Summary of Mik Kersten's Project to Product

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Get the Summary of Mik Kersten's Project to Product in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: As tech giants and startups disrupt every market, those who master large-scale software delivery will define the economic landscape of the 21st century, just as the masters of mass production defined the landscape in the 20th. Unfortunately, business and technology leaders are woefully ill-equipped to solve the problems posed by digital transformation. At the current rate of disruption, half of S&P 500 companies will be replaced in the next ten years. A new approach is needed.

In Project to Product, Value Stream Network pioneer and technology business leader Dr. Mik Kersten introduces the Flow Framework—a new way of seeing, measuring, and managing software delivery. The Flow Framework will enable your company’s evolution from project-oriented dinosaur to product-centric innovator that thrives in the Age of Software. If you’re driving your organization’s transformation at any level, this is the book for you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 13, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669344285

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#1

The BMW Group is an automobile manufacturer that has been using Agile and DevOps methods to produce its cars.

#2

The Age of Software is unique, with its own set of challenges and problems that must be solved. However, it can learn from the mistakes of previous technological revolutions and adopt the same rhythm that they did.

#3

The first part of this book will teach you about the four different types of software and how to deal with them, and also the Deployment Period of the Age of Software.

#4

The Age of Software is upon us, and every business leader needs to figure out how to deal with it. This book is not about business strategies for dealing with disruption, but the problem is no longer that companies are unaware of their vulnerability to it. In 2017, non-tech Fortune 500 companies made more investments in technology companies than technology companies did.

#5

The BMW Group Leipzig plant in Germany is an awe-inspiring place. My hosts are Rene Te-Strote and Frank Schäfer. Every part of the building has some practical aspect related to manufacturing and value delivery.

#6

The author visited a BMW plant in Germany to learn about the latest trends in manufacturing. BMW is a great example of how companies are transitioning from the Age of Mass Production to the Age of Software.

#7

The shifts caused by the Age of Software are already affecting every business, from primary industries such as energy and resources to secondary industries such as manufacturing.

#8

The fourth industrial revolution