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,...
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...
by Carolyn Carter | Aug 31, 2020 | Improvement Success, Lean Product Development
When I was developing a presentation for the LPPDE conference last fall, I was wondering what metric to use to tie to speed of Development? I’ve always struggled with the goal of development… even after years in Lean and LPPD! Yeah, because it’s Innovation, that...
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...
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...
by Peter Palmer | Aug 15, 2019 | Exchange, Lean Product Development
The second LPPDE conference started bad for meI got a “save the date” flyer” with a magnificent photo of the venue, Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.As I really enjoyed the first LPPDE in Denver I made a print-out and marched into the office of my boss and said:...
