2026 Axiom Book Awards Gold Medal Winner
Tired of misalignment, friction, and stalled workflow? Flow Engineering is a practical guide to using value stream mapping techniques to align teams, unlock innovation, and optimize performance.
Based on foundations from Value Stream Mapping, cybernetics, and the Toyota Production System, Flow Engineering's lightweight and iterative practices build the value, clarity, and flow required for effective collaboration and collective action. Written by Value Stream Mapping experts Steve Pereira and Andrew Davis, Flow Engineering provides a step-by-step guide for running fast-paced mapping workshops that rapidly build shared understanding.
Using five key maps to facilitate collaborative “flow conversations,” Pereira and Davis show how teams can surface tangled process dependencies, conflicting priorities, and unspoken assumptions that grind progress to a halt. The result? A clear roadmap owned by the people doing the work to accelerate innovation cycles, optimize workflows, and achieve more effective coordination.
Applicable across any industry, Flow Engineering's techniques have helped leading organizations improve critical workflows like customer onboarding, product development, and hiring.
It's time to stop trying one-size-fits-all frameworks to find value, clarity, and flow to improve culture and performance. Flow Engineering meets your organization where it's at and shows you how to move it where it needs to go.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
List of Figures xi
Introduction xvii
PART I The Flow Landscape
1 The Problem with Scale 3
2 Solutions to Scale 17
3 The Elements of Action 29
4 Flow Engineering 35
PART II Mapping the Landscape
5 Outcome Mapping 53
6 Current State Value Stream Mapping 77
7 Dependency Mapping 109
8 Future State Value Stream Mapping 129
9 The Flow Roadmap 145
PART III Navigating the Landscape
10 Principles of Flow Engineering 165
11 Leading Flow Engineering 185
12 Traps to Avoid 199
13 Value Stream Management 213
14 Scaling Flow Engineering 227
Conclusion 249
Appendix 253
Bibliography 263
Notes 269
Acknowledgments 273
About the Authors 275
