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Value stream management (VSM) in software delivery is a critical approach to success in today's digital landscape. Its systematic approach to measuring and improving flow helps organizations shorten time-to-market, increase throughput, and improve product quality. This VSM blog category provides educational insights, best practices, and real-world advice from Planview and industry experts on how to address the constraints or problems you face in your software delivery lifecycle in order to achieve better business outcomes.
At the inaugural Project to Product (P2P) Summit in 2024, Greschen Powell, a seasoned leader with over 26 years at FedEx, delivered an insightful presentation on how organizations can accelerate value delivery using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Value Stream Management (VSM). Powell’s talk provides a clear roadmap for boosting speed-to-market while staying aligned...
At the 2024 Project to Product Summit, Sue Schweitzer, Senior Flow Advisor at The Vanguard Group, shared how Vanguard scaled flow across 750+ IT teams, transforming their way of working. What began as a small pilot to improve developer experience grew into an enterprise-wide program, tackling work-in-progress (WIP) overload, fragmented workflows, and alignment challenges. By...
Explore how Value Stream Management is transforming financial services, helping banks and fintechs streamline operations, enhance agility, and drive customer-centric innovation for a more competitive future.
In Agile environments, leadership often comes without formal authority. Agile coaches are tasked with guiding teams through complex transformations, but they must do so without the traditional power to enforce changes. Instead, they rely on influence, collaboration, and data to inspire continuous improvement. This article explores how Agile coaches can successfully lead change without formal...
Uncover the top productivity challenges in financial software development and learn five actionable strategies to overcome them.
What if the principles that transformed software development over the last decade could be the key to successfully implementing AI in your organization? In the latest Mik + One podcast, Dr. Mik Kersten, Chief Technology Officer at Planview, sat down with Patrick Debois, known as the "godfather of DevOps," to explore this question.
In October 2024, Planview sponsored the first Project to Product Summit (and it won’t be the last). In these sessions, speakers from FedEx, Nationwide, Spotify, Vanguard, Verizon, and Planview described their journeys, shared the roadblocks they encountered, and laid out the strategies they developed for the project-to-product shift.
Software development teams face increasing pressure to deliver high-quality products faster than ever. To meet these demands, organizations are turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Value Stream Management (VSM) as powerful solutions that can streamline their processes and enhance productivity. By integrating AI capabilities into VSM practices, businesses can unlock new levels of efficiency, decision-making...
Learn about the four critical areas for igniting a connected work revolution in the automotive industry. By adopting Value Stream Management (VSM), organizations can optimize workflows, enhance collaboration, and maintain a laser focus on delivering customer value.
Do you want to bring your organization to the next level? In this podcast recap, we highlight Mik Kersten's Mik + One podcast guest, Gene Kim, a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, accomplished researcher, and CTO with multiple awards, discusses the methodologies in the book, Wiring a Winning Organization.
