Lean Systems

"Bohdan W. Oppenheim has pulled together experience-basedinsights of experts across industry, government, and academia intoa comprehensive sourcebook for lean systems engineering principlesand practices. This book can educate those new to lean engineering, as well as provide new insights and enablers that best-in-classorganizations will want to adopt." --Dr. Donna H. Rhodes, Principal Research Scientist, SEAri and LAI, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology

"Lean for Systems Engineering is targeted at the practitionerwho is trying to make systems engineering more effective in her orhis organization or program, yet its scholarly underpinnings makethe text very suitable for teachers. Educators and trainers whowish to weave lean thinking into their systems engineeringcurriculum will find this an invaluable text." --Earll M.Murman, Ford Professor of Engineering Emeritus, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology

"At last, a book that distills years of research and scholarlyinquiry into a concise and coherent form for both the student andpractitioner. This book will become the favored guide and 'mustread' for any engineer and manager trying to establish and maintainlean practices and principles in their systems engineering/productdevelopment processes. --J. Robert Wirthlin, PhD, Lt. Col., USAF, Program Director of the Graduate Research and DevelopmentManagement Program, Air Force Institute of Technology VisitingFaculty, U.S. Air Force Center for Systems Engineering

"A vital contribution to linking lean practices to systemsengineering. I will definitely use it as a reference for my courseand writings on a value approach to product and systemdevelopment." --Dr. Stanley I. Weiss, Consulting Professor, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University

"Taking the opportunity to develop and refine the Lean Enablersfor Systems Engineering provided clear direction for LeanEngineering Accelerated Planning at Rockwell Collins. The LeanEnablers form a solid basis for Lean Product Development. Followingthis checklist and methodology promotes Lean value and wasteelimination--and commonsense best practices." --Deborah A.Secor, Principal Project Manager and Lean Master, RockwellCollins

"Bo Oppenheim has been at the forefront of lean systemsengineering for the better part of the last decade...An ardentadvocate of lean systems engineering, the author has offered anhonest appraisal of where lean systems engineering stands today.Practitioners interested in lean systems engineering will find theLean Enablers especially useful."-- Azad M. Madni, PhD, Professor and Director, SAE Program, Viterbi School of Engineering
Professor, Keck School of Medicine, University of SouthernCalifornia