Value Stream Management
A new way to deliver value
Value Stream Management (VSM) is a new discipline in software delivery that impartially measures and optimizes the flow of business value through complex end-to-end processes. This guide explains how VSM helps every single contributor, across a multitude of specialized roles, achieve better outcomes.
VSM collects and analyzes data from all the essential and specialized disciplines involved in bringing digital products to market—through the Ideate, Create, Release and Operate phases—and makes them better. Explore the interactive guide below to learn how.
EVERY DISCIPLINE HAS A SUPERPOWER
Click a discipline see how VSM makes it stronger
1. Ideate
2. Create
3. Release
4. Operate
Project & Portfolio Management (PPM)
Mid to long-term strategic planning and execution tracking
Application Development
Create the tangible value customers experience through products
Release & Deploy Automation
Assemble and deploy new code to production
Service Desk
Ticket tracking and resolution
Enterprise Agile Planning
Execute team-level product development work
Incident Management
Manage the life cycle of IT incidents
Product Management
Create and manage a product vision
Build & Packaging
Transform code into a product that can be tested and validated
Logging, Monitoring & Alerting
Improve application performance and availability to support customer journeys
User Experience Design
Research, design, prototype and test user interactions with the product
Quality Assurance - Testing
Validate applications and services against requirements
Requirements Management
Document, trace and manage product requirements over its life cycle
Quality Assurance - Security
Analyze and test applications for security vulnerabilities
Compliance & Risk Management
Simplify, automate and integrate risk management processes and data