Focusing on Customer Value with Agile Program Management

Agile Program Management has become crucial for businesses as more organizations seek solutions for faster value returns. A crucial principle of the Agile Manifesto that organizations scaling Agile must apply is the early and often flow of customer value. A value stream is a group of Agile teams and teams of teams that deliver a product or service to an end consumer. Agile delivery without alignment to customer value often leads to busyness over effectiveness, creating an illusion of value delivery. Visualizing work in progress is critical for Agile Program Management, and enterprise Kanban tools support this by providing teams with the capabilities to manage priorities and the backlog, as well as conduct ceremonies from start to finish. Additionally, a program board can connect multiple team boards to help executives and leadership visualize critical investments assigned to a value stream.