Flow Item Analyzer

Introduction

After you’ve modeled your artifacts, you can begin using the Flow Item Analyzer. The Flow Item Analyzer is a centralized location for flow items, providing an "all-artifact" view where users can examine all open and done artifacts within their value stream.

Accessing the Flow Item Analyzer

Click the Flow Item Analyzer tab.

Upon first opening the Flow Item Analyzer, you'll see a list of all the artifacts in your value stream and data for each artifact such as artifact type, project, state, age, Flow Time, and close date.

For an explanation of each data point, see below.

Note: Please be aware that the Flow Item Analyzer excludes out-of-scope artifacts (e.g., artifacts that have been archived or moved to another project), which may result in a discrepancy between the data displayed in the Flow Metrics and the Flow Item Analyzer.

• Name: This is the name of the artifact.
• Flow Item Type Icon: This is the icon that represents the Flow Item Type of the Artifact.
• Type: This is the Artifact Type name from the source tool/project.
• Project: This is the project name from the Product Modeling.
• Status: This is the status pill is made up of two sections, the icon and the tool state.
  • The sorting for this column is based on the string version of these values. For example:
    • Waiting - On-hold
    • Active - In Progress
    • Done - Done
  • Icon legend:

    	Used for any tool state that is mapped to the Done Flow State
    	Used for any tool state that is mapped to the Canceled Flow State
    	Used for any tool state that is mapped to the Active Flow State
    	Used for any tool state that is mapped to the New Flow State
    	Used for any tool state that is mapped to the Waiting Flow State

• Age: This is the Flow Load age. It is the total age of the artifact based on the definition of Flow Load — for example, the duration from the time the artifact first moved into an Active or Waiting state to today. Once the artifact reaches a Done state, the Age value will appear blank and Flow Time and Close date will be populated.

• Flow Time: This is the Flow Time for the artifact and is based on the definition of Flow Time — for example, the duration from the time the artifact first moved into an Active or Waiting state to when it moved to a Done state. If an artifact is still open, the Flow Time value will appear blank. The Flow Time column and the Age column are mutually exclusive.

• Close: This is the date the artifact was detected by Viz as having moved to a Done or Canceled State. The format is MMM DD, YYYY.

Filtering Flow Items

For a more granular view of the artifacts in your value stream, you can filter by Name, Close Date, Flow Item Type, Status, Project, Age, and Flow Time.

            

            

Exporting a Flow Item Report

If you'd like to further examine and share flow items internally, you can download a list of flow items as a CSV file. 

To export your flow items, click the download icon.

Note: The exported file will mirror the filters and data that appear on your screen.

            

            

The exported CSV file contains these columns:

• Name: This is the artifact name
• Link: This is the URL for the artifact link
• Flow Item Type: Feature, Defect, Risk, Debt, Supporting Artifact
• Type: This is the Artifact Type name from the source tool/project
• Project: This is the project name from the Product Modeling
• Flow State: New, Active, Waiting, Done
• Status: This is the artifact state from the tool
• Age: Flow Load Aging value
• Flow Time: blank or numeric value
• Close: This is the date the artifact was detected by Viz as having moved to a Done or Canceled State in the format of MMM DD, YYYY