| | |  | Lean Product Development | Home » » » » The Lean Product Development Guidebook: Everything Your Design Team Needs to Improve Efficiency and Slash Time to Market | | | | | | | Description: | | The Lean Product Development Guidebook describes over two dozen powerful and practical methods for slashing development waste and improving resource utilization, spanning the full spectrum from inception to successful product launch. An integrated methodology for slashing time to market is presented, based on best in class practices gathered from Toyota Motor Company and many other leading firms. This book includes over 150 figures and diagrams, and is rich with real-world examples and step-by-step instructions. A comprehensive and immediately deployable approach to maximizing speed and profitability. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Ronald Mascitelli | | Spiral-bound:
| 310 pages | | Publisher:
| Technology Perspectives | | Publication Date:
| January 01, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 096626973X | | Product Width:
| 2.25 centimeters | | Product Height:
| 2.68 centimeters | | Product Weight:
| 0.02 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Enthusiastically recommended as an overview resource and guideline for design team managers everywhere.Mar 04, 2007
By Midwest Book Review
Project management professional Ronald Mascitelli presents The Lean Product Development Guidebook: Everything Your Design Team Needs to Improve Efficiency and Slash Time-to-Market, a handbook written especially for design team managers in all business fields. The focus lies upon making the product development process "lean", thereby improving both its efficiency and its effectiveness. Chapters describe how to establish product design requirements, heighten the pace of project execution, and apply self-assessment tools to keep design paradigms operating at optimal levels. The Lean Product Development Guidebook is spiral-bound, able to lay flat or be folded over on itself for easy reference, and is written in plain terms, with numerous black-and-white charts and diagrams illustrating its principles. Enthusiastically recommended as an overview resource and guideline for design team managers everywhere.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Very Practical BookJun 17, 2007
By D. Prairie
Ron has a very laid back writing style. You can tell that he has spent a considerable amount of time in the trenches and appreciates the amount of hard work and focus it takes for a successfull product development project. I would definately recomend this book for anyone serious about wanting to add tools to their product development toolbox.
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Slashing Development TimeApr 26, 2007
By Norm Raffish
This is the author's second book on product development. The first one was focused primarily on cost reduction with some material about time-to-market. In this book his focus is primarily on reducing development time through focusing on the new development team processes. Ron offers some very practical advice, and a host of easy to use tools and aids that new product development teams can adapt very easily and quickly. Ron's writing style is that of a practitioner and therefore makes reading the material easy, and is made relevant to a real world environment.
His approach of adapting some traditional lean tools to the product development situation is novel. I found his version of Value Stream Mapping for example, for a basically creative process, very useful.
While this book stands on its own, if you have not read Ron's first book "The Lean Design Guidebook," doing so would give you holistic perspective on both the time and cost factors involved in the new product design process.
Excellent book for real-life improvementsJan 26, 2010
By Craig
This book doesn't just include a bunch of "Lean" buzzwords and fluff. Instead, it includes practical analysis and steps that you can take to improve efficiency in the real world. It has an excellent section on project selection, sources of waste, and a significant number of real-world steps that can make a difference. I've read a few books on Lean product development and this one was by far the most useful and practical. Highly recommended.
very practical and useful bookAug 13, 2009
By D. Klopp
About a year ago we had a consulting firm come in and evaluate our engg department. They identified several areas where we needed improvement. Frankly, I wasn't sure where to start or what to do as I've been isolated the last 18 years with one company. I looked for some books to read and picked this one up several months ago. Many useful and practical ideas, and I've started implementing some of them. Our department is in the middle of an improvement process and I keep referring back to the book, re-reading parts. It has been a great help. What has made it so good is there is almost no theory. Just good, practical, common sense advice.
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