Value Glide — Operating Model Architecture for Executive Teams

What is a value stream in SAFe?

What is a value stream in SAFe? SAFe identifies two value streams within the organization. The operational value stream Development value stream Operational Value Stream This focuses primarily on how the organization earns money. This value stream will identify how customers connect with the organization, how the team or team of agile teams create and capture value for that customer, […]
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Move from Centralised Control To Decentralised Control

Move from Centralised Control to Decentralised Control that will make your life better. Centralised Control Our organisations are structured like factories with centralised decision making and detailed instructions about the work that needs doing. This structure is suitable for stable market that change slowly and the thinking that believes that people doing the work don’t […]
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How to use WIP to pull work?

Cumulative Flow Diagram Is one of the key diagrams to help you manage the work better. A question that we are asked frequently and need to answer is  When can we deliver? The question that we should ask ourselves and we don’t is When should we start the work? A Cumulative Flow Diagram will enable you […]
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How To Map The Sources of Demand

This post outlines our workshop format to make the work visible and visualised flow. In this workshop, we use the diverge and converge pattern. That is, we work individually to come up with a diverse set of sources of demand, then collaborate to create the agreed sources.  One of the first steps for managing the work, […]
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Flow Efficiency

Flow efficiency measures how much of the overall lead time is due to waiting time: Lead Time = Value Work Time + Waiting Time. How to measure Flow Efficiency Most kanban systems separate the waiting from the doing, and calculating the overall wait time is a matter of summing up all the wait times. Flow […]
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