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What is Kanban?

A guide to Kanban, Scrum and Gantt and what works in hardware product development.
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Lean Project Management Step-by-Step Guide

This step by step guide to Lean Project Management walks you through Lean project management, the 7 principles and why they are so ...
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Applying Agile to hardware development

Can Agile Values, Principles and Methods can be applied to hardware development? In part, yes! To meet the unique challenges...
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What is Lean product development

This guide walks you through Lean product development and why it's the business opportunity of the century.
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Visual management

Visual management makes knowledge work visible (just like the parts on the factory floor), so we can see it, react to changes better, and ...
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Cost of delay

Learn to estimate the Cost of delaying your product launch and calculate other economic sensitivities to create a model for making project ...
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Project Management Software

Lean project management software - what you need to know.
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Playbook demonstration 

Watch this video to understand the number on cause of project delays. It's not what you think. Then watch part 2 to see how Playbook solves for these issues.

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Applying Agile to hardware development

Are you wondering if Agile can be applied to hardware development? Yes, it can. This eBook will tell you how including what works, what doesn't, and recommend tested methods!

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Lean project management (Part 1)

Part 1 in this four-part on-demand webinar series on Lean project management covers queues, availability and resource utilization.

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Lean project management (Part 2)

Part 2 of Lean project management and visual work management covers, pull vs. push, correct priorities and project buffers vs. task buffers.

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Lean project management (Part 3)

Looking to improve your product development success rate? Part 3 covers, small information batches and decentralized project management.

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Lean project management (Part 4)

Part 4 on Lean project management covers, learning management and learning earlier including the architectural considerations involved in early learning.

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Cost of delay

The cost of delivering a product late to market is staggering, yet few companies measure and monitor this cost. This 20-minute video provides you with the information you need to understand the true cost of delaying a product launch.

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Calculating the cost of delay

Striking the perfect balance of scope, schedule, and cost is a difficult challenge without an economic model. According to Don Reinertsen, this is the one metric you need to know which can cost you millions in terms of profit.

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Project economics and project trade-offs

Meditating on that new product development decision? Is it worth the added time and cost to add a new feature? Find out how project economics can help you build a model for understanding the financial impact.

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Queues and batches

Understand how queues and batches effect project delivery and how to manage them effectively. Accelerate your speed to market.