This is Part 7 in a series of posts discussing Cost of Delay and making objective decisions in new product development, based on economic analysis.
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This is Part 7 in a series of posts discussing Cost of Delay and making objective decisions in new product development, based on economic analysis.
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People sometimes tell me they’re having trouble getting their company interested in applying Lean and Agile concepts to...
The most obvious difference between hardware and software is that hard goods cannot be undone, twisted, adapted and adjusted at the same rate, or...
You probably weren’t surprised last week when we shared lean product design examples from Elon Musk. But did you ever think you would learn about...
One of the topics that frequently arises when I'm talking to someone about lean product development is the concept of failing fast. They usually tell...
New product development and innovation are the lifeblood of your company. This series explores innovation and what can happen when project teams...
Creating great products involves problem-solving at every stage of development.Sometimes the barriers faced by the team seem insurmountable and the...
As engineers we are empowered to create great things - develop innovations that change the world. In order to make these innovations a reality, we...
This is a guest post by Kathy Morrissey from Strategy 2 Market, a Playbook partner that specializes in new product development consulting for medical...
There seems to be some confusion about which works best for the hardware development process. This makes...
This series is a comprehensive review of Agile and how to apply Agile to hardware product development.We look...
At the end of each year we compile our list of the top ten Lean and Agile posts. Here’s 2016’s.
So grab a glass of egg nog, make your way to your...
So how do you make hardware development more Agile? In this part, part 5, we examine Agile's 3 and...
Welcome to Playbook’s Three Lean Product Development Links. Why are projects late? We spend a lot of time thinking about this very question at...
Component procurement time, component cost, and the variety of skills needed on most hardware development projects are greater and represent in our...
Lean methods and Agile principles recognize that it’s almost impossible to get anything absolutely right the first time. Testing and iterating are...
We agree. Hardware product development is different than software. So when we apply Agile principles, we need a different approach.
At PLAYBOOK we spend a lot of time thinking about how to speed up Lean product development projects. In fact, that’s mostly what we do. We take this...
In a previous blog post, I mentioned how electronic lean/agile/kanban visual project management...
We had a chance to talk to Robert Pendergrass, Engineering Manager, about SensorLink's experience with Playbook.
SensorLink develops advanced...
Making the trade-off between scope, schedule, and cost, and making decisions that maximize the top-level goal of making a profit is at the heart of...
Have you ever imagined what it would be like working in a company where you were literally supporting 3 to...
Visual management allows you to have tangible everyday conversations about the work in progress -- it makes work visible. It's such...
Welcome to Playbook’s Three Lean Links. Innovating quickly is on the top of everyone's agenda. But streamlining your hardware development process to...
Looking to refine your hardware development process? Here are 7 Lean and Agile principles to refine your process and deliver projects faster...
What is Lean Product Development? The Lean landscape is confusing because there are many flavors of Lean. But here is our definition...
What is Lean project management?
Lean is any process improvement that substantially improves the throughput of your system, sustainably.
So, it is...
What is cost of delay? Understanding Cost of Delay is the key to making product development decisions based on economic loss or gain. In fact, the...
Resource leveling is the process of using a company's resources in the most efficient way possible. To some, high efficiency is the same as high...
Welcome to Playbooks’s three Lean Product Development links. Innovation is on everyone's minds. It's a primary driver of company profit. Here are...
Let’s face it. No one likes change. Lean and Agile transformation isn’t for the weary or weak. It goes way beyond investing in Visual Project...
In the spirit of celebrating the best of the best, here are our top six gold medal blog posts of 2016. Happy reading...
It's critical to capture the objects impacted by a risk in order to understand risk exposure, as well as...
Great teams deliver great products. To win the game of product development, you need methods that inspire team thinking and teams that know how to...
Looking to create flow and improve your delivery timelines? In this post we share 3 free Lean training resources, including our on-demand webinar...
This post is a bit off the topic of Lean, but totally on topic for everyone interested in integrated product development. The changes taking place...
Whether you’re trying to quit biting your nails, snacking late at night, or transforming your culture to Lean, change is tough. For the latter it...
Let’s face it, Lean project management isn’t a topic that drums up a whole lot of interest in social settings.
This is generally what happens when I...
Welcome to Playbook’s Three Lean Product Development Links. Can Agile be applied to hardware development? It can. Here are three Lean links that...
Does this sound familiar? Intuitively you know visual project management software is worth the investment, but how do you effectively communicate the...
At Playbook we are always looking for innovative ways to make projects move forward faster, while increasing project...
So what makes a great product development team? Here are three Lean links that will make you rethink your approach to "team!"
Visual project management is critical for creating flow in your Lean product development projects. If you are working with manual project boards,...
