Workshop: Value Steam Mapping

An exercise for analyzing current processes release cycle

Agenda

  • What is Value Stream Mapping?
  • How does this work?
  • Demo Example
  • Team discussion

What is Value Stream Mapping?

A value stream map is a visual snapshot of all the steps required to deliver a project from A to Z.

  • Helps us identify:
    • Steps that directly add value to the customer
    • Activities with no direct customer value but necessary
    • Tasks that our team can eliminate to simplify delivery

What is Value Stream Mapping?

Example:

  • Software Feature Delivery: Product Specification => Development => Testing => Bug fixes => Pre-production deployment => Production deployment.

Team Discussion

  • We'll start with a very rough map from my naive understanding.
  • There will be gaps and unanswered questions.
  • Then we'll discuss it and review it as a team.
  • It doesn't have to be perfect. It's just a high level snapshot

  • We just want to get an idea of how things actually work.

Questions to think about

Workshop: Value Steam Mapping

By Mohammad Mohammad

Workshop: Value Steam Mapping

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