Electronics

How does a great idea get from concept to cash? The nirvana of building great systems is making each great idea the focus so that the people, process and tools making it a reality are all working in harmony. From specification to design to build, test and deployment we follow a typical idea through its lifecycle so that we can keep focus on the system-level view rather than sub-optimization of the parts.

In this video we will discuss the challenges large systems builders face and key approaches for addressing them. We will look into the key challenges that make complex systems development so complex. While some may appear to be impediments to the adoption of Lean and Agile practices at the first glance, it is even more critical to apply Lean and Agile where cost of error may be incredibly high.

Product Line Engineering (PLE) and Lean/Agile share common goals – faster delivery and lower cost with better quality. PLE organizes people in a factory that produces the products in a product line from engineering assets shared across the portfolio. Lean/Agile organizes people in cross-functional, self-managed teams and teams-of-teams, which, at scale, are called value streams. Both approaches strive to reduce the handoffs, delays, and rework that occur when organizations mis-utilize their engineers and developers.