Towards Bridging the Value Gap in DevOps

The DevOps movement, which combines software development with information technology operations, enables the more frequent delivery of changes to a software system. Adopting DevOps practices is seen as enabling the ability to deliver more. But is the more that is getting done actually of value to the end user or to the producing organization? In this paper, we describe how the ideas of value streams are being applied to software development and how more systematic handling of features is key to enabling an increased focus on the delivery of value.