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Author: Dr. Mik Kersten

Dr. Mik Kersten started his career as a Research Scientist at Xerox PARC where he created the first aspect-oriented development environment. He then pioneered the integration of development tools with Agile and DevOps as part of his Computer Science PhD at the University of British Columbia. Founding Tasktop out of that research, Mik has written over one million lines of open source code that are still in use today, and he has brought seven successful open-source and commercial products to market. Mik’s experiences working with some of the largest digital transformations in the world has led him to identify the critical disconnect between business leaders and technologists. Since then, Mik has been working on creating new tools and a new framework - the Flow Framework™ - for connecting software value stream networks and enabling the shift from project to product. Mik lives with his family in Vancouver, Canada, and travels globally, sharing his vision for transforming how software is built, and is the author of Project To Product, a book that helps IT organizations survive and thrive in the Age of Software.
July 7, 2020 Tasktop News / Value Stream

The Rise of Value Stream Management (VSM)

In 2006, I got a call from a Forrester analyst. I was in the midst of wrapping up my thesis…..

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April 2, 2020 Project to Product / Tasktop News / The Flow Framework

Announcing the Flow Framework™ Catalyst

Since publishing Project to Product at the end of 2018, one of my biggest frustrations has been seeing organizations investing…..

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April 2, 2020 Project to Product / The Flow Framework

COVID-19 Triggered the Turning Point

The pandemic affects everyone. Understanding previous technological revolutions will focus your digital strategy and help you thrive through the most…..

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March 11, 2020 Project to Product / Tasktop News / The Flow Framework

Tasktop Viz Launched, Conquering the Cost of Delay 

At Tasktop, our mission is to help enterprises and governments catalyze the shift from Project to Product, enabling them to…..

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January 28, 2020 Project to Product / Tasktop News

Announcing the Project to Product Podcast: Mik + One

Since the publication of Project to Product a year ago, it has been wonderful to witness the impact that the…..

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December 18, 2019 Project to Product

The Unicorn Project Review: Finding Flow with the Five Ideals 

A year ago Gene Kim and I were sitting at a bar in Detroit, discussing the Gemba Walk that we…..

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November 20, 2019 Project to Product

Reflections from a Year of Project to Product

Today marks one year since Project to Product was published. The book details my journey from empathizing with the frustrations…..

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October 29, 2019 Project to Product / Tasktop News

Measuring What Matters in Software Delivery: The Tasktop Viz Story

Scientific and technological revolutions have been catalyzed by breakthroughs in measurement.  From Galileo’s telescope to tunneling electron microscopes, innovations in…..

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February 7, 2019 Agile / DevOps / Project to Product / Value Stream

What Software Needs to Learn from Physical Product Delivery

In the Age of Mass Production, which began at the turn of the 20th century, we witnessed engineering organizations master…..

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