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Agile and the value stream analysis

 Value stream analysis is described in :

– Value stream mapping

– Waste and WIDETOM

– Business value delivered chart

Value stream mapping

The value stream map is a Lean tool that practitioners use to analyse the value stream.

Value stream mapping is a lean manufacturing analysis technique adopted by agile. A value stream map may be used to analyze the flow of information or materials from origin to destination to identify areas of waste. The identified areas of waste are opportunities for process improvement. Waste can take many forms and can be remembered using the pneumonic device WIDETOM. W – waiting; I – inventory; D – defects; E – extra processing; T – transportation; O – overproduction; M – Motion. A value stream map is typically mapped or charted collaboratively with a team so it may define and view the entire process together, pinpointing areas of waste within the process. Processes that add value (processing of a part or feature) are generally referred to as « value-added » and processes that do not (e.g., waiting for a part to arrive) are generally referred to as « non value-added. » Generally speaking, one wants to reduce, to the largest extent possible, the non value-added time (i.e., areas of waste). [Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility. Alan Shalloway, Guy Beaver, James R. Trott.]

– Steps
1.Identify product / service to improve
2.Create as-is value stream map
3.Identify delays, waste, and constraints
4.Create to-be value stream map
5.Develop roadmap to optimized state
6.Revisit the process in the future

Create a value stream map of the current process, identifying steps, queues, delays, and information flows.

Waste and WIDETOM

Waste can take many forms and can be remembered using the pneumonic device WIDETOM (W – waiting; I – inventory; D – defects; E – extra processing; T – transportation; O – over-production; M – Motion).

WIDETOM :

       W – waiting

I – inventory

D – defects

E – extra processing

T – transportation

O – over-production

M – Motion

Business value delivered chart

The entire enterprise (business, management, and development teams) needs the line of sight to velocity (points/time) dashboard-type view of work management which in other terms is a business value delivered chart.

 

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