Title: The Lean Product Development Guidebook : Everything Your Design Team Needs to Improve Efficiency and Slash Time-to-Market Author: Ronald Mascitelli ISBN: 096626973X / 9780966269734 Format: Spiral Bound Pages: 308 Publisher: Technology Perspectives Year: 2007 Availability: Out of Stock
Description
Contents
The Lean Product Development Guidebook describes over two dozen powerful and practical methods for slashing development waste and improving resource utilization, spanning the full spectrum from inception to successful product launch. An integrated methodology for slashing time to market is presented, based on best in class practices gathered from Toyota Motor Company and many other leading firms. This book includes over 150 figures and diagrams, and is rich with real-world examples and step-by-step instructions. A comprehensive and immediately deployable approach to maximizing speed and profitability.
Acknowledgments
Introduction - About this Guidebooks
Part I : The Benefits of Lean Product Development
Section 1.1 : How Time Impacts New Product Success Section 1.2 : Learning to See New Product Development Waste Section 1.3 : A Working Definition of Value
Part II : Selecting and Prioritizing Development Projects
Section 2.1 : What Defines a Great Product? Section 2.2 : Too Many Projects, Too Few Resources Section 2.3 : A Simple Way to Manage Technical Risk Section 2.4 : Project Sensitivity Analysis
Part III : Building a Lean Product Development Process
Section 3.1 : What's Your "Organization Number"? Section 3.2 : From Silos to Gates to Continuous Flow Section 3.3 : Managing Quality, Risk, and Change Section 3.4 : Manufacturability : The "How's it Built?" Review Section 3.5 : Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning
Part IV : Establishing Product Design Requirements
Section 4.1 : Customer Perception and Product Value Section 4.2 : Must / Should / Could Prioritization Section 4.3 : An Overview of Set-Based Design
Part V : Rapid Project Execution
Section 5.1 : Exception-Driven Status Reporting Section 5.2 : Stand-up Meetings and Visual Project Boards Section 5.3 : Time-Slicing and "Project Time" Section 5.4 : Lean Scheduling and Value Milestones Section 5.5 : E-mail Rules, Lean Meetings, and Other Time-Savers Section 5.6 : Conquering Batches, Queues, and Resource Bottlenecks
Part VI : Focus on Improvement
Section 6.1 : Value-Stream Mapping and Kaizen Events Section 6.2 : The Lean Self-Assessment Tool Section 6.3 : A Proven Strategy for Deployment
Recommended Reading in Lean Product Development
Glossary
Bibliography
Index