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Managing Technology and Product Development Programmes
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Managing Technology and Product Development Programmes

by Peter Flinn
May 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
296 pages
8h 7m
English
Wiley
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Appendix BToyota Product Development System 13 Principles and Their Cross‐Referencing

(Derived from The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process and Technology – James M. Morgan and Jeffrey K. Liker)

No. Principle Description (from Morgan and Liker) References in main body of book
Process
1 Establish customer‐defined value to distinguish value‐added activity from waste. Waste takes the form of untimely or incorrect engineering information. Ch. 4 – value proposition, satisfying a range of customer needs Ch. 6 – identifying customer needs Ch. 8 – validate against customer requirements Ch. 9 – product sign‐off
2 Front‐load the product development process when there is maximum opportunity to explore alternate solutions thoroughly. Cross‐functional collaboration is needed early in the design process to make sure that later rework, due to poor decision‐making in the early stages, is prevented. Ch. 2 – cost of problem resolution, early problem detection Ch. 3 – technology maturity concepts
3 Create a levelled product development process flow. A value‐stream map should connect important milestones to decisions, information flow and critical meetings – key integrating events. Ch. 5 – goal‐directed management, value‐stream mapping, managing, and monitoring projects Ch. 9 – planning and decision making, flow of information Ch. 11 – working collaboratively
4 Utilise rigorous standardisation to reduce variation, and create flexibility and predictable ...
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