Your center for information and ideas to accelerate lean product development.

  • I liked hearing other people's questions, sharing their A3s, and sharing their own experiences. There was an A3 on the topic and the class stayed on topic--Katherine kept it organized.
    Tom Carbone
    Lean PD Champion - Fairchild Semiconductor
  • I liked hearing other people's questions, sharing their A3s, and sharing their own experiences...There was an A3 on the topic and the class stayed on topic--Katherine kept it organized.
    Tom Carbone
    Lean PD Champion - Fairchild Semiconductor
  • We learned how to look at product development in a different way. . .We learned there is no universal solution, you have to take general principles and then customize them to your own needs.
    Jacek Dutkiewicz
    Product & Market Development Mgr - Buckeye Technologies
  • Katherine Radeka's "LPD Basics" class helped us jump start our lean product development program at Nielsen-Kellerman.
    Michael Naughton
    Engineering Manager - Nielsen-Kellerman
  • The Lean PD Basics course came at the right time . . . We wanted to improve our R & D operations and this course brought us the clarity to move from theory into concrete implementation.
    Jorrit De Groot
    Lean PD Champion - Vaisala

What's in the LPDRC?

Knowledge Briefs

Over 100 Knowledge Briefs - short articles that drill into one aspect of lean product development, written in the form of Knowledge Capture A3 Reports. These articles make the best available knowledge about lean product development accessible, actionable and easy to read.

Upcoming Knowledge Briefs

Every week, Katherine posts a new Knowledge Brief to the LPDRC. Since Katherine often writes Knowledge Briefs to respond to immediate client needs, this schedule may change.

Thu, June 20, 2013
Root Causes vs Band-aids: Why Traditional Lean Approaches Don't Improve the Transition to Production

Presentations and Multimedia

We post our latest public presentations along with a growing collection of short videos and audio recordings to dive more deeply into lean product development principles and practices.

Templates and Examples

Templates and example documents that illustrate how to use A3 reports, roadmaps, checklists and other key documents within a lean product development process. Members have the ability to modify and share these templates to avoid the waste of reinvention.