Introduction to

Value Stream Mapping

Jef Cumps & Philip Almey

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Content

Value Stream Mapping basics

Build Value Stream Map together
Goal

You can start using Value Stream Mapping

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Agenda
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Value Stream Mapping definition
Step 1 Identify product
Step 2 Identify and connect activities
Step 3 - Qualify & quantify
From here on

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Value Stream Mapping & Lean

Software development looks like manufacturing if
the unit of inventory is the unvalidated decision!
I wish theyd decide
what style
they want!
I wish theyd decide
on the UI design
already!

A decision
UI
Designers
Users &
Sponsors

I wish theyd
decide what
functions they
want!

Business
Analysts
2009, Alistair Cockburn

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Programmers

Every
line of code is a
decision

I wish theyd think a

bit more carefully
before coding!

Testers

Lean
Lean is a way of thinking to:

MORE VALUE
LESS WASTE

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Lean
5. Seek
Perfection

1.Identify
Value

Respect People
4.
Establish
Pull

2. Map
the Value
Stream

3. Create
Flow

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Value Stream Mapping

2007, Lean For Dummies

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Value Stream Mapping

2010, Henrik Kniberg

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Value Stream Mapping

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Value Stream Mapping

What

Visualize an end-to-end proces

How

By mapping activities and information-flow

supported by metrics and statistics
Purpose

To spot waste and drive improvement

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Step 1 Identify product

Identify the product and customer
Define start and end of the process

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For which product + process?
When does the process clock start?
customer has a need)

When does it stop?

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(need is filled)

(e.g.

Step 2 Connect activities

Work backwards in time
Identify activities: process steps
building / transforming the product
Connect activities
Add information flow
Inventory and queues

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Step 2 Connect activities

Outside source
Process box
Finished goods movement
Inventory

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Step 2 Connect activities

2007, Lean For Dummies

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Step 2 Connect activities

2007, Lean For Dummies

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Step 2 Connect activities

2010, Henrik Kniberg

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Step 2 Connect activities

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Define activities
Order and connect activities
working backwards in time

If applicable: add information flow

Inventory and queues

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Step 3 Quantify & Qualify

Quantify

-lead time
-cycle time
-# people, products
-% defects
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Step 3 Quantify & Qualify

Qualify

-Value adding activity

-Non-value adding activity
Unavoidable
Pure waste (easy to remove)

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Efficiency

Process efficiency =

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Value Added Time

Time

Step 3 Quantify & Qualify

2007, Lean For Dummies

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Step 3 Quantify & Qualify

2010, Henrik Kniberg

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Step 3 Quantify & Qualify

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Quantify
Qualify
-VA vs NVA

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From here on Steps to take

Find waste / the biggest opportunity

Likely:
biggest delays or
loopbacks

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From here on Steps to take

Build current Value Stream Map
Build future Value Stream Map

Action!
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From here on Tips/techniques

1st macro, then detail
Paper!
Root cause analysis
Hear customer, flow check,
Fix process, not people

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Questions?

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Thank you!

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Books and links

Lean for dummies Natalie J. Sayer / Bruce Williams
Learning to See Mike Rother / John Shook
Implementing Lean Software Development Mary and Tom
Poppendieck
How and why to create Value Stream Maps for software engineering
projects Ted Rivera
http://tinyurl.com/vsmforsoft

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Feel free to contact us!

jef@iLean.be
philip@iLean.be
www.iLean.be

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