The value streams in AASF™ are the end-to-end paths where value is delivered to the organization during the development process. With AASF™, the value streams are funded directly in what is essentially a top down budgeting process. Each of the value streams are funded based no the expected value that a particular business area can bring to the organization that is providing the funding. The reasons for going with a top down budgeting approach is all of the following:
- Money is allocated based on expected return for the whole area allowing the leadership and those they trust to determine how to maximize the value of the development that they do.
- Giving the leadership in an area the authority to maximize returns without the delays of bottom up project approvals allows for companies to move much more quickly than competitors that are boged down by first creating guessing at what requirements will be needed over a period of time and then developing a bottom up budget that will then confine the development to what has been included in the WBS, or even agile backlog.
- Because the leadership for the different areas are in continual communication, and the organizational objectives are understood by all parties, corrdination between value streams, or even the voluntary transfer of budget resourcess occours because the organizational compensation is structured in a way that creates a desire to improve value to the organization as a whole as opposed to a focus on just the area of control.
AASF™ Requirements Planning
AASF™ Team Responsibilities
Agilest® AAPO™ - Adaptive-Agile™ Product Owner
Agilest® AASP™ - Adaptive-Agile™ Scaling Professional
Agilest® AASM™ - Adaptive-Agile™ Scrum Master