In this podcast Shane Hastie, InfoQ Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Betty Zakheim, VP of Industrial Strategy for Tasktop and treating software development as a value stream which starts with an idea and goes through to getting feedback from real customers. \n\nWhy listen to this podcast:\n\n - We often forget about the aspects of the requirements which are beyond the written word\n - Debunking the stereotypes of software developmentUsing the Definition of Done to encourage shifting responsibilities and agile practices left and right of the development team \n - The intent and promise of DevOps is to see the business of software development as a holistic business process from ideation through to production and feedback loops\n - The ideal stand-alone, cross-functional team is probably not possible in complex organizations\n - The currencies of communication \u2013 how we speak to each other across disciplines and how we convey information to each other across the value stream\n\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ http://bit.ly/2ouUWIy\n\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\n\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\nWant to see extented shownotes? Check the landing page on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2ouUWIy