28 Feb Value Stream Management Foundation™

Value Stream Management Foundation

INTRODUCTION

An introduction to value stream management principles, practices, and tools. Designed to optimize value flow and realization in digital value streams and develop individuals’ skills. Digital value streams include the software applications and services in addition to the platforms that support them e.g., cloud infrastructure or DevOps toolchains

The Value Stream Management Foundation course from Value Stream Management Consortium, and offered in partnership with DevOps Institute, is an introductory course taking learners through a value stream management implementation journey. It considers the human, process, and technology aspects of this way of working and explores how optimizing value streams for flow and realization positively impacts organizational performance.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course, the following learning objectives are expected to be achieved:

• Describe the origins of
  value stream management and key concepts such as flow, value, and delivery
• Describe what value stream
  management is, why it’s needed and the business benefits of its practice
• Describe how lean, agile,
  DevOps, and ITSM principles contribute to value stream management
• Identify and describe value
  streams, where they start and end, and how they interconnect
• Identify value stream roles
  and responsibilities
• Express value streams
  visually using mapping techniques, define current and target states and
  hypothesis backlog
• Write value stream flow and
  realization optimization hypotheses and experiments
• Apply metrics such as
  touch/processing time, wait/idle time, and cycle time to value streams
• Understand flow metrics and
  how to access the data to support data-driven conversations and decisions
• Examine value realization
  metrics and aligning to business outcomes, and how to sense and respond to them
  (outcomes versus outputs)
• Architect a DevOps
  toolchain alongside a value stream and data connection points
• Design a continuous
  inspection and adaptation approach for organizational evolution

AUDIENCE

People working in an organization aiming to improve performance, especially in response to digital transformation or disruption. Any roles involved in the creation and delivery of products or services:

• Leadership and CXO,
  especially CIO, CTO, CPO, and CVO
• Transformation and
  evolution leads and change agents
• Value stream architects, managers,
  engineers
• Scrum Masters, agile and
  DevOps coaches and facilitators
• Portfolio, product and
  project managers, and owners
• Business analysts
• Architects, developers, and
  engineers
• Release and environment
  managers
• IT Ops, service and support
  desk workers
• Customer experience and
  success professionals

LEARNER MATERIALS

• Sixteen (16) hours of live
  instructor-led training via the DevOps Institute Education Partner network
• Digital Learner Manual
  including:
  • Course slideware
  • Value-Added Resources
  • Interactive exercises and
    discussions designed to apply concepts
  • Case stories
  • Glossary
  • Sample exam(s)
• Access to additional
  sources of information
• Option to join the DevOps
  Institute and Value Stream Management Consortium membership communities

PREREQUISITES

None, although having a working knowledge of lean, agile, DevOps, and value stream principles will be useful.

CERTIFICATION EXAM

Successfully passing (65%) the 60-minute examination, consisting of 40 multiple-choice questions, leads tothe candidate receiving their Value Stream Management Foundation certification and digital badge. The certification is governed andmaintained in partnership with DevOps Institute

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