by Bob Melvin | Jul 31, 2017 | Lean Product Development
This is a good question that we ask ourselves as we look at our busy schedules and deadlines. Can we find the time to squeeze in a few days at a conference when fires continue to rage back in the office? Let’s analyze this using the 5 Whys. Why should you attend...
by Bella Englebach | Jul 16, 2017 | What is Lean Product Development?
I’ve been attending the Lean Product and Process Development Exchange conference for several years now. I attended the first LPPDE in Denver in 2008, and while I haven’t had “perfect attendance,” I’ve made quite a few of the exchanges, in North America and in Europe....
by Peter Palmer | Jun 15, 2016 | Lean Product Development
Our website tells us that The Lean Product and Process Development Exchange, Inc. (LPPDE) is a nonprofit organization created to foster opportunities to grow and share the knowledge, expertise and experiences that help organizations use lean product development to...
by Suzanne van Egmond | Mar 17, 2016 | Lean Product Development, What is Lean Product Development?
When you would retrieve all conference agendas of previous LPPDE conferences, you would see a common denominator: visual planning methods. The reason is that many leanPD practitioners choose to first experiment with forms of visual planning for their development...
by Suzanne van Egmond | Feb 28, 2016 | Lean Product Development, What is Lean Product Development?
Why? When implementing lean in product development we should look at it from two angles. The first angle is the one that is mostly considered: we should develop products in a lean way, making the development process more efficient and effective. The second is often...