Whittier Consulting Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 859
Camas, WA. 98607
206-274-6179

Product Development Leaders

Do you want to increase the business contribution from your organization's product development efforts?

Have you had new products that did not meet your expectations? Were they late, too costly or too resource intensive to develop? Have you considered going to outsourced development partners because it seems like the people you have can't deliver what you need when you need it?

We help you get more value from your investments in product development by increasing predictability and reliability, while lowering resource utilization to get your products to market faster.

Here is our approach:

Understand the root causes of the problems in your product development process and make specific recommendations for improvement.
Develop specific objectives and metrics for your product development improvement initiative that are tied to your particular business needs.
Support the product development improvement initiative team with targeted help to implement the changes required to achieve your objectives.

I want to take this opportunity to thank Katherine for her leadership.

I implemented each of the recommendations as she suggested and today, I see a very effective and productive team as a result.

Greg Hopton, President, AVL North America
Detroit, Michigan, USA

Resources for Product Development Executives

Lean Product Development Resource Center
Free articles, templates and examples to support your work as a lean product development leader.
Four Value Streams of Lean Product Development

This 55 minute audio CD is an introduction to the basic principles of lean product development, and how they work together to deliver more value in product development.
Lean Thinking in Front End Product Development

A CD-ROM of exclusive content to help you integrate lean thinking into the front end of product development from product strategy through concept evaluation, product portfolio balancing, charters and concept papers.
Just-In-Time Lean Product Development Cal l
This one hour session can help you assess your organization's readiness for an investment in lean product development.
Lean Product Development Kick Start Visit
Get Katherine's perspective on your organization's potential for lean product development in a short, low risk engagement. If lean product development is not the right thing for you to do now, Katherine will be the first to tell you.

Knowledge Brief of the Week

Each week, I publish a new Knowledge Brief to the Lean Product Development Resource Center. Here are the next three topics

February 10:
Lean Product Development for Advanced R & D:
Steps Towards the Fully-Realized Lean Product Development Organization

February 17:
Lean Leaders Have Their Own Problems to Solve:
Middle Managers in the Lean Product Development Organization

February 24:
Process Flow Variants:
Value Stream Maps Aren't The Only Game in Town

Ready for More?

Katherine Radeka helps you get your ideas to market faster. When you are ready to get serious about putting lean product development into practice to help you shorten time to market, increase R & D capacity or lower costs, she is ready to help.

She knows how to tailor lean product development to meet the needs of companies ranging from the Fortune 100 to family firms earning $10 - $50 million per year, in a wide variety of industries.

Her clients say that she is tough where it counts, but easy to work with and deeply knowledgeable.

Learn more about how she works at Whittier Consulting Group, Inc.