DevOps Institute: Value Stream Management (VSM) Foundation

At the end of the course, the participants would learn to:

• 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

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

Successfully passing (65%) the 60-minute examination, consisting of 40 multiple-choice questions, leads to the Value Stream Management Foundation℠ certificate and digital badge. The certification is governed and maintained in partnership with DevOps Institute, a member of the PeopleCert Group.

• Value Stream Management Foundation℠