From Value Stream Maps to Digital Twins

DevOps borrowed value stream mapping and used a sliver of what it can actually do. Jack Maher, Founder of ValueStreamPro, joins Alan Shimel on Techstrong TV to argue that the manufacturing world’s original toolkit — Kanban, Lean, and value stream analysis proven since the 1950s — is ready for a digital rebirth. Jack unpacks Deterministic Process Design, his newly released framework and book, and explains how detailed value stream maps become the foundation for digital twins, simulations, and forward-looking projections that let teams unleash AI, creativity, and change with psychological and systemic safety as the core.