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Episode 169 - Moving from Value Streams to Software Profit Streams (with Luke Hohmann, Co-author "Software Profit Streams" & former SAFe® Framework Contributor)

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Episode 169: Moving from Value Streams to Software Profit Streams

Luke Hohmann, Co-author "Software Profit Streams" & former SAFe® Framework Contributor

22 March 2023

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About the Episode

Luke Hohmann is a startup founder, consultant, SAFe framework contributor and co-author of upcoming book "Software Value Streams". Luke wants to help agile teams connect their own value delivery with profit, the value that the leadership team really cares about, and set up whole organisations for success. We chatted about some themes from the book, with a gentle detour into Scaled Agile territory for good measure.

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Episode highlights:

1. A software profit stream is the necessary evolution of a value stream

Agile folk talk about value all the time but how does that map to company priorities? There are structures & systems we need to use to turn "value" into profit & meet the company’s financial goals.

2. Most books about pricing & licensing are old school and written for boomers - few of them cover software

Pricing is not a number, it’s a system, and it's a team sport. Your software solution's pricing & packaging should evolve over the product lifecycle.

3. Value is a set of relationships between nodes that impact each other

Value doesn’t occur in isolation; consider the system. if you’re building a solution to improve thing A in a positive way, but it negatively impacts thing B then the solution is intrinsically less valuable

4. Customers don’t care about your profits...

... but they do care about your ability to sustainably serve them a solution they need. But, beware! It’s possible to build too much quality and provide more than your customers are prepared to pay for.

5. Product management is an infinite game

We play games for leisure until they’re boring. At work, we serve our customers until it’s boring to the business. If we play the game well we don’t win the game, we simply win the right to play again.

Coming soon! Buy "Software Profit Streams"

Software Profit Streams cover

"Profit is your key to survival. Without profit, you cannot maintain or grow your business. Without profit, you cannot serve your customers or provide benefits to your employees. Without profit, investors have no reason to invest. Without profit, the goals of the business are unattainable. In Software Profit Streams, serial entrepreneurs Jason Tanner and Luke Hohmann unveil the essential tools and processes for creating profitable software-enabled solutions that have longterm impact."

Book link coming soon!

Check out Luke's article on startup SAFe

Not convinced by SAFe in startups? Luke wants you to think again. Check the article out here.

Contact Luke

You can catch up with Luke on his website. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn.

Luke Hohmann and me before the recording