Value Stream Mapping in Software Development

Value Stream Mapping and the Seven Wastes of Software Development
"Water-scrum-fall just wasn't working for me. Something was fundamentally wrong. I couldn't quite figure out what - or how to fix it - until I found Value Stream Mapping. This was only the beginning.
Explore the seven wastes of software development and how to apply Value Stream Mapping to software development. Learn where I went wrong, and tips for running your own mapping workshops.
If you are a people manager, project manager, scrum master or product owner this session will help you see where the bottlenecks REALLY are."
Recorded live at the Lean Agile System Thinking LAST Conference 2017. The microphone was not well placed and crackles in a few places however the audio is clear enough to hear the session.
This session was heavily inspired by the work of Karen Martin, I highly recommend checking out her content.
Web: www.ksmartin.com/
Video: / karenmartingroup
The Value Stream Map workshop example was published on a Microsoft case study of Unit4 which you can read about here: microsoft.github.io/techcases...

[@rohithmunnangi]

I started looking about the value stream mapping recently. This talk from you provided a very good overview from practical point of view. Thank you very much!

[@user-xi3ju8vx1p]

I am fascinated with presentation on Value stream mapping as i am from mechanical background transitioned to IT it was amazing explanation on TIMWOOD just awesome!!!!

[@elmardermaut6502]

Great presentation Mike! Good overview on how to start a VSM on software development

[@camgere]

I feel like the student who is turning in his homework 4 years late. I just re-read 8:22 Toyota Kata by Rother (all the cool guys are named "Mike"). It occurred to me that the perfect metaphor for the Software Manager is the (American) Football Coach. Sure, he will tell you to give "110%". He barks orders just like a budgets and schedules driven Manager who is only interested in putting checkmarks in the task completed box. But there is the other side to Football Coaches. They are happy to give players advice on health, diet, strength and agility training and strategic thinking. They even give extensive exercises to improve in these areas. Coaches live and die by how well their players play. They REALLY want them to be number one. They eat, sleep and breath football. Unlike managers (and software developers) who have an utter distain for domain knowledge (just put it in the specification). Supporting the player and improving his abilities is his number one job. Assuming that the intersection of Football Players and Software Developers is not the null set, would you want your old Football Coach as your Software Manager?

[@viktorklisursky2515]

Thank you sir, that was useful!

[@ospazivincent9747]

Hi Mike, Great presentation. Did you ever got the time to make the video about how to create the VSM in Visio with data coming from an Excel?

[@MikeJonesTechno]

I haven't made a video about embedding external data sources into Visio yet, although if more people request a tutorial I'll consider publishing one. Thanks for the feedback. What was it about this video that you felt was great? I'm keen to learn what works well to improve future videos.

[@rohithmunnangi]

Great will be if you can provide links to the books and other recommended materials, videos

[@frooqy]

Looks very waterfall