The Flow Engineering Show
Computers are hard. People are harder. And your job is to make them all work together. The Flow Engineering Show is right there with you, at the intersection of technology and humanity. We bring clarity to the challenges software teams face, and guide you into the emerging practice of value stream management. Our listeners learn to dissect what’s really happening in their organizations so they can move fast, have fun, and make an impact.
Episodes
- Do our customers pay for the outcome? (It's a Core stream)
- Does it facilitate core stream performance? (It's a Supporting stream)
- Is there value in improving quality, margins, performance, outcomes?
- (If not, it's likely commoditized and should be outsourced)
- Supporting streams are typically operational unless the supporting streams are highly nascent (Platform development)
- Is innovation or product development a key goal? (It's a Development stream)
- Are efficiency and consistency key goals? (It's an Operational stream)
- Is there a customer?
- (If not, it's a process)
- Is it repeatable? Are the operating conditions stable?
- (If not, it's a project or initiative)
- Value Stream is a linear process
- Does it have to include more than one person? No
- Why do we want to identify value streams?
- The Future of Value Stream Management
- Where’s this all heading?
- DAOs
- Is there a future where VSMgt intersects with DAOs?
- What does a futuristic value stream network look like?
- Human Collaboration models: Tribes -> Bureaucracy -> Digital -> DAOs
- Ethical risks - worker exploitation;
- Optimization in natural systems
- Can companies be too efficient? Jevon’s paradox
- Externalities
- Human motivation: creativity vs. friction
- Increasi...
Summary
In this episode of The Value Stream Show, hosts Andrew Davis and Steve Pereira discuss the challenging process organizations face in asking what is the psychological, cultural, information, and work environment it needs to be maximally effective and engaged. They talk about how engineers are improving tech by leveraging the value stream model. They share why the act of inspiring purpose, autonomy and mastery in worker...
Takeaways from the Lean Leadership Forum
- What is it? Who attended?
- Structure & format
- Similarities and differences between physical and knowledge work domains
- Insights and learning
- Should we all be walking through factories to understand our work better?
Key takeaways
- Similarities and differences between physical and knowledge work
- What ‘going to the gemba’ really looks like
- “If it’s in the computer, it’s invis...
Summary
In this episode of The Value Stream Show, hosts Andrew Davis and Steve Pereira talk about value stream management and the process of improving the end-to-end flow of work in an organization. They discuss the complexity of value stream management and how it can expand the scope of a business or technology to see the big picture, while also addressing concerns in the short term. As the IT world matures, value stream man...
Summary
In this episode of The Value Stream Show, hosts Andrew Davis and Steve Pereira discuss what value stream mapping is and its function. They talk about the act of drawing out a value stream and how it helps with visualization, generates necessary conversations, and brings clarity to the work process. They share their personal experiences with the practice of value stream mapping, and how it can bring visibility to perfo...
Items
- Who are we?
- Why this?
- Why now?
- What’s in it for you (the listener)?
Key Takeaways
- Our history and passion for flow
- Value streams in an organizational network
- The value stream model for internal and external use
Summary
In this episode of The Value Stream Show, hosts Andrew Davis and Steve Pereira discuss the vast reach of value, how we define it and how we can measure it. They explore the complex nature of value and the many different factors that influence it. Steve and Andrew talk about the importance of distinguishing the difference between the value of inputs versus the value of the output that’s produced. They also talk about h...
Flowtopia and DOES
Flowtopia
- Takeaways
- Bridging prod & engineering gap (business and tech)
- The lack of stories outside of DOES
- DXC stream alignment
- Assessment & the implementation roadmap
DOES
- Emphasis on value stream management
- Favorite talks
- https://videos.itrevolution.com/?_ga=2.100952393.910149711.1666974720-1309432016.1662160855
- Value Flywheel Effect - mapping as conversation
- Jon Smart - history of organ...
Summary
In the first episode of The Value Stream Show, hosts Andrew Davis and Steve Pereira discuss the concept of value stream thinking and how the evolution of DevOps is changing the way businesses operate. They talk about major changes happening in software development and dive into how people are beginning to reshape the way they look at the interplay between software development and collaboration. They share how organiza...
In the first episode of The Value Stream Show, hosts Andrew Davis and Steve Pereira discuss the concept of value stream thinking and how the evolution of DevOps is changing the way businesses operate. They talk about major changes happening in software development and dive into how people are beginning to reshape the way they look at the interplay between software development and collaboration. They share how organizations can...
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