Lean for systems engineering with lean enablers for systems engineering
By: Bohdan W. Oppenheim
Series: Wiley series in systems engineering and management -- 82
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781118008898
Subjects: Systems engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electronics / General; Engineering economy; Lean manufacturing
Description: "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."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of Figures and Numbered Text Boxes.; title: Foreword.; title: Preface.; title: Acknowledgements.; title: 1. Introduction.; title: 1.1 Introducing Lean Systems Engineering and Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering.; title: 1.2 Organization of the Book.; title: 2. A Brief History of Recent Management Paradigms.; title: 2.1 From TQM to Six Sigma and Lean.; title: 2.2 Lean Six Sigma.; title: 3. Lean Fundamentals.; title: 3.1 Value.; title: 3.2 Waste.; title: 3.3 Lean Principles.; title: 3.4 The Lean Symphony of the Principles.; title: 4. Lean in Product Development.; title: 4.1 Review of Progress.; title: 4.2 The Method of Lean Product Development Flow (LPDF).; title: 5. From Traditional to Lean Systems Engineering.; title: 5.1 Successes and Failures of Traditional Systems Engineering.; title: 5.2 Waste in Traditional Systems Engineering.; title: 5.3 Beginnings of Lean Systems Engineering.; title: 5.4 Lean Systems Engineering Working Group of InCOSE.; title: 5.5 Value in Lean Systems Engineering.; title: 6. Development of Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering (LEfSE).; title: 6.1 Strategy.; title: 6.2 Development of LEfSE).; title: 6.3 Survey.; title: 6.4 Benchmarking with NASA and GAO Recommendations.; title: 6.5 Version 1.0 and Awards.; title: 7. Lean Enablers for System Engineering.; title: 7.1 Organization.; title: 7.2 Tables with Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering (LEfSE).; title: 8. General Guidance for Implementation.; title: 8.1 General Guidance for Implementing LEfSE.; title: 8.2 Early Case Studies.; title: Glossary of Abbreviations.; title: Glossary of Idioms, Colloquialisms and Foreign Expressions.; title: References.; title: Appendix 1. INCOSE Web Page with LEfSE.; title: Appendix 2. Mapping of LEfSE onto INCOSE SE Processes.; title: Author's Biography.