Lean Product Development Basics

This web learning experience provides an introduction to lean principles, practices and tools for strategy, technology and product development.

It is best for:

• Implementation teams who have just launched a lean product development program and who want to deepen their learnings as they complete the early phases of their projects.
• Groups who are beginning to explore lean product development but want more information before they put together a full scale initiative.
• Individuals who want to learn more about how lean product development can make them more productive personally, whether or not they are part of a lean product development team.

Sessions

• November 6, 2009: Lean PD Principles and Value Creation
• December 4, 2009: LAMDA and Other Rapid Learning Cycles
• December 18, 2009: Visual Knowledge, Obeyas and Knowledge Supermarkets
• January 22, 2010: Management by Proposal and nemawashi
• February 5, 2010: Value Engineering and the Voice of the Customer
• March 5, 2010: Set-Based Concurrent Engineering and Convergent Decision-Making
• March 26, 2010: Visible Rhythmic Processes
• April 9, 2010: The Chief Engineer

For more information on these sessions, view our print flyer.

Format

Katherine will conduct each live session personally. All sessions are on Friday mornings at 8:00 a.m. Pacific / 11 a.m. Eastern / 1700 CET for one hour.

Each session will be recorded. The recorded presentation with slides will be distributed to the participants. Each participant will have the ability to download the recording.

There will be homework assignments between each session, and Katherine is available by email to answer questions about the homework.

Join the series at any time. You will be sent the recordings you missed, and Katherine will work out a plan to catch you up on your homework.

Registration Options

• Individual Registration $495
• Team Registration - Three or More for $395 each, registered at the same time.
• Private Sessions - We can conduct private sessions for companies who want more time for question-and-answer. Contact us for more information.