Why “Velocity” Isn’t Enough: Ivan Gekht on the Real Value of Value Stream Management

Agile ceremonies and backlogs won’t fix broken systems. As InformationWeek highlights in its recent feature on Value Stream Management (VSM), high-performing IT organizations are shifting focus from team-level velocity to end-to-end flow of value.

At Gehtsoft, this isn’t new.

CEO Ivan Gekht has long advocated for engineering decisions driven by flow, not rituals:

“If you can’t trace code to business value, it’s process theater.”

In our most complex projects—FinTech superapps, regulated platforms, multi-team refactors—VSM isn’t a framework. It’s survival. We analyze friction points from idea to deployment, eliminate false signals, and optimize for throughput where it matters: value delivered to the user.

Want Agile to mean results? Step out of the silo.

📌 Read the full article: Keep Processes Flowing With Value Stream Management