The Lean Product Development Guidebook: Everything Your Design Team Needs to Improve Efficiency and Slash Time to Market | 
 enlarge | Author: Ronald Mascitelli
Publisher: Technology Perspectives
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 119921
Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: 1st
Pages: 310
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 9.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 096626973X
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.5
EAN: 9780966269734
ASIN: 096626973X
Publication Date: January 1, 2007
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Product 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.
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 Very Practical Book June 17, 2007
D. Prairie
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
Slashing Development Time April 26, 2007
Norm Raffish
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
Enthusiastically recommended as an overview resource and guideline for design team managers everywhere. March 4, 2007
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
Judy Martin, Lean Champion, Los Angeles December 12, 2006
J. A. Martin (Los Angeles, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I just finished reading "The Lean Product Development Guidebook" and I am totally impressed with the practical tools and common sense tone of this book. The author makes the learning experience pleasant and even entertaining! Most of the two dozen "lean methods" described in the book can be used right away and will provide immediate benfits. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is serious about driving waste out of the product design process.
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