{"id":20512,"date":"2022-04-18T09:59:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T14:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/you-say-tomato-i-say-tomahto-the-common-language-of-value-streams\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T14:07:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T20:07:06","slug":"you-say-tomato-i-say-tomahto-the-common-language-of-value-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/you-say-tomato-i-say-tomahto-the-common-language-of-value-streams\/","title":{"rendered":"You say tomato, I say tomahto: The common language of value streams\u00a0"},"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\/2022\/04\/vsm-consortium_blog-image-850x550.png\" alt=\"You say tomato, I say tomahto: The common language of value streams&nbsp;\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">At the root of the discipline of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasktop.com\/value-stream-management-guide\/\"><span class=\"s1\">value stream management<\/span><\/a> is a common language that brings business and technology leaders together.&nbsp; After all, the only way to deliver value to customers is to make sure everyone involved understands what value is and how it\u2019s measured. Keeping teams on the same page requires everyone to understand what they\u2019re reading.<\/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\/you-say-tomato-i-say-tomahto-the-common-language-of-value-streams\/#How_can_a_common_language_contribute_to_a_better_bottom_line\" >How can a common language contribute to a better bottom line?&nbsp;<\/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\/you-say-tomato-i-say-tomahto-the-common-language-of-value-streams\/#The_Flow_Framework%C2%AE_and_organizational_design\" >The Flow Framework\u00ae and organizational design<\/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\/you-say-tomato-i-say-tomahto-the-common-language-of-value-streams\/#From_a_common_language_to_aligned_decisions\" >From a common language to aligned decisions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_can_a_common_language_contribute_to_a_better_bottom_line\"><\/span><b>How can a common language contribute to a better bottom line?&nbsp;<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dr. Mik Kersten, Tasktop CEO, bestselling author of <a href=\"https:\/\/projecttoproduct.org\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Project to Product<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>,<\/i> and recent guest on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vsmconsortium.org\/mik-kersten?hsLang=en\"><span class=\"s1\">Episode 4 of The Flow Sessions<\/span><\/a> says this commonality is so crucial because until teams speak the same language, they can\u2019t understand each other\u2019s problems. He notes, \u201cTake WIP (work in progress); it\u2019s a Kanban concept. Technologists were using [the term], but whenever they brought it up with senior business leaders, eyes glazed over because they didn\u2019t understand it.\u201d What these teams needed was a simple language that made it easy to convey the challenges of technologists in terms their business peers would understand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">New language encourages people to think differently and enables change, even though the new terms may convey familiar concepts. As <a href=\"https:\/\/stevepereira.ca\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Steve Pereira<\/span><\/a>, host of the podcast and founder of the value stream management consultancy <a href=\"https:\/\/flow.visible.is\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Visible<\/span><\/a> says, \u201clanguage has to be understandable. It takes time [for organizations] to fit new ideas into their worldview. The <a href=\"https:\/\/flowframework.org\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Flow Framework<\/span><\/a><sup>\u24c7<\/sup> is one concrete example of metrics and language that link technology teams\u2019 daily work to the organization\u2019s strategic goals, most often set by business leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vsmconsortium.org\/mik-kersten?hsLang=en\"><b>Why is a common language for business and technology leaders important?&nbsp;<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vsmconsortium.org\/mik-kersten?hsLang=en\"><b>Watch the full webinar here.<\/b><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Flow_Framework%C2%AE_and_organizational_design\"><\/span><b>The Flow Framework<\/b><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><b> and organizational design<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Flow Framework uses <a href=\"https:\/\/go.tasktop.com\/Flow-Metrics-Business-Leader-Guide.html\"><span class=\"s1\">Flow Metrics<\/span><\/a> as the common language that translates the gap between technical and business problems. It helps business and technology teams alike address the chronic and recurring challenge Kersten sees over and over again in his engagements with enterprise IT: in over 1,000 value streams, 20% have too much Flow Load \u2014 or far too many work items in progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">When teams can\u2019t articulate the impact of this problem on actual business outcomes (like a delay in the time to market, reduced revenue, or poor quality), the problem remains misunderstood, and worse \u2014 goes unsolved. Value stream management platforms like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasktop.com\/platform\/viz\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Planview Viz<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/span><\/a> are a way to surface and address these issues by linking business metrics to flow metrics and visualizing them for multiple audiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">In the webinar, Kersten and Pereira also discuss the fact that just as organizations need a simple language to measure and manage flow, they also need a framework for organizational design. <a href=\"\/symbiosis-the-flow-framework-meets-team-topologies\"><span class=\"s1\">Modern organizational designs<\/span><\/a>, like those described in the book <a href=\"https:\/\/teamtopologies.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Team Topologies<\/i><\/span><\/a>, along with value stream management, are simply ways to align teams more closely with their internal or external customers. Pereira describes the shift to these models as one \u201cwhere products are interwoven as value streams throughout the organization so waste and friction can be identified and released and [organizations can] unlock collective flow that facilitates personal flow that keeps people, healthy, engaged, and productive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projecttoproduct.org\/podcast\/manuel-pais\/\"><b>Listen to&nbsp;the <em>Mik + One<\/em> podcast Episode 42 with Manual Pais, author of Team Topologies<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_a_common_language_to_aligned_decisions\"><\/span><b>From a common language to aligned decisions<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\">What\u2019s important is not language, value stream management, or flow for its own sake, but rather how all these factors combine to improve outcomes and decision-making at all levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Overhauling the existing complex, heterogeneous tool infrastructures isn\u2019t typically possible, <a href=\"\/overcoming-data-fragmentation\"><span class=\"s1\">or even productive<\/span><\/a>. Today\u2019s tools are specialized and fit the needs of the wide variety of people who use them (product managers, project managers, developers, testers, etc.); the key then, is not to change how and where people work, but instead to give them the means to connect across their toolchains and value streams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Value stream management, <a href=\"\/software-delivery-vital-signs\"><span class=\"s1\">flow metrics<\/span><\/a>, and modern organizational design offer the opportunity to change how people think and to break away from outdated, dysfunctional work structures. 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