Miguel Dias Consulting

Helping teams deliver software faster with higher quality

Typical Problems

4 weeks vs 1 week delivery: Market is faster = 10% lost deals or $3M
🔥
25–50% of time firefighting = $2.5M–$5M wasted (or 5–10 engineers)
Production incidents cause 5% churn = $1.5M lost revenue

Expert-led Workshops: Quick wins in hours, not weeks

Workshop session Workshop collaboration

What You Can Achieve

+20%
capacity (no hiring)
+60%
faster delivery
−20%
production defects
On demand
releases (ex: weekly)
📅
3–5
sessions
1–2h
per session
👥
5–10
people
Large workshop group Team brainstorming

State of AI-assisted Software Development 2025
by DORA, Google Cloud

⚠️ AI Without VSM

AI risks creating localized efficiencies with no real value to the organization as a whole.

🚀 AI + VSM

AI's effect is dramatically amplified in organizations with strong VSM practices.

📈 VSM Impact
  • Higher team performance
  • More valuable work
  • Better product outcomes

Why Miguel?

Miguel Dias
Miguel Dias
Software Engineer
  • 5 VSM projects at Relex, from single teams to an entire department
  • 12 Expert-led sessions in Lisbon (Productized), Berlin (Thoughtworks), London (Projective Group), Online
  • Created the Berlin VSM community 4.7/5, 280+ members
  • 6 years, Large SaaS, Startups, Consulting, Non-profit
Trusted by Leaders At
Relex Solutions Productized Conference Naviri
Nomid Nomid
I always found Miguel excellent to work with and he added value whenever he was involved.
Mark Sadler
Mark Sadler
Program Director, Relex
(...) a good overview on areas we could improve to make the whole process more efficient
Iker Garagarza
Iker Garagarza
Director of Engineering, Relex Solutions
Miguel organized everything for us (...) join the workshops and get immediate value from them. We invested a bit, but the outcome is huge.
Jukka Palosaari
Jukka Palosaari
Director of Engineering, Relex Solutions
(...) tremendous potential was unveiled how the process of deploying changes can be improved.
Mika Schafroth
Mika Schafroth
Director of Engineering, Relex Solutions

Proposed Workshop Plan

1
Outcome Discovery
1–2h + interviews
Define improvement needs, goals, benefits, and next steps
2
Current Value Stream Mapping
2h
Visualize delivery, find and measure key constraints
3
Dependency Mapping
1h30
Connect bottlenecks to dependencies
4
Future Value Stream Mapping
1h30
Team re-designs delivery for fast flow and high quality
5
Improvement Roadmap
1h30
3 month Roadmap to achieve the Outcome: owners and progress metrics
Follow-up
Weekly support as needed
Measure progress, remove blockers, adjust as needed

Pricing

Essential
Priced to order
3 sessions
Online or In-person
Complete
Priced to order
5 sessions
Online or In-person
1
Outcome Mapping · 1h
2
Current State VSM · 2h
3
Future State VSM · 1h30
✓ Implementation Support (included) · 1h/week · 2 consultants · 1 month
→ Biweekly Flow Review (within session)
→ Ongoing guidance & unblockers
1
Outcome Mapping · 1h
2
Current State VSM · 2h
3
Dependency Mapping · 1h30
4
Future State VSM · 1h30
5
Improvement Roadmap · 1h30
✓ Implementation Support (included) · 1h/week · 2 consultants · 3 months
→ Biweekly Flow Review (within session)
→ Cross-team coordination support
→ Continuous improvement guidance
Less risk, more support Two more expert-facilitated sessions More time to reflect & discuss

Next Step: Book Your First Mapping Session (1 hour)

Define your:

🎯
Improvement
needs
📊
Goals
& success metrics
💰
Benefits
expected
🚧
Constraints
key

The Cost of Waiting

4 weeks vs 1 week delivery: Market is faster = 10% lost deals or $3M
🔥
25–50% of time firefighting = $2.5M–$5M wasted (or 5–10 engineers)
Production incidents cause 5% churn = $1.5M lost revenue
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Get results in hours, not weeks.