{"id":21292,"date":"2018-07-17T07:36:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T12:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-are-leading-it-organizations-using-value-stream-integration\/"},"modified":"2018-07-17T07:36:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T12:36:06","slug":"how-are-leading-it-organizations-using-value-stream-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-are-leading-it-organizations-using-value-stream-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"How leading IT organizations are using Value Stream Integration to generate more business value through software delivery"},"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\/2018\/07\/screen-shot-2018-07-17-at-8.19.58-am.png\" alt=\"How leading IT organizations are using Value Stream Integration to generate more business value through software delivery\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earlier this year, <\/span><a href=\"\/tasktop-research-largest-enterprises-now-extending-devops-process-automation-beyond\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tasktop analyzed 300 value stream diagrams <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of the largest U.S. enterprises across major industries such as financial services and healthcare to better understand how organizations are delivering software at scale. We wanted to know exactly how global leaders were successfully combating the threat posed by digital-savvy businesses to continue to be innovative leaders in their field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While <\/span><a href=\"\/blog.tasktop.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Value Stream Integration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was playing a key role in helping them manage and improve their software delivery value streams, we wanted to go deeper than that; beyond the sheer productivity benefits of say, flowing defects between the tools used by development and test teams. We wanted to better understand the business value they were generating through integration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through this research, we identified some striking similarities between these global heavyweights in terms of mindset and approach to software delivery. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-are-leading-it-organizations-using-value-stream-integration\/#Leaders_are_doing_things_differently%E2%80%A6\" >Leaders are doing things differently&#x2026;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-are-leading-it-organizations-using-value-stream-integration\/#What_tools_are_leaders_using\" >What tools are leaders using?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-are-leading-it-organizations-using-value-stream-integration\/#What_artifacts_are_leaders_flowing\" >What artifacts are leaders flowing?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-are-leading-it-organizations-using-value-stream-integration\/#What_are_they_connecting\" >What are they connecting?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-are-leading-it-organizations-using-value-stream-integration\/#Types_of_integration_patterns\" >Types of integration patterns<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-are-leading-it-organizations-using-value-stream-integration\/#Common_characteristics_of_leader_success_stories\" >Common characteristics of leader success stories<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-are-leading-it-organizations-using-value-stream-integration\/#Learn_more\" >Learn more<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-are-leading-it-organizations-using-value-stream-integration\/#How_Tasktop_Helps\" >How Tasktop Helps<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/how-are-leading-it-organizations-using-value-stream-integration\/#Getting_started_%E2%80%93_how_to_become_a_leader\" >Getting started &#x2013; how to become a leader<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Leaders_are_doing_things_differently%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><b>Leaders are doing things differently&#x2026;<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" alt height=\"374\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/missing-piece-around-table.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/go.tasktop.com\/Beyond-CI-CD.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They&#x2019;re looking beyond Agile and DevOps<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and thinking end-to-end to optimize how work (value) flows from customer request to operation and back through the customer feedback loop<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> They&#x2019;re defining, connecting and managing their <a href=\"https:\/\/devops.com\/the-human-touch-the-key-to-optimizing-your-software-value-stream-network\/\">Value Stream Network <\/a>through integration and investing in <\/span><a href=\"\/value-stream-management\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Value Stream Management <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They&#x2019;re building a modular infrastructure, enabling them to plug teams and tools in and out with disrupting existing workflow<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They&#x2019;re focusing on end-to-end flow time metrics to identify bottlenecks and efficiency opportunities to optimize the process<\/span><\/li>\n<li>They know there is &#x2018;no one tool to rule them all&#x2019;. They recognize that they need embrace an integrated best-of-breed tool strategy that provides specialization at each key stage of the process, and works together as one cohesive system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9629\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.tasktop.com\/Are-You-Drowning-Jira-Form.html\"><img class=\"lazyload\" alt height=\"215\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/jira.png\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Download our white paper on optimizing Jira by clicking on the above graphic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_tools_are_leaders_using\"><\/span><b>What tools are leaders using?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/integrations\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are some excellent specialist tools out there <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that address every facet of the software delivery process. Some of these tools are mature legacy tools, while others are new to market that are equally as popular and powerful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some of the most popular tools used by leaders include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mature<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Micro Focus (HPE) ALM (Test Management)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Microsoft TFS (Agile Development)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CA Clarity PPM (Project Management)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IBM RTC (Agile Development)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">BMC Remedy (ITSM)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IBM DOORS NG (Requirements Management)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>New<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Atlassian JIRA (Agile Development)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ServiceNow Service Desk (ITSM)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CA Agile Central (Rally) (Agile Development)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blueprint (Requirements Management)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jama (Requirements Management)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tricentis Tosca (Test Management)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_artifacts_are_leaders_flowing\"><\/span><b>What artifacts are leaders flowing?