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The Lean Product Development Best Practices is a book about the successful implementations and application of lean thinking in ten leading global companies.
This is the first book entirely dedicated to the evidence of a practical use of lean product development, that is complemented only with the overview of lean thinking, and with the introduction of the Lean Innovation Model, which was used to collect, document and structure the best practices in a consistent manner across all 10 industrial cases.
The collection of best practices from:
An entire chapter dedicated to lean thinking fundamentals. Reader is taken on a journey from the most common challenges found in product development, through rise of lean manufacturing, to the lean product development and the key contributions.
The simple framework for lean thinking implementation to innovation, product development or R&D. Based on years of research and successful implementation cases, the framework provides guidance in the navigation through uncertain and unknown waters.
Ten chapters dedicated entirely to successful implementations and practical application of lean product development in then leading global companies. Each chapter includes the background story of each company, its lean journey, as well as tools, approaches and methods it applies to lean-out the development process.
The reader will find these chapters filled with practical advice and examples, described through dozens of illustrations and complemented with vivid descriptions for each application. Each chapter also includes the lessons learned and the impact that lean implementation had, and is having on their business.
The decision and initiative to write this book came from the many conversations with numerous professionals, passionate to know more. To know more about lean. About lean in innovation, product development and R&D. To know what other companies, other industries and other individuals are doing to become better innovators, faster to market, more effective in learning, to optimize and stabilize development processes, to provide more customer value, to reduce waste, to achieve greater sustainability, to understand where the trends are moving, to roadmap where to go next, and to identify the best practices in lean product development.
Therefore, this book came to life because of curious people like yourself, driven to continuously improve. We hope this book with its colorful illustrations, diagrams and tables will positively complement your understanding of lean product development and impact the way you apply it. For those who are new to lean product development, we hope you will find not only the inspiration to embark on your lean journey, but also the practical ideas and models that will help you guide the implementation in your organizations.
We would love to hear what you think about the book, what you found the most insightful, the most interesting and what new did you discover.
