Developmental vs Operational Value Streams
Understanding Value Streams and their place in an Agile organization
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On to this week’s question.
Q: Could you please create a series titled "Value Stream 101"? I just read your post on Value Stream Mapping, and it was fantastic. As someone new to this concept, I would like to know the differences between developmental and operational value streams, which I think you missed in the original post.
Thank you for the question.
For those who are new to Winning Strategy, the post referred to in the question is linked below:
Simplifying Value Stream Mapping for Agile/Scrum Teams
Creating a series on Value Streams called “Value Stream 101” is a great idea.
The post "Simplifying Value Stream Mapping" (linked above) may seem somewhat advanced for those new to the concept, but it does provide the basics in small parts that were necessary to explain the “mapping” portion of value streams.
However, I do agree!
The original post completely missed the distinction between Developmental and Operational Value Streams.
So this post will fill that gap by explaining (in very simple words):
What is a Value Stream?
Types of Value Streams
What is a Developmental Value Stream?
What is an Operational Value Stream
Why do we sometimes need multiple DVSs to serve a single OVS
You will know exactly what these are excluding all the jargon that comes packaged when we talk Value Streams.