Value Calculators

Cindy VanEpps

Business Agility Consultant and SAFe Program Consultant Trainer (SPCT)

One of the most powerful tools in helping people understand something is to quantify it. Rather than speaking hypothetically and abstractly about value, we have developed a set of calculators to help visualize different economic drivers that impact how the organization builds systems. These calculators provide a quantifiable way to use the parameters specific to your organization or context.

"The language of money motivates change in an organization. Using quantified scenarios is orders of magnitude more powerful than speaking in concepts and hoping people can extrapolate to the value afforded." - Cindy

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Value Calculator: Team Topologies Applied - Adding Competencies to Teams
Value Calculator: Team Topologies Applied - Adding Competencies to Teams

Golden, CO - April 18, 2021 - By Cindy VanEpps, Digital Transformation Consultant & SPCT, Project & Team

Leveraging our experiences as well as the book “Team Topologies” by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais, we provide this calculator and advisor.

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Value Calculator: Dependency Management in PI Planning
Value Calculator: Dependency Management in PI Planning

Golden, CO - March 22, 2021 - By Cindy VanEpps, Digital Transformation Consultant & SPCT, Project & Team

Dependency management, in addition to rallying around a common vision, are arguably the most impactful values from Program Increment Planning. In this calculator, you can try out different “what-if” scenarios with the key parameters that make up the economic value. Here we compare the effort to manage dependencies during the PI Planning event compared to the cost of managing dependencies outside of this event.

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Value Calculator: Finding & Testing Dependencies Early
Value Calculator: Finding & Testing Dependencies Early

Golden, CO - March 22, 2021 - By Cindy VanEpps, Digital Transformation Consultant & SPCT, Project & Team

Some of the most impactful economic value of rallying around a common visions with collaboration and collective ownership is finding and testing dependencies across teams early. Use this calculator to estimate the economic impact in your organization of late discovery and testing of dependencies.

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Value Calculator: Cost of Context-switching
Value Calculator: Cost of Context-switching

Golden, CO - March 22, 2021 - By Cindy VanEpps, Digital Transformation Consultant & SPCT, Project & Team

Uncontrolled work in progress (WIP) is often a prime “energy currency” sink in organizations. With this calculator, you can estimate the cost of using your own values. The key economic parameters are provided with common default values and ranges. Get your shocked face ready . . .

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Value Calculator: Agile for Hardware - Proxy or Wait?
Value Calculator: Agile for Hardware - Proxy or Wait?

Golden, CO - March 9, 2021 - How do we apply agile for hardware when there are long wait times for procurement or manufacturing? Use this calculator to help you make a value-based economic decision.

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