LPPDE
  • LPPDE EVENTS
    • Virtual Summit
      • January
      • February
      • March
      • April
    • LPPDE Webinars
    • Europe 2021 Helsinki
    • North America 2021
      • Registration
  • WHAT IS LEAN PD
  • ABOUT US
  • LPPDE BLOG
  • CONTACT
Select Page
Rowing is a team sport and so is product development

Rowing is a team sport and so is product development

by Geoff Neiley | Feb 25, 2021 | Knowledge, Lean Product Development

Rowing is a team sport and so is product development.  Why is this an important idea? A couple years ago I read the book The Boys In The Boat (Danial James Brown, Penguin Books, 2014) and I learned about the concept of “swing.” Swing is when all eight oarsmen are...
Coronavirus Vaccine: Lean Development Principles in Action

Coronavirus Vaccine: Lean Development Principles in Action

by Durward K. Sobek II | Jan 15, 2021 | Exchange, Improvement Success, Knowledge, Lean Product Development

A Covid-19 vaccine has sped to public distribution in record time, four times faster than the fastest vaccine development to-date.  How did it happen? Not without the efforts of thousands of researchers, engineers, technologists, factory workers, delivery drivers, and...
Chalmers and the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge

Chalmers and the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge

by Peter Palmer & Göran Gufstafsson | Oct 28, 2020 | Exchange, Improvement Success, Knowledge, Lean Product Development

The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge (https://www.worldsolarchallenge.org/) is an Australian race for solar powered vehicles which has been run for over 30 years. From the premiere in 1987, 15 races have been run, the latest in October 2019. The distance is 3000 km,...
Better is the enemy of good enough

Better is the enemy of good enough

by Geoff Neiley | Oct 27, 2020 | Exchange, Knowledge, Lean Product Development

As engineers, we are trained to solve problems. We are thought to break down problems into smaller parts and seek the root cause of the problem. We are taught a range of analysis skills.  Following the scientific method, we begin to postulate solutions and invent...
How do you identify the best solution to your problem?

How do you identify the best solution to your problem?

by Göran Gufstafsson | Jul 29, 2020 | Improvement Success, Knowledge, Lean Product Development

Lean Product Development stresses the importance of exploring the whole solution space, i.e., to become aware of every possible solution to our problem so that we can thoroughly investigate and compare them all. Using creative as well as systematic techniques, we can...
Using the LAMDA cycle to create value for customers

Using the LAMDA cycle to create value for customers

by Peter Palmer | Jun 23, 2020 | Knowledge, Lean Product Development

The Lamda Cycle Allen Ward describes the model in his excellent little book titled The Lean Development Skills Book from 2002. You could say it´s a variant of PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) more suited for Product Development. It is simple and ingenious: Look – Go look at...
« Older Entries
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
2021 LPPDE inc