The first electronic stadium scoreboard in the U.S. The first geodetic...

“Anything is Possible in the Novel Economy” – Brian Solis

Following the disruption wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, global businesses are squinting their eyes through the dust of the aftermath. Little has prepared them for what Brian Solis calls the “Novel Economy”. Yet despite all the uncertainty and hardship, Brian—Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce—remains upbeat that opportunity abounds, and that “anything is possible” — especially...

Announcing the Flow Framework™ Catalyst

Since publishing Project to Product at the end of 2018, one of my biggest frustrations has been seeing organizations investing significant time and resources in reinventing the wheel. To those who considered the digital transformation failures summarized in the book, it was obvious back then that there was little runway left before we started seeing...

Planview Viz Launched, Conquering the Cost of Delay 

At Tasktop, our mission is to help enterprises and governments catalyze the shift from Project to Product, enabling them to innovate, survive and thrive in the Age of Software. Today’s launch of Planview Viz is a big landmark on that journey, allowing us to help many more organizations accelerate their mastery of software at scale...

Don’t forget to take your software delivery organization’s vital signs

Have you ever noticed that when you go to the doctor—be it your primary care doctor, a dermatologist, or an orthopedist—they always start by measuring your vital signs? They’ll measure your weight, blood pressure, and temperature. Once a year, your doctor will send you to the lab for blood work. And in recent years GPs...

Understanding Flow Distribution – Getting Your Priorities Straight

“Decision to do one thing is a decision to delay something else” – Dominica DeGrandis, Making Work Visible Flow Distribution is the proportion of Flow items (features, defects, debt, risk) in a specific value stream that can be adjusted depending on the need to maximize business value. Set by the workers who know best about...

Flow Load (charge du flux) : la demande est-elle supérieure à la capacité ?

“Too much WIP is the enemy of productivity,” – Dominica DeGrandis, author of Making Work Visible, and Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop The happiness and engagement of the people who plan, build and deliver software has a direct correlation on the productivity and quality of their work. Combined with the rise of burnout in IT...

Flow Time – How Fast are We Delivering Business Value?

Flow time doesn’t stop the clock just because the weekend rolls around. What flow time does do is help quantify the probability of completing x percent of work in so many days – Dominica DeGrandis, author of Making Work Visible and Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop  Every second counts in software delivery. That’s why Flow Time —...

The Unicorn Project Review: Finding Flow with the Five Ideals 

A year ago Gene Kim and I were sitting at a bar in Detroit, discussing the Gemba Walk that we were invited to by Chris O’Malley, the CEO of Compuware. That conversation quickly turned to a problem that Gene had with the current state of The Unicorn Project. The characters were there, the plot was...