
86 • Lean Product Development: Make it Work!
reserve in case the ones under research don’t pan out. en it was time for
the business teams to gure out where to focus rst.
e group then developed a series of A3s to guide the business through
the process of converging on a plan (Figure7.2).
• Pull Factors and Business Opportunities: Each value stream’s pull
factors get consolidated onto an A3.
• Value Stream Priority Projects: e projects for a value stream,
shown in priority order, go on an A3 that is tied to the pull factors.
is A3 shows how each proposed project would address the value
stream’s pull factors, along with how much tech ...