Pros and cons of lean visual planning: Experiences from four product development organisations

International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-279

  Lindlöf, Ludvig ^a   Söderberg, Björn ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lean product development; Product development management; Project management; Visual planning

Indexed keywords

LEAN PRODUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS; HISTORICAL INFORMATION; LEAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAMS; SHARED UNDERSTANDING; TECHNOLOGY-BASED;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84857177822     PISSN: 17402832     EISSN: 17402840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTIP.2011.044614     Document Type: Article

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