Helping teams see, build + boost their value streams. Marie Kondo of Automation. Forbes 10B under 10B.
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If we think of culture as 'what we do together' or more specifically 'how we behave together', then Value Stream Mapping is an incredibly powerful exercise. I'll sum up a few reasons in a list:
Transformation (or evolution if you're thinking less disruptively) is the process of going from a current state to a future state, and that's exactly what Value Stream Mapping is best at enabling.
Most organizations start 'transforming' without taking a step... (More)
Value is a tough one. Value implies a customer, and feedback. Without a clear recipient of value, the value is assumed.
A lot of challenges with DevOps are because of an unclear or undefined customer, and a lack of product... (More)
We've done a great job improving how we build software, we've done a great job with operating software, and now the bottleneck is elsewhere. XP wasn't enough, Agile wasn't enough, DevOps wasn't enough. We've reached the limits of what we... (More)
The primary difference that's unique to manufacturing is the ability to ensure quality. In software, the bar for quality and the attainment of that goal is always shifting as we evolve products. We're not just building as many of the... (More)
In short, you transform waste into free time. Eliminating waste is a key function of lean practices, and in environments that haven't taken time to look, there's a lot to be found.
By looking at your time and workflow, you... (More)
From: https://medium.com/@hello_44104/3-ways-devops-saves-time-96dd814afff9216
It lists ‘three ways DevOps efforts help save time’:
This is a really interesting list that I wouldn't have made myself but... (More)
I think so. If we look at a typical software development value stream,
We might be measuring many times before we 'cut' in development, or 'cut' by deploying, or 'cut' by releasing. There are tons of opportunities. We validate specs,... (More)
I agree with 'it would take too long' and it goes a bit further for me. In the scope of everything is a missing layer of priority.
Out of everything we could do, there is one most valuable thing (even... (More)
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You could subscribe to all four to get everything but I have asked about a master main feed. I'll update when I hear back!
Quick answer here, I'll come back to this if there's interest:
I've heard many stories about value stream maps that were too big to be useful. If it takes days to create and the result is a map with 2000... (More)
Inclusion can be active, or passive. Observability (or visibility) provides and shares information about what's often hidden in ways that bring people data and insight.
For example, a dashboard can bring data and insights to a large group of people... (More)
With value stream mapping, we aim to visualize, measure, and ultimately improve the flow of value through a process. The value stream is typically all of the activities involved in delivering value to a customer, from the idea/issue/start to when... (More)
The short answer for me is that the value stream will always encompass more of what's happening and what's valuable than DevOps, by the nature of the boundaries involved. DevOps involves Dev and Ops.
Value Streams are everything in the... (More)
