Services Inventory and Attributes

Services participate in Value Streams. The Services Inventory connects to the IF4IT Value Streams Inventory and Attributes through the Value Stream Participation attribute in the Strategic Attributes category. A Value Stream is the stable, stakeholder-anchored flow of value through the enterprise; Services participate in Value Streams as the deliberate offerings the Value Stream exercises to produce its outcome.

The relationship is many-to-many: a Service may participate in multiple Value Streams (an IAM Authentication Service participates in nearly every Value Stream the enterprise operates), and a Value Stream may exercise multiple Services (a Hire-to-Productive Value Stream may exercise an Employee Onboarding Service, an Access Provisioning Service, a Training Service, and a Workspace Setup Service). This relationship enables Value Stream owners to understand which Services their stream depends on and Service Owners to understand which strategic flows their Service participates in.