The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development

In 1983, while a consultant at McKinsey & Co., he wrote the landmark article in Electronic Business magazine that first quantified the financial value of development speed. His 1997 book, Managing the Design Factory, was the first book to describe how the principles of Just-in-Time manufacturing could be applied to product development. He currently teaches public seminars throughout the w

"Reviewing as I read along, love it so far" according to Brett L. Schuchert. I got this book on 201Reviewing as I read along, love it so far Brett L. Schuchert I got this book on 2014/06/17 and I've read into Chapter 3.Chapter 1 is somewhat different from the other chapters in that rather than being a series of principles, it provides an overall view of practice orthodoxy and how many of these closely held beliefs are based on secondary or proxy variables. The chapter continues with an overview of several examples and then summarizes and discusses where things are going in the rest of the . /06/17 and I've read into Chapter Reviewing as I read along, love it so far I got this book on 201Reviewing as I read along, love it so far Brett L. Schuchert I got this book on 2014/06/17 and I've read into Chapter 3.Chapter 1 is somewhat different from the other chapters in that rather than being a series of principles, it provides an overall view of practice orthodoxy and how many of these closely held beliefs are based on secondary or proxy variables. The chapter continues with an overview of several examples and then summarizes and discusses where things are going in the rest of the . /06/17 and I've read into Chapter 3.Chapter 1 is somewhat different from the other chapters in that rather than being a series of principles, it provides an overall view of practice orthodoxy and how many of these closely held beliefs are based on secondary or proxy variables. The chapter continues with an overview of several examples and then summarizes and discusses where things are going in the rest of the . .Chapter 1 is somewhat different from the other chapters in that rather than being a series of principles, it provides an overall view of practice orthodoxy and how many of these closely held beliefs are based on secondary or proxy variables. The chapter continues with an overview of several examples and then summarizes and discusses where things are going in the rest of the . Challenges Orthodox Thinking On Every Side Amazon Customer I won't repeat what others have said except that this new standard on lean product and software development challenges orthodox thinking on every side and is required reading. It's fairly technical and not an easy read but well worth the effort.For the traditionalist, add to cart if you want to learn:- Why prioritizing work "on the basis of project profitability measures like return on investment (ROI)" is a mistake- Why we should m. A breath of fresh air Trevor Crosse This book is a refreshing read. Product developers have normalized and internalized bad practices for so long that it's often impossible to see why we so often fail. Too many fundamentally bad ideas have become so ingrained that we often forget to examine them. Things like phase gated project management and 'full utilization of resources' are taken for granted as much as the air we breath. When things do go wrong managers usually tr

The book provides a well-organized set of 175 underlying principles in eight major areas. Reinertsen starts with the ideas of lean manufacturing but goes far beyond them, drawing upon ideas from telecommunications networks, transportation systems, computer operating systems and military doctrine. Not just a little wrong, but wrong to its very core." So begins Reinertsen in his meticulous examination of today's product development practices. He carefully explains why invisible and unmanaged queues are the underlying root cause of poor product development performance. "the dominant paradigm for managing product development is wrong. This is another landmark book by one of the foremost experts on product development.. He shows you practical methods to:Improve economic decisionsManage queuesReduce batch sizeApply WIP constraintsAccelerate feedbackManage flows in the presence of variabilityDecentralize controlThe Principles of Product Development Flow will forever change the way you think about product development. He combines a lucid explanation of the science behind flow with a rich set of practical approache

Don't read it if you are content with business as usual! ----Andrew Flint, Microsoft Hardware . If you've enjoyed Don's previous books as much as I have, you're guaranteed like this one. At Accuer, our business depends on helping successful product developers become even better. It provides a vast number of very solid principles that could make a big difference for almost any product development organization, from beginners to the most advanced. Paulson, President Accuer, Inc.This book challenges an awful lot of fash