“The ability to learn and then apply what you learned to innovate and improve underlies great products and great organizations,” declares Jim Morgan, LEI senior advisor for lean product and process development (LPPD). Further, he asserts that learning consists of three essential phases: discovery, capture, and the successful application of that new knowledge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These statements highlight the importance of one of several guiding principles, Building in Learning and Knowledge Reuse,<\/em> identified by LEI’s LPPD team. Led by Morgan, the coauthor of The Toyota Product Development System<\/em> (2006) and Designing the Future <\/a><\/em>(2019), the team has distilled what it\u2019s learned from real-world experience and research into the principles and practices of successful development teams. By sharing the guiding principles, LEI\u2019s LPPD team aims to help other organizations worldwide improve their development processes and build a global community that will share their experiences to advance the art and science of creating new value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click here for an infographic and a quick-read summary of the guiding principles.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n See the Lean Post <\/em>and related ebook detailing other guiding principles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Explore the Principle Building in Learning and Knowledge Reuse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the video below, executives from Pall Biotech, Bella, and Caterpillar describe how they used lean product and process development principles and practices to improve their ability to learn and reuse that knowledge to improve development performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n