Using the VSM Reference Architecture to Drive Your Digital Transformation

In this Flow Session, our host, VSMC CEO Helen Beal, was joined by the co-authors of the Value Stream Reference Architecture (VRSA)—Stephen Walters and Craig Statham.

A Value Stream Reference Architecture (VSRA) is an organizational template that uses Team Topologies as a pattern language. VSRA promotes focus on Value Stream Management by considering the entire organization to inspect and adapt the Value Stream Network. It employs techniques such as FINE flow analysis and Graph Theory to evaluate the organizational structure and look for ways to improve flow.

We explored:

- How to effectively visualize an entire organization as a Value Stream Network and the techniques utilized to make this possible

- Why the ways teams interact matters more than how we identify the team types

- How organizational design affects cognitive load and business outcomes