Lean for Systems Engineering with Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering / Edition 1

by Bohdan W. Oppenheim

Overview

"Bohdan W. Oppenheim has pulled together experience-based insights of experts across industry, government, and academia into a comprehensive sourcebook for lean systems engineering principles and practices. This book can educate those new to lean engineering, as well as provide new insights and enablers that best-in-class organizations will want to adopt." —Dr. Donna H. Rhodes, Principal Research Scientist, SEAri and LAI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"Lean for Systems Engineering is targeted at the practitioner who is trying to make systems engineering more effective in her or his organization or program, yet its scholarly underpinnings make the text very suitable for teachers. Educators and trainers who wish to weave lean thinking into their systems engineering curriculum will find this an invaluable text." —Earll M. Murman, Ford Professor of Engineering Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"At last, a book that distills years of research and scholarly inquiry into a concise and coherent form for both the student and practitioner. This book will become the favored guide and 'must read' for any engineer and manager trying to establish and maintain lean practices and principles in their systems engineering/product development processes. —J. Robert Wirthlin, PhD, Lt. Col., USAF, Program Director of the Graduate Research and Development Management Program, Air Force Institute of Technology Visiting Faculty, U.S. Air Force Center for Systems Engineering

"A vital contribution to linking lean practices to systems engineering. I will definitely use it as a reference for my course and writings on a value approach to product and system development." —Dr. Stanley I. Weiss, Consulting Professor, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University

"Taking the opportunity to develop and refine the Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering provided clear direction for Lean Engineering Accelerated Planning at Rockwell Collins. The Lean Enablers form a solid basis for Lean Product Development. Following this checklist and methodology promotes Lean value and waste elimination—and commonsense best practices." —Deborah A. Secor, Principal Project Manager and Lean Master, Rockwell Collins

"Bo Oppenheim has been at the forefront of lean systems engineering for the better part of the last decade...An ardent advocate of lean systems engineering, the author has offered an honest appraisal of where lean systems engineering stands today. Practitioners interested in lean systems engineering will find the Lean Enablers especially useful."— Azad M. Madni, PhD, Professor and Director, SAE Program, Viterbi School of Engineering; Professor, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118008898
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/19/2011
Series:	Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management , #82
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Bohdan W. Oppenheim is the founder and Co-Chair of the Lean Systems Engineering Working Group of INCOSE and leader of the development effort of Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering. Dr. Oppenheim is Professor of Systems Engineering at Loyola Marymount University. He serves as a coordinator of the Educational Network of the Lean Advancement Initiative Consortium at MIT. Previously, Dr. Oppenheim served seven years as a director of the U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Assessment Center, assessing some 125 industrial plants for lean productivity. He has consulted with Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and many other U.S. and foreign firms on lean systems engineering.

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Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xix

List of Enablers and Subenablers in Chapter 7 xxiii

List of Figures and Numbered Text Boxes xxxiii

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Introducing Lean Systems Engineering and Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering 1

1.2 Organization of the Book 6

2 A Brief History of Recent Management Paradigms 9

2.1 From TQM to Six Sigma and Lean 9

2.2 Lean Six Sigma 13

3 Lean Fundamentals 14

3.1 Value 14

3.2 Waste 15

3.3 Lean Principles 17

3.3.1 Principle 1: Value 17

3.3.2 Principle 2: Map the Value Stream 17

3.3.3 Principle 3: Flow 20

3.3.4 Principle 4: Pull 21

3.3.5 Principle 5: Perfection 21

3.3.6 Principle 6: Respect for People 22

3.4 The Lean Symphony of the Principles 22

4 Lean in Product Development 25

4.1 Review of Progress 25

4.2 The Method of Lean Product Development Flow (LPDF) 28

4.2.1 Introduction to LPDF 28

4.2.2 Lean Manufacturing: A Refresher 29

4.2.3 Overview of LPDF 30

4.2.4 Integrative Events 33

4.2.5 Selecting the Project Schedule 34

4.2.6 Mapping the Value Stream 35

4.2.7 Project Leadership and Management 38

4.2.8 Project Room 40

4.2.9 Closing Remarks about LPDF 40

5 From Traditional to Lean Systems Engineering 42

5.1 Successes and Failures of Traditional Systems Engineering 42

5.2 Waste in Traditional Systems Engineering 44

5.3 Beginnings of Lean Systems Engineering 49

5.4 Lean Systems Engineering Working Group of INCOSE 50

5.5 Value in Lean Systems Engineering 51

6 Development of Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering (LEfSE) 54

6.1 Strategy 54

6.2 Development of LEfSE 55

6.3 Survey 58

6.4 Benchmarking with NASA and GAO Recommendations 59

6.5 Version 1.0 and Awards 59

7 Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering 64

7.1 Organization 64

7.2 Tables with Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering (LEfSE) 67

7.2.1 Lean Principle 1: Value 67

7.2.2 Lean Principle 2: Map the Value Stream (Plan the Program) 85

7.2.3 Lean Principle 3: Flow 116

7.2.4 Lean Principle 4: Pull 164

7.2.5 Lean Principle 5: Perfection 169

7.2.6 Lean Principle 6: Respect for People 204

8 General Guidance for Implementation 247

8.1 General Guidance for Implementing LEfSE 247

8.2 Early Case Studies 249

8.2.1 Rockwell Collins, Incorporated (RC) 250

8.2.2 Thales Aerospace, France 251

8.2.3 Rafael, Israel 251

8.2.4 EADS and AFIS 252

8.2.5 Early Results from a Study by E. Honour 252

8.2.6 Toyota 253

Glossary of Abbreviations 254

Glossary of Idioms, Colloquialisms and Foreign Expressions 256

References 259

Appendix 1. INCOSE Web Page with LEfSE 265

Appendix 2. Mapping of LEfSE onto INCOSE SE Processes 267

Author’s Biography 281

Index 283