Value Stream Maps (VSM) are a powerful tool used in lean manufacturing and other business processes to visualize and analyze the flow of materials and information required to bring a product or ...

Programmers who focus in increments of two-week sprints can be left in the dark on long-term business strategy. Shine a light on processes and potential improvements with visual aids. When ...

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A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...

The decades-long rush of businesses to digitize their business processes shows no sign of abating. Digital technology has spread across the supply chain and throughout the enterprise—with generally ...

Many businesses are investing heavily in digital transformation, gearing up their cultures to deliver more capabilities aligned to customer needs. But understanding business value and aligning efforts ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. Many discussions around ...

Value stream management (VSM) is an emerging business process intended to gauge the flow of value into business resources and activities as well as the flow of value back into the business. VSM helps ...

A successful business is focused on delivering value. Therefore, the projects that you are running need to be aligned to the strategic objectives of your organization. With the influx of new ...

In this course, you will learn how to create a value stream map (VSM) of current-state and future-state processes. Value stream mapping is a Lean technique that allows you to document, analyze, and ...

In today’s digital world, organizations often say they’ve gone from customer-centric to customer-obsessed. They’ve embraced continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD) and other ...

There are a few definitions of “value stream management” floating around out there. Most seem pretty good, but they are necessarily very broad and maybe vague. That’s because value stream management ...