Books and Reprints

Knowledge Brief Packets

In 2005, Katherine began documenting best practices in a series of "Knowledge Briefs" - articles that succinctly described a key concept from lean thinking, operational excellence, product or strategy development.

Groups of Katherine's most frequently requested reprints. Printed and bound with an introduction and bibliography. 24 pages.

Lean Product Development Practices $14.95

Includes these ten Knowledge Briefs:

• Learning to See Waste in Product Development
• LAMDA -PDCA for Knowledge Workers
• Effective Value Stream Mapping in Product Development
• Anatomy of an A3
• Visible Planning
• Target Costing
• The Lean Product Development Lifecycle
• The Elusive Chief Engineer
• Implementation Strategies for Lean PD
• Leading a Lean Transformation

Lean Technology Development $14.95

Includes these ten Knowledge Briefs:

• Technology Development Streams
• Product Platform Architectures
• Set-Based Concurrent Engineering
• Platform Development Charters
• The Knowledge Supermarket
• Anatomy of a Trade-off Curve
• Technical and Market Risk in the PD Portfolio
• Metrics for Lean Technology Development
• Lean Concept Evaluation
• TRIZ for Lean Innovation

Strategic Latitude $14.95

Includes these ten Knowledge Briefs:

• Strategic Latitude
• Strategic Latitude Self Assessment
• Strategic Latitude How to Begin
• Operational Excellence vs. Adaptability
• Convergent Decision-making
• Strategic Vision and Driving Force
• High Trust / High Accountability Culture
• Adaptive Systems of People, Processes and Tools
• Customer Intimacy Intelligence
• Rapid Strategic Deployment