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Value Stream Architecture

By Mik Kersten, Nanda Kumar, Daniele Romano, Jason Zubrick

Creating an Architecture to Connect the Dots in DevOps

As organizations continually evolve and rely on cross-functional teams coming together and adopting DevOps practices, the process of delivering software products must also evolve.

In this paper, the authors show how value stream architecture facilitates organizational process change and transparency, and should be the primary focus for every organization striving for DevOps greatness.

  • Publication Date 2017
  • Pages 14

Features

  • Practical Guidance

    This paper provides a clear value stream architecture model that focuses on creating a transparent, repeatable, self-healing model for the delivery of software.

  • Expert Authors

    This paper is written by experienced practitioners who have led their own successful DevOps transformations within large enterprise organizations.

  • Project to Product

    Traditional models focuses on the software product but the value stream model focuses on the delivery of the software product.

  • Value Stream Architect

    This paper provides clear guidance and definitions of what a successful value stream architect’s role looks like.

About the Resource

As organizations continually evolve and rely on cross-functional teams coming together and adopting DevOps practices, the process of delivering software products must also evolve.

In this paper, the authors show how value stream architecture facilitates organizational process change and transparency, and should be the primary focus for every organization striving for DevOps greatness.

Mik Kersten
Nanda Kumar
Daniele Romano
Jason Zubrick
Mik Kersten

Mik Kersten

Dr. Mik Kersten started his career as a Research Scientist at Xerox PARC where he created the first aspect-oriented development environment. He then pioneered the integration of development tools with Agile and DevOps as part of his Computer Science PhD at the University of British Columbia. Founding Tasktop out of that research, Mik has written over one million lines of open-source code that is still in use today, and he has brought seven successful open-source and commercial products to market.Mik’s experiences working with some of the largest digital transformations in the world has led him to identify the critical disconnect between business leaders and technologists. Since that time, Mik has been working on creating new tools and a new framework for connecting software value stream networks and enabling the shift from project to product.Mik lives with his family in Vancouver, Canada, and travels globally, sharing his vision for transforming how software is built.

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Nanda Kumar

Nanda Kumar

Head of Api banking strategy and Platforms

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Daniele Romano

Daniele Romano

Senior Technology Manager

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Jason Zubrick

Jason Zubrick

Chief Technology Officer at PICKUP

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