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