An Intellyx Infographic, by Jason English for ConnectALL
It’s natural to make comparisons between the supply chain production process for commercial goods and the supply chain for software an enterprise must build and maintain.
Even with fast feedback loops to adjust requirements and make changes to meet customer needs, there remains a ‘push-based’ element that eerily resembles waterfall development. Work-in-process and backlogs can build up at each stage gate in the software delivery lifecycle.
Value Stream Management (or VSM) allows the enterprise to rethink its global application estate as a pull-based, or better yet, flow-based software delivery model, where work is prioritized based on shared goals and collaboration between IT and customers.
Download this original Intellyx Infographic PDF from the ConnectALL site here: https://www.connectall.com/value-stream-management-vs-software-supply-chain/
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