great blog post by Dantar Oosterwal reflecting on Dr. Allen Ward - Why do organizations expect the results Lean Product Development delivers but are unwilling to do the work?
“Do not try to bring lean manufacturing upstream to product development! “
Allen: “I’m tired of wasting my time on companies that want improvement but won’t do the hard work to get the results.”
Dantar: ‘I can assure you that we are serious about making improvement.’
Allen: “I’ve heard that before. Call me when you know what you are asking and commit to doing the work.”
result: 4-fold improvement in product development
read here