Value Streams Inventory and Attributes

The Value Streams Inventory and Attributes document is one of many Noun Type inventories in the IF4IT Enterprise Inventory Management taxonomy. Each inventory in the taxonomy governs a distinct class of enterprise asset, relationship, or construct — and each contributes its records and relationships to the Enterprise Model that connects them all. The Value Streams Inventory holds a particular place in that taxonomy: it is the inventory of how value is delivered, and it gives every other inventory — capabilities, applications, processes, organizational units, vendors, data, regulatory obligations — a flow of value to which their contents can be connected. The full catalog of recognized Noun Types and the guidance for building and maturing a complete enterprise inventory program are documented in the IF4IT Enterprise Inventory Management Best Practices document.

The content of this document — including all attribute categories, attribute definitions, maturity designations, governance guidance, and structural recommendations — represents the IF4IT’s current best thinking for building and governing a Value Streams Inventory. Everything presented here is a suggested baseline, not a mandate. No attribute is required. No category is mandatory. No structural pattern is enforced. Enterprises are explicitly encouraged to adapt, extend, and reshape everything in this document to match their specific context, vocabulary, regulatory environment, industry, and organizational maturity. The IF4IT does not guarantee that the attributes and guidance presented here are complete, exhaustive, or applicable to every enterprise in every context. Practitioners are the experts in their own organizations — use this document as a starting point, not a ceiling.