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leaders recognize that collaboration between practitioners is the linchpin of their software delivery. They also recognize that artifacts are the &#x201C;currency of collaboration&#x201D; and that focusing on how this collaborative data is enriched and flowed between tools is critical for faster, better product development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The most popular artifacts used by leaders highlight the most important stages of the process:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Story<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#x2013; descriptions of features of a software system<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Epic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#x2013; a chunk of work that has common objective<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Ticket<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#x2013; information that relates to an issue or problem from the field<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Defect<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#x2013; a bug, failure or flaw<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Test Case<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#x2013; a set of conditions or variables that determine if a system satisfies requirements<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Requirement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#x2013; what the user expects from a new or modified product<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Feature <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#x2013; the functionality of a software application<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_they_connecting\"><\/span><b>What are they connecting?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leaders are implementing a similar set of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tasktop.com\/knowledge-resources\/integration-patterns\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">integration patterns<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. These patterns are frequent and critical interactions between collaborators and tools (via artifacts) at key stages of the software delivery process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We&#x2019;ve come a long way from just fixing bugs in code. While the first pattern &#x2013; and still most popular &#x2013; is the <\/span><b>developer-tester alignment (via defects),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> we&#x2019;ve identified a number of integration patterns across our customers value streams that dramatically improve the efficiency of their workflow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" alt height=\"430\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/screen-shot-2018-07-17-at-7.50.06-am.png\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The growth of these patterns reflects the evolution of software delivery as it becomes increasingly more complex and sophisticated as more roles, tools, workflows and artifacts emerge, intertwine and depend on each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More patterns will continue to emerge as organizations seek to improve efficiency across the process to make it more manageable and effective, and map their integrations to business drivers. While end-to-end integration must be the end goal as it encompasses the whole value stream and connects that all-important network, you may not be as far behind the leaders as you think. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our research into the number of tools that organizations are integrating found:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9637\" style=\"width: 727px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"lazyload\" alt height=\"427\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/tasktop_enterprise-tool-integration-stats.png\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The number of tools that respondents are integrating.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Types_of_integration_patterns\"><\/span><b>Types of integration patterns<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Below are the 11 common integration patterns that leaders are using. <\/span><b>The sophistication of these chained patterns has grown significantly over the last five year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>1) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tasktop.com\/knowledge-resources\/integration-patterns\/project-portfolio-management-requirements-management-alignment\"><b>Project Portfolio Management &#x2013; Requirements Management Alignment<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Why:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Brings the people who manage product workflow closer to the people who understand what the customer needs from the product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>2) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tasktop.com\/knowledge-resources\/integration-patterns\/requirements-management-agile-planning-alignment\"><b>Requirement Management &#x2013; Agile Planning Alignment<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Why:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Brings the people who understand what the customer needs from the product closer to the people who build it to ensure it delivers value.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>3) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tasktop.com\/knowledge-resources\/integration-patterns\/pmo-agile-plan-orchestration\"><b>PMO-Agile Plan Orchestration<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Why: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brings the people who manage the products closer to the people who build them to ensure that development is on schedule and on budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>4) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tasktop.com\/knowledge-resources\/integration-patterns\/developer-tester-alignment\"><b>Developer-tester alignment<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Why: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brings the people who build the product closer to the people who test the product to reduce defects in production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>5)<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tasktop.com\/knowledge-resources\/integration-patterns\/help-desk-feature-request\"><b> Help Desk Feature Request<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Why: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brings the people who log customer product feature requests closer to the people who resolve them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>6)<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tasktop.com\/knowledge-resources\/integration-patterns\/known-defect-status-reporting-to-help-desk\"><b> Known