Looking for some new material on Lean thinking? This week we have a smorgasbord of big ideas from Don Reinertsen, Michael Balle and the Lean...
This is a guest post by Richard Lindstrom from eBOM, a Playbook partner based in Sweden. Richard attended the LPPDE conference in Raleigh, North...
Playbook has several FREE resources available for rapid Lean product development training. On-demand webinars, eBooks, templates, training courses...
Manufacturers have known for years that one of the primary tenets of Lean is to identify what the customer...
This is a guest post by Richard Lindstrom from eBOM based in Sweden. eBOM provides cutting edge Lean consulting for R&D companies like SenSair,...
Due to the popularity of our blog series on Applying Agile to hardware new product development projects, we decided to create an easily shareable...
Evaluating risks starts by defining and understanding a project’s objectives. If there aren’t any objectives,...
This week we look at project risk and embracing uncertainty. Is a project team's ability to embrace uncertainty the key to success? After reading...
Recently I came across an article on the Dummies.com website comparing the traditional Waterfall method (Phased and Gated) to the...
In this post we explore why it's time to do product development differently and introduce you to an apporach that works, Exploratory PD® (ExPD). ExPD...
Are you firefighting and multitasking to stay on top of your work? Are you wondering how to establish clear, correct and common priorities in your...
At Playbook, creating velocity in product development projects has been our passion for 18 years. As a result, we’ve analyzed Agile and other product...
Looking to stimulate more innovation and agile problem solving in your organization? This week we explore methods for...
There is no doubt project management methods have evolved and the traditional Phase Gate or...
It makes sense that if you increase speed to market, you increase profit. Unfortunately, organizations are struggling to move hardware development...
Welcome to PLAYBOOK’s blog series: Three Lean Product Development Links. This week we cut straight to the chase with the three most popular blog...
Welcome to PLAYBOOK’s blog series: Three Lean Product Development Links. To deliver a great product, you need a great team. This week's Lean Links...
Davy, the project manager sat alone. Distressed. He leaned over the project plan as he had done so many meetings before, squinting, trying to read...
Welcome to PLAYBOOK’s blog series: Three Lean Product Development Links. One of the key Principles of PLAYBOOK’s Lean Project Management method is to...
This is a guest post by Therese Graff from Strategy 2 Market, a Playbook partner about the importance of planning in Lean product development....
Welcome to PLAYBOOK’s blog series: Three Lean Product Development Links.
Welcome to PLAYBOOK’s blog series: Three Lean Product Development Links. This week we focus on great reads - our favorite lean product development...
Welcome to Fall and to PLAYBOOK’s Three Lean Project Managment Links blog series.
We curate Lean project management links from around the web and...
Welcome to Fall and to PLAYBOOK’s Three Lean Project Managment Links blog series.
We will be curating Lean Project Management links from around the...
I heard recently some people in software development were proposing that there be ‘no projects’, because ‘projects’ create batches and stifle project...
David Paulson, our CEO was recently interviewed by Chad McAllister on his blog, "The Everyday...
We are looking forward to the LPPDE Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, September 23-24 next week! For those of you that can't make it we will be...
Our value added reseller, eBOM, based in Sweden is attending LPPDE Europe and has shared some interesting images and insights into what’s happening...
This is a guest post from Strategy 2 Market, a Playbook partner based in Chicago. Strategy 2 Market provides Lean New Product Development consulting...
This is a guest post by Mary Drotar from Strategy 2 Market, a Playbook partner that specializes in new product development consulting for medical...
Playbook is excited to be a sponsor of LPPDE North America. Today we will be live blogging much of the conference. LPPDE showcases thought leaders in...
Our value added reseller, eBOM, based in Sweden is attending LPPDE Europe and has shared some interesting images and insights into what's happening...
The series explores the relationship between Lean Startup Principles, Knowledge Based Product Development, and Project Risk Management, and how they...
There has been a lot of discussion about Lean Startup principles and whether they apply to hardware...
Product development should be fun, exciting, predictable, and of course profitable too. We also believe it is possible to have schedules that satisfy...
Gaining a strategic advantage through statistics and mathematical analysis is changing the game of product...
At Playbook, we work with a lot of great Fortune 500 companies that are adopting...
Being an Aerospace Engineer by training, I find some parallels from time to time between product development systems and flight systems. One that I...
I am so glad I can say that I did not miss the CU New Venture Challenge Pitch Night held in Boulder this evening. It was an evening of creativity,...
Welcome to Playbook's's blog, Lean and Agile product development blog. Running projects requires the ability to adapt to new information quickly and...
I heard recently some people in software development proposing that there be "no projects," because projects create batches and stifle flow. Being a...
Hello world! This is my first entry into the blogging business. I hope to have many great discussions with you. Please allow me to introduce myself....
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