Adam welcomes Carmen de Ardo to the show. Carmen is a senior VSM strategist at TaskTop and author of numerous books on value streams, leaderships, DevOps, and product transformation.

This episode is a response to a listener request for an episode on value streams. So we start from the beginning of "what is a value stream" and work up towards toward value stream mapping, the flow framework, and peak of continuous improvement.

Adam's  Links

• DOES15 - Carmen DeArdo - How DevOps is Enabling Lean Application Development
• The Case for Value Stream Architecture - Mik Kersten & Carmen DeArdo 
• Project to Product: Practical Realities at a Large Scale Enterprise - Nationwide & Tasktop
• The Quest for Accelerated Delivery - Nationwide
• Value Stream Management: Treat Your Pipeline as Your Most Important Product
• Small Batches #21: The Flow Framework with Dr. Mik Kersten
• Small Batches #9: The Four Types of Work

Carmen's Links

• Standing on Shoulders: A leader’s guide to digital transformation
• Standing on Shoulders Podcast Edition
• The Age of Value Stream Management
• Moving to Project to Product