{"id":20932,"date":"2020-01-03T10:10:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T16:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/moving-from-project-to-product-with-flow-metrics-what-are-they-and-why-should-you-care\/"},"modified":"2020-01-03T10:10:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T16:10:29","slug":"moving-from-project-to-product-with-flow-metrics-what-are-they-and-why-should-you-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.planview.com\/moving-from-project-to-product-with-flow-metrics-what-are-they-and-why-should-you-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving from Project to Product with Flow Metrics \u2013 What Are They and Why Should You Care?"},"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\/2019\/12\/tasktop-flow-metrics-850x550.png\" alt=\"Moving from Project to Product with Flow Metrics \u2013 What Are They and Why Should You Care?\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The emergence of <\/span><a href=\"\/flow-metrics\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flow Metrics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, presented in Dr. Mik Kersten&#x2019;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/flowframework.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Flow Framework&#x2122;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, arrives at a crucial time. While the need to deliver more value from software is well-documented, there has been no real form of measurement that can tell organizations if their transformational efforts are working &#x2014; until now.&#xA0; The <\/span><b>Flow Metrics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#x2014;<\/span><a href=\"\/flow-velocity-how-fast-are-we-delivering-business-value-through-software-delivery\"><b>Velocity<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span> <strong><a href=\"\/flow-efficiency\">Efficiency,<\/a><\/strong> <strong><a href=\"\/flow-time\">Time<\/a> <\/strong>and <a href=\"\/flow-load\"><strong>Load<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#x2014;provide business and IT leadership with a window into the enigmatic world of software delivery. These business-centric metrics, alongside the measurement of <a href=\"\/flow-distribution\"><strong>Flow Distribution<\/strong><\/a>, provide a common language to make collaborative decisions to accelerate the value delivery of an enterprise&#x2019;s software portfolio. Together, they can be used to guide your IT organization&#x2019;s journey from a product-oriented cost centre to a profit-generating product operating model.<\/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\/moving-from-project-to-product-with-flow-metrics-what-are-they-and-why-should-you-care\/#Why_Flow_Metrics\" >Why Flow Metrics?<\/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\/moving-from-project-to-product-with-flow-metrics-what-are-they-and-why-should-you-care\/#What_are_Flow_Metrics\" >What are Flow Metrics?<\/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\/moving-from-project-to-product-with-flow-metrics-what-are-they-and-why-should-you-care\/#Implementing_the_Flow_Framework_%E2%80%93_introducing_Planview_Viz\" >Implementing the Flow Framework &#x2013; introducing Planview Viz<\/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\/moving-from-project-to-product-with-flow-metrics-what-are-they-and-why-should-you-care\/#Measure_what_matters_in_software_delivery%E2%80%A6\" >Measure what matters in software delivery&#x2026;<\/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\/moving-from-project-to-product-with-flow-metrics-what-are-they-and-why-should-you-care\/#Want_to_learn_more_about_what_Flow_Metrics_can_do_for_you\" >Want to learn more about what Flow Metrics can do for you?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Flow_Metrics\"><\/span><b>Why Flow Metrics?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previous attempts at measuring software delivery have failed because they&#x2019;re performance metrics, such as counting the number of lines of code and number of deployments, which represent local activities and optimizations and not directly linked to business outcomes such as revenue, customer responsiveness and retention. So while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2019-10-23-gartner-says-global-it-spending-to-grow-3point7-percent-in-2020\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trillions have been invested in IT<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from new tooling and talent to methodologies (Agile, DevOps, SAFe), to costly accompanying training, many businesses and IT leaders lack the means to establish whether the needle is moving in the right direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_Flow_Metrics\"><\/span><b>What are Flow Metrics?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" alt height=\"1146\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/tasktop-vis-dashboard.png\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By crunching the objective data that is captured from integrated software delivery toolchains&#x2014;across teams, tools and departments&#x2014;organizations can generate <\/span><b>four clear business-centric metrics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#xA0;to improve cross-organizational decision making, answering crucial business questions such as the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How is your software delivery impacting revenues, quality and costs?