"All we are doing is looking at the time line from the moment the customer gives us an order

to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing that time line by

 removing the non - value added wastes" -  Taiichi Ohno, Toyota's original "father" of Lean

Lean Systems Engineering Working Group

WELCOME
Welcome to the Lean Systems Engineering Working Group public information page!

INCOSE members are also invited to visit the INCOSE Connect site of the Lean Systems Engineering Working group (the working site accessed by permission only: www.incose.org; then select Connect on the left hand side, enter your INCOSE user name and password, and finally select the Lean Systems Engineering Working Group).

LEADERSHIP
Co-Chair:   Bo Oppenheim, Ph.D., LMU|LA, boppenheim@lmu.edu
Co-Chair:   Deb Secor, Rockwell Collins, dasecor@rockwellcollins.com
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Contact Lean SE Working Group to join this Working Group (all are invited)

or for additional information.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS / MAJOR PRODUCTS

1.0 LEAN ENABLERS FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Awards:

1) INCOSE 2009 Best Product Award 

Citation: Awarded to the Lean Systems Engineering Working Group (LSE WG) for developing the new body of knowledge called Lean Systems Engineering, and a major enabling product called Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering [LEfSE], created to strengthen the practice of Systems Engineering with the wisdom of Lean Thinking. Special recognition to Bo Oppenheim, Earll Murman, and Deb Secor for leadership and coordination of the WG work with international cooperation.”

Deb Secor, Bo Oppenheim and Earll Murman receive the Award from Pat Hale, INCOSE President

2) 2011 Shingo Research Prize "for Best Research and Publication"

A collection of 147 do's and don'ts of Systems Engineering based on Lean Thinking:

The products released:

1.1 Book: Lean for Systems Engineering with Lean Enablers for System Engineering, B.W. Oppenheim, Wiley, September 2011

• Review of the book by Lawrence D. Pohlmann, Ph.D.
• E-Interview with B.W. Oppenheim, book author conducted by L. Pohlmann, Ph.D.

Book Endorsements "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, Massachussetts Institute of Technlogy   "Lean for System 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, MIT Ford Professor of Engineering Emeritus, Port Townsend, WA. "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, Air Force Institute of Technology, Program Director of the Graduate Research and Development Management Program; Visiting Faculty, US 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 common sense 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, Ph.D., Professor and Director, SAE Program, Viterbi School of Engineering; Professor, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California

1.2  Presentation Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering, Version 1.03, (pdf, 0.764 MB)

       Articles:

1.3  Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering, B.W.Oppenheim, E. Murman, D. Secor, Journal of SE, Jan. 2010 (online). Vol.14 No.1, 2011.   

1.4  Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering, five-page summary article from Cross Talk (pdf, 0.798 MB)

1.5  Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering, short articles from INCOSE INSIGHT (pdf, 0.524 MB)

1.6 Chapter 3.4.3 "Lean Systems Engineering", INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook v. 3.2, 2010

1.7 Lean SE Brochure (trifold, LETTER format.pdf, 0.859 MB) created in cooperation with INCOSE UK.

1.8 LEfSE Quick Reference Guide (8 pages, pdf, 0.268 MB)

1.9 Three-piece video with lecture by Bo Oppenheim to BAH (1 hr 37 min total), with slides intergrated:

       Part 1: http://www.vimeo.com/27269056

       Part 2: http://www.vimeo.com/27268925

       Part 3: http://www.vimeo.com/27269129

1.10 Mapping of Lean Enablers for SE onto the INCOSE 26 SE Practices Handbook (to be published as an Appendix to INCOSE Handbook, version 3.3)

