Monthly Archives: May 2022

Let’s all aim to be First Class VSM Citizens!

In this blog post I’d like to explore the idea of being a “First Class Value Stream Management (VSM) Citizen”. By this I mean that the following would apply – The data is reflecting reality and the overhead is not a deterrent to this Work is automated as much as possible Dependencies are visible and […]

Flow Items (3)

I’ve been writing about flow items in these previous couple of posts and in general having this visibility is a good thing. But we have to clear as to the granularity of these items – we want them to flow. If we start to model these items more akin to Epics then we are likely […]

Flow Units (2)

The concept of flow units is a compelling one – in Project to Product Mik Kersten writes about the BMW factory in Leipzig and the high visibility of the production line so that the status of each car can be quickly ascertained. That’s what we want with software isn’t it? Being able to view the […]