You Won’t Believe How the Grinch Saved Christmas!

You Won’t Believe How the Grinch Saved Christmas! Three things the Grinch did with the value streams to help Whoville “It came without ribbons, it came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags.  Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more. Now you listen to me! Even if we’re horribly mangled, there’ll be no sad faces on Christmas.” said the Grinch. While the Grinch may have hated Christmas cheer, deep down he wanted to be part of the rave. He wanted the people of Whoville to see what he saw. He ...

The Hottest Value Stream Metrics (That Actually Matter)

There is no shortage of metrics related to software delivery. Agile metrics; DevOps and DORA metrics; support, services and operational metrics; Lean, value stream and flow metrics; product and predictability metrics. All trumpeted by their own champions as the hottest thing since sliced bread. And ConnectALL’s research shows that as a result of the sheer volume of measures, organizations are not confident in selecting metrics. They struggle utilizing analytics platforms and tools, especially without relevant out-of-the-box dashboards with metrics that are pre-selected to solve key challenges. That's not cool at all. :snowman: DevOps.com is excited to host ConnectALL's SVP of ...

The Misconception: Why Do I Need VSM if I’m Already Implementing Agile?

July 21, 2022 @ 1PM ET Live from Agile2022 Nashville Organizations not closely familiar with value stream management often may ask: “How does it fit with these other agile approaches we’ve been adopting?” “Why do I need VSM if I’m already implementing Agile?” The answer: VSM, agile, or for that matter DevOps are not mutually exclusive. Principles of agile are baked into VSM, and VSM in many ways represents an extension of the short cycle/fast feedback approach championed in DevOps. Many organizations struggle to apply agile across silos, and others may struggle to determine ways to align agile workflows towards ...

Why You Must Understand Value-Added and Non-Value-Added Work to Accelerate Your Digital Transformation

The world of software is moving faster than ever before. In pursuit of speed, IT organizations often undergo radical digital transformations to try and keep up. But unfortunately it is common that these transformation efforts either fail outright or simply fall short of their goals. One reason for potential failure is an invisible force that can stymie any organization's best-laid plans: waste. And waste is particularly present among non-value-added activities. Unlike in manufacturing, where you can walk up and down the line and see physical components and visually track progress, it is not obvious where waste lurks in your software ...

WORKSHOP: Accelerate Software Delivery With Value Stream Mapping

Live Webinar , United States

August 10, 2022 @ 1PM ET Have you ever played pin the tail on the donkey? The premise of this children's game seems simple enough: Use a thumbtack to attach a paper tail to a picture of a donkey. So what makes this game challenging? The blindfold. It becomes nearly impossible to pinpoint the right place for the tail when the participant can no longer see. Your software delivery process works (or doesn't) in a similar way. Unlike on a factory floor where you can physically see the machinery at work, the process to build software is often invisible. Because ...

How Automating with VSM Unifies Disparate Teams

How Automating with VSM Unifies Disparate Teams We as an industry cannot afford to ignore the dangers of siloed software delivery. The cost of a siloed workforce is staggering, resulting in project delays, declining software quality, and a disconnect from the original project intent. And with the widespread shift to remote work, these silos have become more entrenched than ever. How can we begin to address the problem? Join ConnectALL’s Lance Knight (President and COO) and Norman Miglietta (SVP of Marketing) as they sit down with David Rubinstein in the latest SD Times Microwebinar to discuss how automation with value ...

Accelerate Your Agile Processes by Automating Workflows and Letting PPM Tools Interoperate

One of the biggest challenges that Agile managers face is the lack of visibility into their projects, portfolios and programs. When you connect your PPM tools and let them interoperate, you enable project managers, program managers, portfolio managers, or project stakeholders to view real-time status and progress of agile projects. In this webinar, we will show you how you can create an all-in-one system for PPM when you connect Jira and Rally Software. It helps couple product management, development and QA teams bringing in visibility, improved coordination and a seamless product delivery process. We will show you how with a ...

You’ve Heard What Value Stream Management Isn’t. Now Hear the Truth About What It Is.

At ConnectALL, we have discussed ad nauseum what value stream management isn't.  We've told you that it is NOT a tool, NOT a feature, and NOT a map. It isn't a person, it isn't a platform, and it isn't a set of metrics. Agile? DevOps? Also not value stream management. But what is less clear in our industry is a concrete definition of what value stream management actually is. It's time to draw our line in the sand. We are going to push aside the squishiness that often accompanies this topic and plant our flag on what we believe is ...

Accelerate Your Agile Processes by Automating Workflows and Letting PPM Tools Interoperate

One of the biggest challenges that Agile managers face is the lack of visibility into their projects, portfolios and programs. When you connect your PPM tools and let them interoperate, you enable project managers, program managers, portfolio managers, or project stakeholders to view real-time status and progress of agile projects. In this webinar, we will show you how you can create an all-in-one system for PPM when you connect Jira and Rally Software. It helps couple product management, development and QA teams bringing in visibility, improved coordination and a seamless product delivery process. We will show you how with a ...

Six Ways Tool Integration Dramatically Improves Test Management Processes and QA

Now, I got no fight with any man who does what he's told, but when he don't, the machine breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, we break down. And I ain't gonna allow that in any of you. Not one. — Sgt Barnes, Platoon (1986) In our world of software delivery, machine breakdowns include tools and systems not integrating and interoperating, people not communicating, and the resultant defects that occur in the application under test. And the reality is that we do face communication breakdowns that impact the productivity and quality of everything we create. We assume that ...