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Methodology Papers

Measuring Value Flows in Software Delivery with the Value System Schema

Velocity, throughput and DORA-style delivery metrics describe how work moves through a pipeline, but not what value it delivers or what anti-value it creates. This paper gives product and engineering leaders a method for modelling a software product's value system with the Value System Schema (VSS) and the VSS Editor, and for comparing planned, realized and retrospective value per release. It covers flow resistance, leakage, shared nodes such as authorisation and API gateways, roles, cadence and the limits of the approach.

value system schemaVSS Editorsoftware deliveryplanned and realized valueanti-valueflow resistanceshared servicesdelivery metrics
Victor Bolshakov · 1 Oct 2026Value 0
Methodology Papers

From Cost Centre to Value Converter: Anti-Value Conversion in Technical Support

Technical support is usually managed as a cost centre, which hides the value it creates for clients and the product. This paper restates the Æilus model of support as a chain of transformers that convert anti-value into value, gives the source's two coefficients (VAM and ACM) minimal formulas, fixes whose value they measure, and proposes a measurement protocol a support organisation could adopt.

technical supportanti-valuevalue conversionACMVAMincident managementvalue measurementservice domains
Victor Bolshakov · 1 Oct 2026Not evaluated yet

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