VALUE STREAM AND PRODUCT OPERATING MODELS

We help improve the speed, efficiency and effectiveness of how organisations deliver value by pivoting them from being project to product aligned.

OUR CLIENT CHALLENGES

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Not all focused on the same high value outcomes.  Prioritisation in pockets gives rise to frustration and politics as everyone pursues their own top priority.

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Slow to respond due to silos and dependencies, and costly due to duplication and bureaucracy.

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Inefficient due to an orchestrator to producer ratio that is much higher than it could be.

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Disengaging for employees struggling to connect work with ultimate purpose and high friction in trying to get things done.

INSIGHTS AND CASE STUDIES

Transitioning to a product operating model

  • We supported the world’s leading investment banking Markets business in transitioning to a product operating model, working closely with teams responsible for building and maintaining their strategic trade management and pricing system in moving from being organised by capability to being organised by value streams.
  • We implemented more effective, aligned, and collaborative planning and prioritisation, resulting in a 73% increase in flow velocity over the quarter and improved outcome delivery.

Designing and mobilising a new product operating model

  • We supported Schroders Personal Wealth (SPW) with their agility journey, initially introducing agile ways of working to 100 colleagues in technology and subsequently broadening the initiative to the wider organisation.
  • We designed the value stream operating model and introduced an agile culture. This enabled SPW to deliver more value through improved delivery and a stronger focus on prioritisation of business outcomes, primarily freeing up advisor capacity to give more advice to more people and converting more clients in the sales process.
  • With our help, SPW was able to reduce marketing collateral, re-engage client prospects, increase conversion rate, and significantly improve client satisfaction.

OUR PERSPECTIVES

‘TRANSFORMED, ’ A JCURV BOOK REVIEW

April 30, 2024

‘TRANSFORMED, ’ A JCURV BOOK REVIEW The product world is abuzz with the release of Marty Cagan’s fourth book, Transformed. However, this time his book isn’t meant for product people, it’s meant for CEOs. As we move into an increasingly digital economy, ‘product’ is emerging as a disruptive competitive advantage. Those who can discover, build,…

Pivot To Product: The Power Of The North Star Metric

April 25, 2024

In the race for successful product development, speed often takes centre stage. But amid the frenzy of fast flow, it’s easy to lose sight of what truly drives value. Imagine being part of a product team, caught in the perpetual race of delivering features at lightning speed, wondering if they truly matter. In this relentless…

Pivoting to a product-based operating model: mobilising your first value stream

April 25, 2024

In today’s dynamic world, adaptability is key to survival. Traditional, rigid structures are giving way to more fluid, product-centric operating models that emphasise value delivery and customer satisfaction. In a recent point of view, we highlighted that organisations that have pivoted to a product-centric operating model are outperforming their peers by 4x. The benefits of…

Product Value Stream based Operating Models: Where are you on the journey?

April 25, 2024

Companies that are product value stream aligned  outperform their peers by 4x.  Organising by value stream enables companies to achieve faster delivery, higher quality, and higher customer satisfaction through:  When working with leaders to determine where they are on their journey to being product and E2E Value Stream aligned, we have found the below diagram…

Why Shift to Product?

April 25, 2024

Organisations are increasingly recognising the limitations of the traditional project-based approach and are instead shifting towards a product-centric model to effectively respond to the fast-paced business landscape. This transition is not merely a matter of semantics; it represents a fundamental reorientation towards sustainable value creation and customer-centricity. The shift from projects to products represents a…

How Organisations That Pivot To Product Outperform Their Peers By 4x 

January 15, 2024

In a world grappling with economic uncertainty, organisations navigating towards a product-centric model outshine peers by 4x. The shift brings agility, aligning teams to value streams, reducing dependencies, optimising workflows, and minimising management overhead. Discover the key ingredients propelling these organisations forward.

Fast Flow Conference – Lessons on How to Organise to Improve Speed to Market

June 28, 2023

A couple of weeks ago, a few JCURVers attended the FastFlow Conference – the first public event of its kind to focus on the approach and methodologies described in Team Topologies by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais. We were privileged to be joined by one of our clients, JP Morgan who shared their experience applying team topologies to…

WHAT WE DO

JCURV helps improve the speed, efficiency and effectiveness of how organisations deliver value by pivoting them from being project to product aligned.
We help transform performance by:

Running health checks with the organisations to understand strengths and areas of opportunity to improve performance via operating model changes

Upskilling and mobilising teams around Team Topologies and agile operating models

Value stream and operating model design

Change management support to transition the organisation, iteratively, to the target state

Helping organisations to build their continuous organisation design and team topologies skills so that they can continuously refresh their organisation design

LET'S CHAT

Susie Young

Managing Director

[email protected]