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 ...

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 ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

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 Mapping: The Current State provides an introduction to the tools and process of value stream mapping. This course explains common value stream mapping (VSM) icons, the steps to creating a ...

“Value stream management is to be able to extract the insights from all of these tools that enable delivery, and to provide insights that can then allow you to add business value – understand what’s ...

I find the perpetual debate about value stream management misleading. Is it managing value or managing flow? Blurring the lines between managing flow and managing value can create a false dichotomy ...