Thinking Beyond Lean: How Multi Project Management is Transforming Product Development at Toyota and O - Hardcover

Cusumano, Michael A.; Kentaro, Nobeoka

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684849186 ISBN 13: 9780684849188

Publisher: Free Press, 1998

Synopsis

Illustrates the benefits of multi-project management

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About the Author

Michael A. Cusumano is Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management. A leading expert on the strategic management of technology, Professor Cusumano is co-author of Microsoft Secrets and the author of The Japanese Automobile Industry and Japan's Software Factories.

Review

Daniel Roos "co-author of "The Machine that Changed the World" Based on over a decade of research, "Thinking Beyond Lean" is a pragmatic, insightful examination of how companies should approach their overall product development strategy. Warren Seering"Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of The MIT Center for Innovation in Product DevelopmentIn this worthy successor to "The Machine That Changed the World," Cusumano and Nobeoka persuasively document how leading companies have achieved significant advantages by shifting emphasis from development of individual products to delivery of coordinated product streams. Readers will especially welcome the authors' efforts to evaluate practices for deploying core functional components, technical knowledge, and multi-project management capabilities across sets of development projects. "Thinking Beyond Lean" should be read by production, marketing, and financial managers -- in fact, anyone concerned with product development. Edward Hoffman"NASA Senior Manager for Project Management Development"Thinking Beyond Lean" is truly a rarity -- a book which deals with the actual challenges of project management, and which will make practicing project managers and senior leaders think in new ways. Through a focus on multi-project management, Cusumano and Nobeoka provide insight into project portfolio planning, product innovation, technology transfer, and rapid development. The book provides a broad opportunity to learn how performance and growth can be dramatically improved. Daniel Roos"co-author of "The Machine that Changed the World"Based on over a decade of research, "Thinking Beyond Lean" is a pragmatic, insightful examination of how companies should approach their overall product development strategy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0684849186
• ISBN 13: 9780684849188
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272