Strategies for Lean Product Development

Abstract

There are six modules into which the LAI product development research has been organized. Module I is used to provide a fundamental framework of lean and its application to product development. Module II identifies the impacts of organizational change on product development. Module III creates a more clear connection between lean and specific process steps in product development. Module IV introduces the research results that have been uncovered in the field of program planning and execution. Module V discusses the external environment relationships to the successful product development execution. Finally Module VI presents the tools and applications that have either been developed significantly researched through LAI In each of these modules overviews of the research results can be found. By no means is this an exhaustive text on the research results. The text is used to highlight and direct interest toward certain references. Instead, an exhaustive reference section (with annotation where possible) is included in each of the modules which contains not only research produced though LAI, but also contains research that has been conducted through the Center for Innovation in Product Development which directly pertains to similar topics.