1.11  Delivered the following workshops, tutorial and lectures on Lean Enablers for SE:

• INCOSE-Cedar Rapids (Oct. 2007)
• Northrop Grumman, Jan. 2009
• Am. Soc. Mfg. Engineers, Feb. 2009
• INCOSE-Israel (2), March 3, 2009
• INCOSE-Los Angeles, March 21, 2009
• Boeing Lean Conference, April 2009
• INCOSE-France, EADS and AFIS, May 26, 2009
• INCOSE-Seattle, September 2009
• The Aerospace Corporation, Sept. 2009
• Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles (6)
• Booz Allen Hamilton, Los Angeles, Oct. 2009
• INCOSE-University College London, Jan. 2010
• INCOSE IW Conference, Mesa AZ, Jan. 8, 2010
• INCOSE webinar, March 17, 2010
• Stevens Institute of Technology, Feb 17, 2010
• Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, Feb 24,2010
• Lean Management Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 22, 2010
• EuSec, Stockholm, May 23-26,2010
• Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 22, 2010
• Partners in Business, Utah State University, Sept. 29, 2010
• Leaders for Global Operations, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Oct. 2010
• Int. Conf. on Lean Enterprise Software and Systems, Helsinki, Oct. 17-20, 2010
• CETCA, RC, Rockwell Collins partner for COMAC C919, Fl, Oct.2010
• Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids (4), 2010.
• Kongsberg Defense Systems, Oslo, Norway, Nov. 23, 2010
• Industrial Forum of Kongsberg, Oslo, Nov. 24, 2010
• Politecnico di Bari, Italy, May 24, 2010
• Politecnico di Milano, Italy, May 26, 2010
• Sapienza University di Roma, May 27, 2011
• Akademia Obrony Narodowej, Warsaw, April 2011
• Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute for Systems Research, Warsaw, April 2011
• Polish Academy of Sciences, Institiute for Systems Research, Warsaw, June 2011
• Politechnika Wroclawska, May 2011
• National Research Technological University, MISA, Moscow, May 2011
• AIAA Naval Aviation Conference, September 2011, Virginia Beach, CA
• Embassy of the Republic of Poland, September 2011, WDC
  

1.12 Case Studies on Lean Enablers and Relevant Submitted Papers and Presentations on Lean and Systems Engineering

1.13 Student Competition on the use of LEfSE and A3

1.14 Short and Long Forms for Reporting Case Studies on LEfSE and Lean SE

    2.0 LEAN ENABLERS FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Inspired by the success of Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering (LEfSE), a new project has been started in January 2011 jointly by the MIT Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI), INCOSE, and Project Management Institute (PMI).  The project is to develop Lean Enablers for Project Management (LEfPM). The enablers will be based on LEfSE, and there will be some overlap between the two. The lead individuals are Dr. Joseph Oehman from MIT LAI and Mark Bowie of Boeing.  INCOSE is represented by Bo Oppenheim and Deb Secor, the INCOSE Lean SE Working Group Co-Chairs.  The expected date of completion is April 2012.  The output will be in the form of a comprehensive Report. Current project details can be found on the joint web page:  http://www.lean-program-management.org/   Please visit the site and contribute to the project success. 

CHARTER OF THE LEAN SE WORKING GROUP

Charter

HISTORY OF THE LEAN SE WORKING GROUP

History

NEXT MEETING

           INCOSE International Symposium 2012 (IS 2012), January 9-12, Rome, Italy

                Agenda:   1) Presentation of Case Studies on Lean Enablers for SE and Lean SE in general
                                2) Student Competition on the use of LEfSE and A3 Forms     

             Important Note:

                    In Rome, we are planning to present Case Studies on Lean Enablers.  Please consider     

                    preparing one or more Case Studies. A Case Study can be as short as one slide, or longer,

                    as follows:

                            ·         Several slides using the A3 Form listed under 1.13 above

            ·         A full length presentation

            ·         A full length paper

                        In each case study, list:

            ·         Enabler number and and text

            ·         Your name and (optionally) affiliation

            ·         Problem addressed with the enabler

            ·         Benefits in terms of: customer satisfaction and quality improvement; reduction of cost,

                   schedule, frustration reduction

            ·         Lagging factors and problems encountered

            ·         Comments and lessons learned

                  Please help us build a library of case studies.  Submitting a Case Study you become a

                  contributing author and your employer may approve your trip to Rome!

KNOWLEDGE BASE

Lean SE Definitions added 3 May 2007

Links and Resources Related to Lean SE and Related Sites added 4 May 2007

Lean SE Reading List added 3 May 2007

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