Review – The Toyota Product Development System

The Toyota Product Development System

The Toyota Product Development System, James M. Morgan and Jeffrey K. Liker, Productivity Press, 2006.
Toyota’s lean manufacturing system has had a lot of press, but lean influences their product development approach as well. This book emphasizes the system aspects of their approach. Along the way it explores a variety of practices and tools: set-based approaches, use of a chief engineer, alignment, and more. I preferred this book over Kennedy as it feels both broader and deeper. (Reviewed Nov., ’06)