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The Orthogramic metamodel is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) license, ensuring that it remains open, collaborative, and widely accessible. |
Introduction
What is a Value Stream?
The Value Stream domain in Orthogramic captures the represents end-to-end flow of activities that deliver create value to for customers and or internal stakeholders. This domain It provides a comprehensive dynamic, interconnected view of how value is created, managed, and optimized across flows through the organization, directly linking Value Streams to Capabilities, Products, and strategic goals. By visualizing and analyzing these workflows in real-time, Orthogramic enables you to identify opportunities for improvement, eliminate inefficiencies, and ensure that every step aligns with your business objectives. Explore how the Value Stream domain helps you drive effective value delivery and operational excellence.
What is a Value Stream in Orthogramic?
In the Orthogramic Metamodel, a Value Stream represents a sequence of activities that collectively deliver value to a stakeholder or customer, aligning closely with the organization's strategic goals and operational priorities. The Metamodel emphasizes a dynamic, interconnected approach that not only captures the flow of value but also integrates it into the broader context of the business architecture.
A Value Stream is structured to connect with other business architecture domains like Capabilities, Strategy, Stakeholders, and Information. Each step within a Value Stream is linked to specific organizational resources, processes, and capabilities, making it easier to understand how value is created, transformed, and delivered. This interconnectedness is managed through a network of attributes, elements, and sub-elements, allowing for a detailed examination of each phase within the Value Stream. These relationships ensure that any changes in the Value Stream are reflected across all relevant domains, maintaining alignment between strategic objectives and operational execution.
The Value Stream domain includes components for data analytics that enable a dynamic view of Value Streams. When shifts occur in market conditions, resource availability, or internal processes, the Value Stream structure accommodates these changes. This approach supports agile decision-making, enabling organizations to optimize their Value Streams continuously.
The Metamodel incorporates elements for tracking potential bottlenecks, inefficiencies, or opportunities for improvement within a Value Stream based on historical data and trends. These features offer a proactive approach to managing Value Streams, allowing organizations to anticipate changes and make adjustments before they impact the business.
Performance metrics are integrated into the Value Stream domain structure. These metrics are defined within each stage of the Value Stream, providing feedback on the effectiveness of each step. This integration creates a continuous feedback loop, enabling organizations to measure the impact of each phase on overall business objectives and make data-driven adjustments as needed. The result is a more outcome-oriented approach, where Value Streams are not just about documenting processes but about actively managing and enhancing the value delivered.
The Value Stream domain is designed to reflect input from multiple organizational perspectives, ensuring that Value Streams accurately represent the realities and needs of all stakeholders, not just those at the strategic level.
The domain structure supports iterative refinement through scenario testing and simulation. Changes can be modeled to assess their impact before implementation. This iterative capability reduces the effort and time required to maintain accurate and effective Value Stream documentation, making it applicable to today's fast-paced business environments.
Furthermore, the Value Stream domain incorporates a stakeholder-centric model by embedding stakeholders' roles and expectations within each phase of the Value Stream. This ensures that with links to capabilities, information, and stakeholder expectations.
The domain integrates performance metrics at each stage, creating a continuous feedback loop for measurement and optimization. It incorporates stakeholder-centric modeling by embedding roles and expectations within each phase, ensuring activities align with needs and desired outcomes.
Value Stream Stages
Value Stream Stages are the sequential steps or phases within a value stream, each contributing to the transformation of inputs into valuable outcomes for customers, stakeholders, or the Organization. They represent distinct, interdependent activities that collectively deliver value as part of the overarching value stream. Each stage is characterised by specific inputs, outputs, processes, and performance indicators that define its contribution to the value stream's objectives. While Value Streams encapsulate the end-to-end flow of activities not only focuses on efficiency but also aligns with stakeholder needs and expectations.Info
Relationship of Domain, Attributes, Elements and Sub-Elements
To understand the Relationship of Domain, Attributes, Elements and Sub-Elements, see: https://orthogramic.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OM/pages/245137488/Domain+Attributes+Elements?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNWYyMjRjYzk3MzNjNDQxNWE4NjJlZjU1NmI1ZDg5NTEiLCJwIjoiYyJ9 required to deliver a complete product, service, or outcome, Value Stream Stages focus on the granular components or steps within that flow.Value Stream domain attributes
Attribute | Description | Example |
Title | The name or title of the Value Stream | Track Inspection and Maintenance |
Description | A detailed explanation of what the Value Stream entails | End-to-end process for track inspection and maintenance activities |
Purpose | The intended purpose or function of the Value Stream within the Organization | Ensure track safety through efficient inspection and maintenance |
Owner | The individual or team responsible for the Value Stream | Track Maintenance Program Director |
| The Organization unit(s) to which the Value Stream is linked | Track and Rail Infrastructure Division |
Performance Indicators | Metrics used to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of the Value Stream | Track quality index: 96.8%, Maintenance completion rate: 94.5% |
Dependencies | Other capabilities processes or systems that the Value Stream depends on | Track measurement systems, maintenance crews, equipment availability |
Related Value Streams | Value streams that are related or linked to this Value Stream | Signal system maintenance, bridge inspection process |
Maturity Level | The current maturity level of the Value Stream | Level 4 - Quantitatively Managed |
Tools and Technologies | Tools and technologies used to support or enable the Value Stream | Track geometry cars, ultrasonic testing equipment, maintenance management software |
Compliance and Standards | Regulatory requirements and standards the Value Stream must adhere to | 49 CFR Parts 213, 214, and 237 |
Cost | The financial cost associated with implementing and maintaining the Value Stream | Annual budget: $178M for inspection and maintenance activities |
Risks | Potential risks associated with the Value Stream and its operations | Weather delays, equipment failures, workforce availability |
Improvement Opportunities | Areas where the Value Stream can be enhanced or improved | Implement predictive analytics, automate reporting processes |
Strategic Alignment | How the Value Stream aligns with the Organizations strategic goals and objectives | Directly supports safety and infrastructure reliability goals |
Value Stream stage Element
Sub-Element | Description | Example |
Stage Title | Name/title of the Value Stream stage | Track Geometry Inspection Phase |
Parent Value Stream | The Value Stream it belongs to | Track Inspection and Maintenance Process |
Description | What the stage entails | Automated measurement of track geometry parameters using track geometry vehicles |
Value Items | Specific outputs or benefits generated in the stage | Inspection reports, maintenance plans, safety certifications |
Purpose | Intended function within the Value Stream | Identify track geometry defects requiring maintenance |
Owner | Responsible individual/team | Track Geometry Program Manager |
| Associated Organization unit(s) | Track Inspection Division |
Inputs | Required resources/information | Track class data, previous inspection results, maintenance history |
Outputs | Deliverables/results produced | Track geometry exception reports, maintenance recommendations |
Performance Indicators | Metrics for effectiveness/efficiency | Inspection coverage: 98.2%, Defect identification accuracy: 96.5% |
Dependencies | Other stages/systems it depends on | Track geometry vehicle availability, weather conditions |
Related Value Stream Stages | Connected stages | Rail wear measurement, maintenance planning |
Risks | Potential risks | Equipment malfunction, data transmission failures |
Improvement Opportunities | Areas for enhancement | Real-time data analysis, automated work order generation |
Strategic Alignment | Alignment with Organization goals | Supports track safety and maintenance efficiency objectives |
Enabling Capability | Capability that enables this stage | Automated Track Geometry Measurement System |
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