You're reading from Driving DevOps with Value Stream Management Improve IT value stream delivery with a proven VSM methodology to compete in the digital economy

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801078061

Length 676 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Scrum

Concepts

Agile

Author (1):

Cecil 'Gary' Rupp

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1:Value Delivery

2. Chapter 1: Delivering Customer-Centric Value FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Building On a Lean-Agile Foundation

4. Chapter 3: Analyzing Complex System Interactions

5. Chapter 4: Defining Value Stream Management

6. Chapter 5: Driving Business Value through a DevOps Pipeline

7. Section 2:VSM Methodology

8. Chapter 6: Launching the VSM Initiative (VSM Steps 1-3)

9. Chapter 7: Mapping the Current State (VSM Step 4)

10. Chapter 8: Identifying Lean Metrics (VSM Step 5)

11. Chapter 9: Mapping the Future State (VSM Step 6)

12. Chapter 10: Improving the Lean-Agile Value Delivery Cycle (VSM Steps 7 and 8)

13. Section 3:VSM Tool Vendors and Frameworks

14. Chapter 11: Identifying VSM Tool Types and Capabilities

15. Chapter 12: Introducing the Leading VSM Tool Vendors

16. Chapter 13: Introducing the VSM-DevOps Practice Leaders

17. Chapter 14: Introducing the Enterprise Lean-VSM Practice Leaders

18. Section 4:Applying VSM with DevOps

19. Chapter 15: Defining the Appropriate DevOps Platform Strategy

20. Chapter 16: Transforming Businesses with VSM and DevOps

21. Assessments

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Interviewing the experts

In this section, we will understand the views of five industry experts and their take and ideas on DevOps.

Interview with Helen Beal

Helen Beal is a DevOps and Ways of Working coach, Chief Ambassador at DevOps Institute, Ambassador for the Continuous Delivery Foundation, and the Chair of the Value Stream Management Consortium (VSMC). She provides strategic advisory services to DevOps industry leaders and serves as an analyst at Accelerated Strategies Group.

I am privileged that Helen agreed to serve as a technical reviewer for this book and wanted to contribute her thoughts for this chapter. I've also had the opportunity to work with Helen as one of the advisors of the VSMC. So, with this introduction made, let's hear what Helen has to say.