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Organizing for Success: Part 2

By Mike Snyder, Paul Puckett, Nate Richardson

Aligning to Deliver Value and Mission Effects

In the era of rapid digital transformation, organizations need to adapt and evolve to stay competitive and relevant. One such organization facing these challenges is the Department of Defense (DoD). To enhance mission outcomes and achieve organizational success, the DoD must prioritize Value Stream Management, Theory of Constraints, and Wardley Mapping.

This paper delves into these three critical concepts and how they can be applied to improve the DoD’s bureaucratic structure and overall performance. Improving the delivery of software to warfighters across the DoD does not begin with technology, COTS product integration, or even the DevOps architecture. Successful organizations, even those that may have led transformations with technology, have first stepped back and revectored their efforts to align around their value streams.

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In the era of rapid digital transformation, organizations need to adapt and evolve to stay competitive and relevant. One such organization facing these challenges is the Department of Defense (DoD). To enhance mission outcomes and achieve organizational success, the DoD must prioritize Value Stream Management, Theory of Constraints, and Wardley Mapping.

This paper delves into these three critical concepts and how they can be applied to improve the DoD’s bureaucratic structure and overall performance. Improving the delivery of software to warfighters across the DoD does not begin with technology, COTS product integration, or even the DevOps architecture. Successful organizations, even those that may have led transformations with technology, have first stepped back and revectored their efforts to align around their value streams.

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Mike Snyder

Mike Snyder

Michael Snyder, Rancher Government Solutions, has been supporting the US Army and DOD since enlisting in the Army in 2002. He served nine years in Army technical intelligence analysis, collections, and planning. Upon leaving the military, he began his winding career through the world of consulting, eventually becoming immersed in the world of DevOps and digital transformation. Now he drives growth, and more importantly, mission outcomes. Focusing now on the Army, things have gone full-circle as he is helping to address the issues with the systems that failed time and again during his and other soldiers’ deployments overseas.

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