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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
People sometimes tell me they’re having trouble getting their company interested in applying Lean and Agile concepts to hardware product...
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...
Lean and Agile? There seems to be some confusion about which works best for the hardware development process. This makes sense. Agile came from...
In a previous blog post, I mentioned how electronic lean/agile/kanban visual project management tools have a bigger impact on schedule that any...
Every once in a while, someone asks me for help in creating a cost justification for a Lean Project Management initiative. Budgets are usually...
Does this sound familiar? Intuitively you know visual project management software is worth the investment, but how do you effectively communicate...
Manufacturers have known for years that one of the primary tenets of Lean is to identify what the customer values, and create a way to...
At Playbook, we work with a lot of great Fortune 500 companies that are adopting next generation—lean, agile and flow—approaches to new product...
Welcome to Playbook's's blog, Lean and Agile product development blog. Running projects requires the ability to adapt to new information quickly...
