Please join us for this free event, which is the first of a short series of events associated with DevOps.
Speaker
Stephen Walters
Agenda
6:30pm - Event start and registration
6:45pm - Local branch updates
7:00pm - Talk commences with Q&A
8:00pm - Networking and light refreshments
8:30pm - Event close
Synopsis
Three years ago, Dr Craig Statham, Chief Architect at SAS Institute Customer Intelligence, and Stephen Walters first started discussing Value Stream Management. Craig was looking for more insight into what it was and how it could help his DevOps Transformation. Stephen was looking for practical applications and to identify how we could advance this way of thinking and working. The result was a paper, first published in May 2023, with a new second edition available from August 2024 through the Value Stream Management Consortium. In this talk we will show the principles and scientific theory that led to the VSRA and the success with which this has been practically applied at SAS Institute, Also, how you can join the movement advancing the VSRA further through https://vsra-community.org/ and the Value Stream Management Consortium.
About the speaker
Stephen Walters
Stephen Walters is a Field CTO with GitLab and Co-author of the Value Stream Reference Architectures paper with Dr. Craig Statham and the Value Stream Management Consortium, where they are both ambassadors. A Highly experienced Value Stream Management, DevSecOps, DevOps, ALM and SDLC Subject Matter Expert with experience across end-to-end IT disciplines since 1992. Certified in Value Stream Management, DevOps, SAFe, CMMI, ITIL, TOGAF and Prince2. Stephen is now driving Thought Leadership in GitLab on Value Stream Management and Team Topologies.
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