Not that long ago multitasking used to be considered a valuable skill. Thankfully that belief has been proven wrong, but for some reason a lot of...
Not that long ago multitasking used to be considered a valuable skill. Thankfully that belief has been proven wrong, but for some reason a lot of...
One of the most difficult things about making process improvements is knowing where to start. Doing the wrong thing is a waste of time and money, and...
Are you on track to hit your next project milestone?
Most project teams hold status meetings once every two weeks. But have you ever considered that...
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Two teams are going to race on the same project. One team planned their work for 90% loading (36 hours per...
Recently, we had the fortunate opportunity to talk to our second Playbook customer about the successful completion of their large and complex...
Having a working knowledge of the core principles of Lean Agile product development is critical to your project's success. For example, do you know...
A fundamental principle of Lean is smooth, continuous flow. Turbulence is caused any time that the flow of work is interrupted by something in its...
Self-empowered teams is a common goal for many companies. But most of the people we talk to feel it’s only a dream, or requires too much work to...
The goal of developing new products is profit. And even though we intuitively know it's important to get to market sooner, do you really understand...
We created a 9 minute video that shares two paradigm shifting ideas around what causes late projects. Here is the video, and why we did it...
The first attempt to implement Lean product development is critical. If you don’t get it right, there will be more resistance on the next attempt....
I often hear companies use the excuse that their culture is preventing them from adopting Lean product development, or making other positive changes....
In my previous blog post I introduced two of Don Reinertsen’s books and explained how they contained dozens and dozens of great ideas around Lean and...
My last blog post was about an example of great packaging design from Girl Scout Cookies, and I pointed out that we can learn Lean and Agile lessons...
In the previous two blogs I made a compelling case for Lean Product Development being the business opportunity of the century, and then gave an...
In this post, I want to share an incredible case study that demonstrates the unexpected results that can be achieved when you apply the proper set of...
People sometimes tell me they’re having trouble getting their company interested in applying Lean and Agile concepts to...
You probably weren’t surprised last week when we shared lean product design examples from Elon Musk. But did you ever think you would learn about...
One of the topics that frequently arises when I'm talking to someone about lean product development is the concept of failing fast. They usually tell...
There seems to be some confusion about which works best for the hardware development process. This makes...
In a previous blog post, I mentioned how electronic lean/agile/kanban visual project management...
Visual management allows you to have tangible everyday conversations about the work in progress -- it makes work visible. It's such...
Does this sound familiar? Intuitively you know visual project management software is worth the investment, but how do you effectively communicate the...
Manufacturers have known for years that one of the primary tenets of Lean is to identify what the customer...
At Playbook, we work with a lot of great Fortune 500 companies that are adopting...
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