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Value Streams

Value streams are a grouping mechanism: they organize related values, exchanges, offerings, and pipelines into named flows so a large market stays navigable. They add structure and reporting lenses on top of the actor-centric domain — the activity itself belongs to actors; a value stream is how you choose to group it.

Overview​

A value stream answers the question: "Which flow of work does this activity belong to?"

Examples:

  • Product Development — grouping the values and exchanges from ideation to delivery
  • Customer Acquisition — from lead generation to conversion
  • Order Fulfillment — from order placement to delivery

Membership is optional — an exchange or value can exist without any stream; assigning one is an organizational choice, not a requirement.

Hierarchy​

Value streams are hierarchical. A root stream can contain child streams, allowing you to group at both a high level and in detail:

General Company Stream
├── Batteries Manufacturing
├── Industrial Implementation
├── People
├── Market Development
├── Licensing Ecosystem
└── Backoffice Operations

Relationships​

  • Lead — a user responsible for the stream
  • Values — values grouped into the stream
  • Exchanges — transactions optionally assigned to the stream
  • Offerings — bundles sold within the stream
  • Pipelines — sales stages tracking deals in the stream

Visualization​

The web UI offers two views for value streams:

  • Tree view — hierarchical list with expand/collapse, search, and inline actions
  • Circle packing — D3 zoomable visualization showing the hierarchy as nested circles