{"id":20696,"date":"2021-03-16T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/5-reasons-flow-metrics-is-not-a-diy-kit\/"},"modified":"2021-03-16T10:00:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:00:07","slug":"5-reasons-flow-metrics-is-not-a-diy-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/5-reasons-flow-metrics-is-not-a-diy-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons You Shouldn\u2019t Attempt To Build Your Own Flow Metrics Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over the last year, restaurants (like most companies) have been forced to think creatively about how they continue to serve customers without physical interaction. In the UK, many of our favorite food outlets, from the <\/span>delicious pizzas of Franca Manca<\/span><\/a> to the <\/span>high-end Indian delights of Dishoom<\/span><\/a>, are creating bespoke packages to enable us to cook their meals from the comfort of our own homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

UK chains, like Franco Manca, send DIY packages to your home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the same price as an average takeaway, these companies provide food kits with fresh ingredients and recipes to enable us to recreate their menus in our own kitchens. While not quite the same experience as dining in, if you close your eyes you can <\/span>almost<\/span><\/i> transport yourself into your favorite haunt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The recipe and ingredients enable you to whip up a storm in your own kitchen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Which got me thinking, what if we could send our own DIY kit for our <\/span>Flow Metrics <\/span><\/a>tool—<\/span>Planview Viz™<\/span><\/a>—to our Fortune 500 customers<\/a> across major industries such as automotive, manufacturing, healthcare and finance? <\/span><\/p>\n

What if we could provide them with everything they need to practice <\/span>data-driven value stream management (VSM)<\/span><\/a> to measure and analyze the flow of customer value across their software portfolio? <\/span><\/p>\n

As VSM becomes the de facto way to master software delivery at scale to accelerate digital innovation, it’s vital that you’re able to generate a specific set of value stream metrics to measure your software delivery against clear business results in real-time.<\/span><\/p>\n

But as we started to prepare the inventory for the kit, we quickly realized it wouldn’t be possible; it’s simply too complex. The below steps give you an idea of just <\/span>some<\/span><\/i> of the effort, time and costs that go into building a Flow Metrics solution that can scale across your portfolio and organization: <\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1: Gather Your Cooks and Serving Staff<\/b><\/h3>\n

While rustling up a pizza doesn’t require specialist cooking skills, creating an enterprise-grade measurement tool is just <\/span>slightly<\/span><\/i> different from making and baking dough and applying toppings. <\/span><\/p>\n

On average, <\/span>you will need at least nine full-time(!) roles <\/b>to build a solution for just one product value stream, as well as laying the architectural foundations to scale across multiple value streams in your portfolio. Like a well-run kitchen, teamwork and collaboration are paramount in continuously creating and serving a delightful end product.<\/span><\/p>\n

Typically, you will require a:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n