Value Streams, Not Features: Choosing EA Tooling From the Outside In

Use value streams to evaluate EA tooling from outcomes backward, connecting stakeholder value to capabilities, applications, information and change.

In this analysis

• What a value stream actually is
• Triggering versus participating stakeholders
• Cross-mapping value streams to capabilities is the whole point
• The outside-in tool requirements
• How to run the evaluation outside-in
• The takeaway

Build a value-stream-aware shortlist

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Value Streams, Not Features: Choosing EA Tooling From the Outside In — Vantograph