Rolf Russel's lightning talk at devopsdays USA 2010, held 25th June 2010 in Mountain View, CA

1. Rolf Russell ThoughtWorks
Systems Thinking
&
Value Stream Mapping
rrussell@thoughtworks.com

3. beer game

4. mit sloan beer game
external
demand
orders
retailer wholesaler distributor factory
deliveries

5. mit sloan beer game
external
demand
orders
retailer wholesaler distributor factory
deliveries

6. mit sloan beer game
external
demand
orders
retailer wholesaler distributor factory
deliveries

10. systems thinking
a philosophy based on the belief that the
component parts of a system can best be
understood in the context of rela>onships
with each other and with other systems,
rather than in isola>on.
hAp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_thinking

11. soEware produc>on pipeline
con>nuous func>onal
uat staging prod
integra>on tes>ng

12. soEware produc>on pipeline
con>nuous func>onal
uat staging prod
integra>on tes>ng

13. lean value stream mapping
flow
concept cash
a process tool

14. lean value stream mapping
flow
concept cash
a process tool

15. model current state

16. model current state
with metrics

17. iden>fy waste and root causes

18. envision future state

19. envision future state

20. takeaways
view the produc>on pipeline as a single system
value stream mapping will help op>mize flow in
a system