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Many companies do invest in transforming how their infrastructure is maintained and developed. Many success stories show how Lean, Agile, and DevOps have reduced lead time, increased quality, and other business benefits. Regardless of how well you improve system development, the tale of legacy is, in most cases, far too long to manage a Value Stream Network and achieve Business Agility.
Cadence and Sync are key for alignment
If you have been involved in an Agile transformation, you have likely seen the struggle to deliver working Features within a short period. It can be hard enough for an Agile Release Train to finalize Features within a Program Increment. But, in a sizeable Lean-Agile organization, the ability to quickly deliver working Features across several domains in multiple Release Trains is needed to accomplish Cadence and Sync.
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Does your organization have an overview of what systems need to be developed in Cadence and Sync to benefit from full feedback in your Value Stream Network?
Modularity
Besides the chain of events in a system, the dimension of Modularity isvitalt to understand the relations, purpose, and responsibilities of systems thinking
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Why is the concept of Modularity not utilized more?
Modularity is a fundamental concept in nature as well in business. Modularity reduces complexity by clarifying purposes, interfaces, and responsibilities. A modular description makes it possible to understand one single entity in-depth without detailing the whole systems. At the same time, system. While Modularity is pretty much intuitive for a human brain the conscious usage utilization is surprisingly low.
Alright, IT architects are on top of the Modularity concept, which is also widespread in Product Management. But when moving into Business Architecture, Modularity is hardly mentioned in industry-standard frameworks and organization charts. Instead, the focus is on processes and functional silos.
The concept of Modularity is a prerequisite for making it all work in many industries, like the automotive business with its large clusters of component suppliers.
Besides the chain of events in a system, the dimension of Modularity isvitalt to understand the relations, purpose, and responsibilities of systems thinking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory
Standardized products are a fundamental business driver and enable many suppliers to compete to deliver one or more modules more cheaply and quickly.
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