This book joins the insights of experts across industry, government, and academia into a comprehensive sourcebook for lean systems engineering principles and practices. It is targeted at the practitioner who is trying to make systems engineering more effective in their organization or program, yet its scholarly underpinnings make the text very suitable for teachers. It presents a checklist and methodology that promote Lean value and waste elimination—as well as commonsense best practices, offering an honest appraisal of where lean systems engineering stands today.
About the Author
Bohdan W. Oppenheim is the founder and Co-Chair of the Lean Systems Engineering Working Group of INCOSE and leader of the development effort of Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering. Dr. Oppenheim is Professor of Systems Engineering at Loyola Marymount University. He serves as a coordinator of the Educational Network of the Lean Advancement Initiative Consortium at MIT. Previously, Dr. Oppenheim served seven years as a director of the U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Assessment Center, assessing some 125 industrial plants for lean productivity. He has consulted with Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and many other U.S. and foreign firms on lean systems engineering.
