The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development
by Donald G. Reinertsen · 2009
In a nutshell
Donald G. Reinertsen’s advanced treatment of lean principles applied to product development, covering flow, queues, variability, and economic decision-making. Useful for founders and product leaders scaling complex product organizations who need to improve speed, throughput, and decision quality in R&D and product delivery.
The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development
Type: Book
Author: Donald G. Reinertsen
Category: Startup methodologies / Lean product development
Slug: the-principles-of-product-development-flow-second-generation-lean-product-development
Overview
An advanced treatment of lean principles applied to product development, with a focus on improving speed, throughput, and decision quality in R&D and product delivery. Aimed at founders and product leaders scaling complex product organizations.
Features
- Applies lean principles specifically to product development rather than manufacturing.
- Explores flow in product development work and how to manage it.
- Analyzes the role of queues in development systems and their impact on speed and throughput.
- Examines variability in product development and how to handle it effectively.
- Emphasizes economic decision-making, helping teams make better trade-offs in R&D and delivery.
- Geared toward founders and product leaders working with complex product organizations.
- Focused on improving speed, throughput, and decision quality in product development environments.
- Relevant to both R&D functions and product delivery teams.
Ideal For
- Startup founders scaling product and engineering organizations.
- Product leaders and heads of R&D.
- Leaders responsible for improving throughput and decision quality in complex development environments.
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Tags
lean · product-development · efficiency
Reference
The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development — publisher / official page. Summary adapted from the Awesome Startup Books collection.
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