Re: Value Chain Mapping

Arien Malec <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.programming.software-in-process
Message-ID <[email protected]>
--- "Bill Wake <[email protected]>" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm taking a stab at one in about a week.
Please share! 

> One part I'm not so clear on:
> 
> Suppose that when I have code I want to deploy, it must go through a 
> review board first. 
> 1. You have to schedule your review two weeks before the meeting you 
> want to be reviewed in.
> 2. Your review must happen at least two weeks before deployment.
> 
> At some level, this puts two 2-week delays in place. But what you do 
> is do step 1 when you _think_ you're two weeks away. Usually you'll 
> win the bet and be ready for review; occasionally you'll miss and 
> take a month hit. 
> 
> How do you represent this in the value stream map?

I'd either assume median case, or average case. For average case, estimate the
proportion of time that you get it wrong, and weight the time spent by that
proportion.

Arien

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