New Read: The Lean-Agile Way
Unleash Business Results in the digital era with Value Stream Management
I had the privilege of collaborating with some fantastic authors, Richard Knaster and Al Shalloway, brought together by Cecil ‘Gary’ Rupp in our new book “The Lean-Agile Way: Unleash Business results in the Digital era with Value Stream Management.” Like Flow Engineering, this book emphasizes improving efficiency and eliminating waste through optimizing workflows and reducing bottlenecks. They share a focus on systems thinking, continuous collaboration, all aimed at delivering value faster.
The Lean-Agile Way further explores the relationship between lean and agile ways of working to improve flow across value streams. The book pulls together the best practices from each leading discipline into a cohesive, applicable body of knowledge. It digs deep into team structure, dynamics, and large scale organization across your value stream network to empower improvement in today’s complex enterprises.
The two books together provide complementary approaches for enhancing both processes and organizational agility.
Overview
In the fast-paced business and IT landscape, efficiency is the key to success. To excel in delivering value to customers, reducing waste, and resolving pain points, identifying the right tools and strategies is paramount. Unlocking the secrets of Lean, Agile, Value Stream Management (VSM), and various digital enhancements, this book offers a roadmap to optimize processes, improve products, and elevate service delivery.
You’ll start with an introduction to foundational Lean and Agile practices, recognizing the significance of digital enhancements in modernizing business processes. As you progress, you’ll learn VSM techniques to identify and prioritize work and investments to provide maximum value to customers. Moreover, you’ll grasp Lean-Agile practices aimed at promoting collaboration among teams and ensuring the continuous flow of product-oriented deliveries tailored to address customer needs. Finally, you’ll gain executive-level insights on how organizations must access timely information for decision-making and foster a culture of continuous business transformation.
Armed with this knowledge and a robust toolkit, you’ll be empowered to drive meaningful change, optimize resources, and stay ahead in the rapidly evolving marketplace.
What You Will Learn
Understand how to integrate the seemingly disparate practices of Lean and Agile
Integrate Lean, Agile, and VSM to accelerate value flow, enhance efficiency, and drive improvements
Drive product-oriented transformations with business increments, Lean-Agile teams, product lifestyles, VSM, and IT alignment
Leverage the VSM implementation roadmap to drive digital value stream enhancements
Investigate advanced VSM tools/platforms, AI insights and VSMP selection criteria.
Explore Lean-Agile/VSM success stories to gain implementation insights
Have a read and let me know what you think!
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