{"id":20648,"date":"2021-05-27T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T14:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-we-built-the-case-for-application-replatforming-using-flow-metrics\/"},"modified":"2021-05-27T09:30:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T14:30:30","slug":"how-we-built-the-case-for-application-replatforming-using-flow-metrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-we-built-the-case-for-application-replatforming-using-flow-metrics\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Built the Case for Application Replatforming Using Flow Metrics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In this third installment of our Tasty Dog Food Series<\/strong>, we continue to share stories of how we’re using our own product, <\/span>Planview Viz™<\/span><\/a>, internally to boost our growth and happiness.<\/span><\/p>\n

This time, I spoke to Jeff McCollum, our Product Value Stream Lead for Planview Hub<\/a>, who told me how he used Planview Viz and Flow Metrics<\/a> to perfectly time a major application replatforming. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I started thinking about application replatforming a while back, mostly based on intuition and drawing on my professional experience,” Jeff begins. “But I was waiting for the data points to come together and convince me the time was right.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The data points Jeff is referring to are all brought together in his Planview Viz dashboards, which he consults several times a week. Viz measures flow across his end-to-end product value stream. Jeff looks at Flow Time<\/a> (time-to-market), Flow Velocity<\/a> (throughput) and Flow Efficiency<\/a>. He also keeps a close eye on Flow Load<\/a> (a measure of work in progress) and Flow Distribution<\/a> (where delivery capacity is going). <\/span><\/p>\n

Side-by-side with Flow Metrics, Jeff tracks business results: ARR, renewal rates, value stream costs, escaped defect ratios, customer and employee NPS scores to name a few. He uses the business results to keep everyone focused on doing the right things. And he uses Flow Metrics to make sure things are being done well and that the value stream is continuously improving.  <\/span><\/p>\n

“When you have a successful, mature product, finding the right time to replatform is a challenge. There is always so much to do, it’s hard to prioritize a big undertaking like this. But at the same time, we want to keep our solution modern, we want it to be relatively easy to grow and evolve. And there comes a time in a product’s life cycle where you just have to prioritize tech debt for the sake of future acceleration.”<\/span><\/p>\n

So how do you know when it’s the right time to replatform? For Jeff there were a few telltale signs: <\/span><\/p>\n