Accelerated Product Development

<p>In <b><i>Accelerated Product Development: Combining Lean and Six Sigma for Peak Performance,</i></b> Clifford Fiore provides the blueprint for implementing the key elements for improving the product development process. His innovative and powerful work represents the first book to couple the proven concepts of Lean and Six Sigma with the engineering processes of product development. His results, based on proven strategies and methodologies, enable companies to significantly reduce the time necessary to develop new products, dramatically reduce product cost, and improve product quality.</p> <p>Part One: The Product Development Value Proposition Chapter 1 Why Focus on Product Development? Chapter 2 Lean Fundamentals Chapter 3 Applying Lean Principles to Product Development Part Two: Launching Lean Product Development Chapter 4 Conducting Baseline Assessment Chapter 5 A Baseline Assessment Case Study Part Three: Stabilizing the Product Development Process Chapter 6 Resource and Workload Management Chapter 7 Implementing a Reuse Strategy Chapter 8 Building the Infrastructure for Product Development Part Four: Streamlining the Product Development Process</p>