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Learning First Product Development: Michael Kennedy, author of the seminal book on Lean Product Development, worked to distill the theory of Lean Product Development into a practical system that could be implemented easily within the context of any company’s current product development practices. By way of simplistic overview of the Learning First system, by first gaining understanding of the limits of technical applications, subsequent technical decisions and tradeoffs can be made from the standpoint of knowledge. Knowledge based decision-making stands in contrast to the wishful thinking that characterizes common ‘best practices’, and that dooms many product development projects to costly late project loopbacks and rework. Learn first, and then design.

This knowledge-centric product development system deploys the very best of Lean Product Development, while putting it into both system and process contexts. This implementation roadmap removes the roadblock that had stalled the Lean PD early adopters. When fully deployed, Learning First Product Development enables, in fact encourages, lots of innovation without presenting risk to the goal of on-time project completion and time-to-market.
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