Defect Status Reporting To Help Desk<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Why:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Enables the people who build the software keep the people who work closely with the customer aware of any known issues (defects) going into production<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>7) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tasktop.com\/knowledge-resources\/integration-patterns\/help-desk-incident-escalation\"><b>Help Desk Incident Escalation<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Why: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brings the people who log customer product issues closer to the people who fix them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>8) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tasktop.com\/knowledge-resources\/integration-patterns\/requirements-traceability\"><b>Requirements Traceability<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Why:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Traces the product journey from the people who plan and design the software to the people who build it. This traceability allows all stakeholders to understand a product&#x2019;s development across key stages to increase product accuracy, speed of delivery, and helps identify where any issues originated for faster time-to-resolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>9) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tasktop.com\/knowledge-resources\/integration-patterns\/requirements-management-test-planning-alignment\"><b>Requirements Management To Test Planning<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Why:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Brings the people who test products closer to those who know what the customer needs to ensure test coverage meets any strict regulations or compliance issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>10) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tasktop.com\/knowledge-resources\/integration-patterns\/supply-chain-integration\"><b>Supply chain integration<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Why:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Brings all stakeholders involved in the process from outside the organization closer to those inside the organization to ensure consistency of information, compliance of process, and better supply chain collaboration. &#xA0;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>11) <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.tasktop.com\/knowledge-resources\/integration-patterns\/consolidated-reporting\"><b>&#xA0;Consolidated Reporting<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Why:&#xA0;<\/strong>The holy grail of reporting is to obtain &#x201C;one source of the truth.&#x201D; Yet, it&#x2019;s so difficult to get this view when critical information relating to a product&#x2019;s development is siloed in different tools. Integration aggregates all data into one database that can be used for reporting purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Common_characteristics_of_leader_success_stories\"><\/span><b>Common characteristics of leader success stories<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Challenges<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Multiple best-of-breed tools, with no streamlined processes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poor visibility into the end-to-end flow of work, making it difficult to measure and improve performance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regulated industries that require traceability for safety-critical software that is appropriately tested<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Degraded productivity due to manual work, duplicate entry, and collaboration through email, spreadsheets and status meetings<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Disruptions via acquisitions, mergers, and reorganizations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Benefits<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enhanced efficiency and coordination<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Improved visibility and traceability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Future-proof infrastructure to adapt to evolving business needs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Key takeaways<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Value Stream Thinking is vital to the success of Agile, DevOps and other IT transformations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enterprises with connected value streams are thriving<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A connected value stream is key enabler in the shift from managing software projects to delivering products and business value<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A sophisticated integration infrastructure is required to bring the value to life<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Learn_more\"><\/span>Learn more<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For a more in-depth analysis into the research, watch the below webinar featuring Nicole Bryan (our VP of product) and Chandler Clemence (Product Analyst), where they share the results of an analysis of 1,000 tool integrations to learn:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How IT tool integration accelerates enterprise software delivery<\/li>\n<li>How to implement 11 popular tool integration patterns<\/li>\n<li>Strategies to reach integration maturity through chained integration patterns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9635\" style=\"width: 817px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.tasktop.com\/Customer-Insights-Webinar.html\"><img class=\"lazyload\" alt height=\"225\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/screen-shot-2018-07-17-at-7.59.50-am.png\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on graphic to watch webinar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Tasktop_Helps\"><\/span><b>How Tasktop Helps<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" alt height=\"431\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/tasktop-value-stream-management.png\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tasktop&#x2019;s <\/span><a href=\"\/value-stream-management\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Value Stream Management solution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, underpinned by our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=1&amp;v=abHHTc5fxdI\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pioneering model-based approach to integration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, provides customer with a host of benefits including:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Automates Information Flow Across Value Stream<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;Enables the frictionless flow of artifacts, as well as information from events across the value stream<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;Removes non-value-added work and bottlenecks<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;Increases velocity and capacity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;Provides automated traceability<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 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