Lean Product Development
Project Governance and Cancellation
Well-executed project governance, and timely cancellation of projects when necessary, prevents unprofitable projects and misallocation of resources.
Read MoreRestructuring A Project Portfolio with Qualitative Analysis
Project portfolio analysis can continuously optimize the product development project pipeline and corresponding resources.
Read MoreAI enabled Product Validation and Competitiveness
Performing validation as a continuous process focused on completeness and correctness of requirements helps ensure an optimized design and process
Read MorePerforming validation as a continuous process focused on completeness and correctness of requirements helps ensure an optimized design and process
Read More“I consider one of my core responsibilities in running companies to have an environment where great engineers can flourish.” Below is a link to a video where Elon is elaborating on his product development thought process. https://youtu.be/Jgw-_hlFQk4?si=gjKQtYs1Y08oKXRP Summarized in 5…
Read MoreWhat is Lean Product Development (Part I)?
Lean product development might mean different things to different organizations, but let’s start with the 5 principles of lean manufacturing and see how it can be applied to the product development process. Manufacturing Value Stream 1. Specify value 2. Identify the…
Read MoreWhat is Lean Product Development? (Part II)
In my last article the high level goal of lean product development was established as follows: Develop products that maximize customer value and minimize product cost, in the least amount of time, and at the least amount of product development cost. Let’s…
Read MoreWhat is Lean Product Development (Part III)
In my previous article, we established some high-level objectives for lean product development as follows: These might be considered “enterprise” level objectives…some or all of the objectives might be part of a product development organizational strategy depending on it’s size or…
Read MoreA Scalable Model for Lean Product Development
In my previous article we established the lean product development goal statement as: Develop products that maximize customer value and minimize product cost, in the least amount of time, and at the least amount of product development cost. We then derived high-level objectives…
Read MoreCritical Thinking for Product Development
Previous articles have covered product development tools and methodologies such as lean product development, agile, design for six sigma, product life cycle (PLC) and project management processes. In this article, lets consider “the product” being developed any hardware product, software,…
Read MoreRecent Posts
- Project Governance and Cancellation September 21, 2025
- Restructuring A Project Portfolio with Qualitative Analysis September 15, 2025
- Leveraging Systems Engineering Concepts In Operations September 9, 2025
- AI enabled Product Validation and Competitiveness August 20, 2025
- Validation Ensures the Right Product Is Designed & Developed (illustrated) August 4, 2025
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