Value streams management
A value stream is an end-to-end collection of Value Stages that creates an outcome for a customer, who may be the ultimate customer or an internal end-user of the value stream.Prerequisites to using value streams
One option is used to display the value streams.
To activate this option:
1. In the workspace, open the Options navigation window.
2. In the tree on the left, select HOPEX Solutions > Business Process Analysis.
3. Click Value Stream Modeling and Business Functions Modeling.
Accessing Value Streams with HOPEX Business Process Analysis
To access the list of Value Streams from the processes navigation pane:
1. Select Hierarchy.
2. Expand the Value Streams folder.
The list of value streams appears.
Creating a value stream
To create a Value stream from the Processes navigation pane:
1. Select Hierarchy.
2. Select the Value Streams folder and click New > Value Stream.
The value stream creation window appears.
3. Modify the name of the Value Stream.
4. Specify the Owner.
5. Click OK.
The value chain is created and added to the list of value chains.
Creating a value stream diagram
To create a value stream diagram
1. Select the value stream that interests you and click Create Diagram.
A window opens and prompts you to choose the Diagram Type that you wish to use:
2. Select the diagram type you want to create.
• a value stream diagram, see The value stream diagram;
• a value stream to capability diagram, see The value stream to capability diagram;
For more information on a Value Stream diagram initialization with HOPEX Business Process Analysis, see Organizational Process Diagram initialization.The value stream diagram
The value stream diagram shows the sequence of the value creation steps performed, the events that occur and the conditions under which they are sequenced. It also makes it possible to assign the participants who carry out these value-creation steps to the business skills needed to implement them. This representation of a Value Stream helps to answer the following question: "What are the skills needed to implement the Value Stream?".This type of diagram makes it possible to describe precisely the company's value streams as presented in paragraph : Value Stream Example.
If the value stream is already connected to components, it is possible to initialize a new diagram by inserting the existing components.
For more information on a Value Stream diagram initialization with HOPEX Business Process Analysis, see Organizational Process Diagram initialization.The value stream to capability diagram
The value stream to capability diagram can only be used in tabular input mode.
Tabular input is available with this diagram. For more details on the use of tabular input, see Building a diagram in tabular entry mode. This diagram makes it easy to initialize a value stream diagram by creating the value stream steps and the links they have with the different business capabilities.
For more information on business capabilities see Business Capability Maps.Representing the value stream fulfillment with HOPEX Business Process Analysis
You can represent the fulfillment of a value stream by an organizational process from the organizational process concerned
To access the list of Value Streams from the Processes navigation pane:
1. Select Hierarchy.
2. Expand the Organizational Processes folder.
3. Open the Value Stream Fulfillments property page of the organizational process that interests you.
4. In the Fulfilled Value Streams section, click the New button.
5. In the creation window that opens, select the fulfilled value stream.
To represent the implementation of a value stream by an organizational process in the context of a business process, you can also use the concept of contextualization. For more details, see Representing Process Contextualization.