Tools for Lean Product Development

Lean product development promises to deliver significant gains in product development performance, but before teams can begin to realize these benefits, they need to identify the non value added work in their process, and decrease the amount of time that they spend on it. This workshop presents a set of leading-edge, practical tools for slashing waste and increasing speed and efficiency for any product development process.

Workshop attendees will walk away with a clear understanding of the following:

• How to identify non-value-added tasks and wasteful work habits on any development project
• How to apply lean techniques to product development that dramatically reduces time-to-market
• Use a step-by-step method for prioritizing improvement activities
• Improving the quality and efficiency of customer/team/management communication
• Maximizing utilization of scarce human and capital resources
• Supporting a culture of discipline, value-focus, and intolerance of waste