Lean for systems engineering with lean enablers for systems engineering

"The book describes the cutting-edge field of Lean for Systems Engineering and the new intellectual product Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering, LEfSE, a comprehensive checklist of 194 practices of Systems Engineering, focused on creating value without waste in large technological programs&qu...

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Main Author: Oppenheim, Bohdan W., 1948-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.
Series:Wiley series in systems engineering and management ; 82.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: List of Figures and Numbered Text Boxes.
  • Foreword.
  • Preface.
  • Acknowledgements.
  • 1. Introduction.
  • 1.1 Introducing Lean Systems Engineering and Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering.
  • 1.2 Organization of the Book.
  • 2. A Brief History of Recent Management Paradigms.
  • 2.1 From TQM to Six Sigma and Lean.
  • 2.2 Lean Six Sigma.
  • 3. Lean Fundamentals.
  • 3.1 Value.
  • 3.2 Waste.
  • 3.3 Lean Principles.
  • 3.4 The Lean Symphony of the Principles.
  • 4. Lean in Product Development.
  • 4.1 Review of Progress.
  • 4.2 The Method of Lean Product Development Flow (LPDF).
  • 5. From Traditional to Lean Systems Engineering.
  • 5.1 Successes and Failures of Traditional Systems Engineering.
  • 5.2 Waste in Traditional Systems Engineering.
  • 5.3 Beginnings of Lean Systems Engineering.
  • 5.4 Lean Systems Engineering Working Group of InCOSE.
  • 5.5 Value in Lean Systems Engineering.
  • 6. Development of Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering (LEfSE).
  • 6.1 Strategy.
  • 6.2 Development of LEfSE.
  • 6.3 Survey.
  • 6.4 Benchmarking with NASA and GAO Recommendations.
  • 6.5 Version 1.0 and Awards.
  • 7. Lean Enablers for System Engineering.
  • 7.1 Organization.
  • 7.2 Tables with Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering (LEfSE).
  • 8. General Guidance for Implementation.
  • 8.1 General Guidance for Implementing LEfSE.
  • 8.2 Early Case Studies.
  • Glossary of Abbreviations.
  • Glossary of Idioms, Colloquialisms and Foreign Expressions.
  • References.
  • Appendix 1. INCOSE Web Page with LEfSE.
  • Appendix 2. Mapping of LEfSE onto INCOSE SE Processes.
  • Author's Biography.