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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.
There is little doubt that mastering software at scale produces a competitive advantage. The fact that Amazon is now using former J.C Penney and Sears stores as fulfillment centers tells you everything you need to know. Or does it? Amazon’s developers are not 30x better and faster developers than others. However, they treat continuous improvement...
DevOps.com has announced the honorees for the 2020 DevOps Dozen² Awards, with Carmen DeArdo—with co-author Jack Maher—winning DevOps Book of Year for their collaboration on Standing on Shoulders: A Leader’s Guide to Digital Transformation. We’re delighted to see Carmen follow in the footsteps of fellow Tasktopians Dominica DeGrandis (Making Work Visible) and Dr. Mik Kersten...
Humans are biologically programmed to mistrust anything that deviates from the status quo. This trait has protected and propagated our existence for centuries. It’s why change is hard, even when backed up by solid reasoning and research, because it challenges norms that have been in place for decades. Take the COVID-19 crisis, for example. There...
At the recent Forrester Technology & Innovation Global Summit, René Te-Strote—Senior Project Lead of the BMW IT Group—spoke with our CEO and founder, Dr. Mik Kersten, about BMW’s ongoing transformation in the Age of Software. Expanding on the significant role that virtual product development plays in modern automotive manufacturing, René and Mik discussed how value...
The latest product release from the Tasktop Value Stream Management platform—Planview Hub 21.1—is out today, making end-to-end enterprise toolchain integration even easier and impactful. New exciting features include: The ability to take action on specific artifacts pairs Expanding support for multiple Atlassian Jira plugins Enhancements to our LeanKit, VersionOne and Tosca support View, Synchronize, Delete, and Recreate Specific...
If you’re a fan of Seinfeld, you may recall an episode where Elaine experiences an alternate reality of her circle of friends. A “Bizarro World” where polar opposites exist. Elaine meets Kevin, Gene, and Feldman who are kind, generous and lacking all the immature qualities of Jerry, George, and Kramer. For those of us who...
Enterprise agility can be hard to achieve for companies that weren’t built from the ground up as software companies. Old habits die hard, even under the glossy new surface of SAFe operating procedures and cadences. Similar to the beloved genre of transformation TV shows, there is a key to what sticks. Queer Eye gives fabulous...
With Planview Viz, executives and practitioners are able to finally gain cross-value stream insights in one consolidated place. The incredible Fortune 100 adoption since its launch has helped us develop and prioritize the features that companies of this size need today to improve their business value delivery. We’re pleased to announce some exciting new features...
With the sudden shift to remote working following the global pandemic earlier this year, burnout is hitting an all-time high. The toxic mix of stress, anxiety and instability has seen over two-thirds of employees in the U.S. experience burnout symptoms. While hope may be on the horizon with the promise of the vaccine, what can...
“Value stream management has come of age because it’s impossible to do a large-scale digital transformation without it.” – Dr. Mik Kersten, founder and CEO of Tasktop, author of Project to Product Following the gains of Agile and DevOps, value stream management (VSM) is the natural next step in mastering software at scale. Recent reports by Forrester, GigaOm and Research...
