Lean for systems engineering with lean enablers for systems engineering / Bohdan W. Oppenheim.

• Superior document: Wiley series in systems engineering and management ; 82
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Oppenheim, Bohdan W., 1948-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Wiley series in systems engineering and management ; 82.
• Physical Description: xxxiv, 294 p. :; ill.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.