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What&#x2019;s slowing your value delivery down?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How are your DevOps, Agile, SAFe transformations performing?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where should you strategically invest to improve business outcomes?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These metrics present a new approach to measure software delivery value streams against business outcomes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"\/flow-velocity-how-fast-are-we-delivering-business-value-through-software-delivery\"><b>Flow Velocity<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Is value delivery accelerating?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/flow-efficiency\"><b>Flow Efficiency<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Is work downstream (ideate stage) in a wait state holding up delivery?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"\/flow-time\"><b>Flow Time<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Is time-to-value getting shorter?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"\/flow-load\"><b>Flow Load<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Is demand outweighing capacity?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/flow-distribution\"><strong>Flow Distribution<\/strong><\/a>: Is value creation and protection work being prioritized?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Flow Velocity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with <\/span><b>Flow Time, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are what Carmen DeArdo calls &#x201C;the money metrics&#x201D; &#x2014; they tell you how much business value you&#x2019;re delivering, and how quickly. While the money metrics are naturally the most appealing, the supporting metrics&#x2014;<\/span><b>Flow Load<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> Flow Efficiency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#x2014; indirectly impact the money metrics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Flow Load<\/strong> tells you if your WIP is overloading your teams.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Flow Efficiency<\/strong> helps you identify where wait states are undermining your Flow Time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uBEZoXc4A5w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Implementing_the_Flow_Framework_%E2%80%93_introducing_Planview_Viz\"><\/span><b>Implementing the Flow Framework &#x2013; introducing Planview Viz<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\" alt height=\"226\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/tasktop-vis-dashboard.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Designed for the business user,&#xA0;<a href=\"\/viz\">Planview Viz<\/a>&#xA0;offers a turnkey solution to implement the Flow Framework&#x2122;. Translate improvements in flow into business impact, increase revenue, reduce cost and improve the quality of happiness of your teams.&#xA0;<a href=\"\/tasktop-viz-limited-release-announced-flow-metrics-made-easy\">Learn more from our CEO and founder, Dr. Mik Kesten, on why there is such an overwhelming demand for the product.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Measure_what_matters_in_software_delivery%E2%80%A6\"><\/span><strong>Measure what matters in software delivery&#x2026;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Traditional organizations have no real form of measurement that can tell organizations if investments in their digital transformation are working &#x2013; until now.<\/p>\n<p>Flow Metrics&#x2014;from Dr. Mik Kersten&#x2019;s the Flow Framework&#x2122;&#x2014;provide business and IT leadership with a critical window into the enigmatic world of enterprise software delivery.<\/p>\n<p>These business-level metrics provide a common language between business and IT so you can make collaborative decisions around software delivery to achieve innovation velocity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.tasktop.com\/Flow-Metrics-Business-Leader-Guide.html\">Download this short guide<\/a>&#xA0;to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about each Flow Metrics<\/li>\n<li>Measure what matters in software delivery<\/li>\n<li>See real-life examples of Flow Metrics in action<\/li>\n<li>Begin your <a href=\"\/the-7-dimensions-of-a-project-to-product-transformation\/\">project to product transformation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10806\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.tasktop.com\/Flow-Metrics-Business-Leader-Guide.html\"><img class=\"lazyload\" alt height=\"402\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.planview.com\/tasktop_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tasktop-flow-metrics-e-book-download.png\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click cover to download<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Want_to_learn_more_about_what_Flow_Metrics_can_do_for_you\"><\/span>Want to learn more about what Flow Metrics can do for you?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Drop us a line for an<a href=\"\/contact-us\">&#xA0;informal chat with one of our friendly Flow Advisors<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The emergence of Flow Metrics, presented in Dr. Mik Kersten&#x2019;s the Flow Framework&#x2122;, arrives at a crucial time. 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