Get your lean product development work off to the best possible start - or see how you can make your company's product development even better.

An Initial Consultation will give you an independent, expert analysis of your organization's current needs and driving forces behind your work to improve product development performance. You will receive specific recommendations about the alternatives that are most likely to deliver the performance improvements that you need.

An initial Consultation can help you understand which lean product development path is right for you:

• If lean product development will work for you, Katherine's observations and recommendations will help you develop an implementation strategy and set realistic goals.
• If the conditions are not yet right for success with lean product development, Katherine will explain the actions that will clear away the barriers so that your lean product development program will succeed.
• If you have low-hanging fruit to pick before diving into a full-scale lean product development implementation, she will make recommendations about where to focus your initial efforts.

Katherine Radeka is the only lean product development consultant who has the experience and flexibility to help you tailor lean product development to meet your needs. Unlike many other consultants who expect you to conform to their rigid models, she helps you make lean product development work for you.

The Initial Consultation Includes:

• Pre-visit assistance with identifying interviewees, arranging Non-Disclosure Agreements, scheduling and communication to the interview participants.
   
• One to three day site visit, including:
  • Kick-off session to explain lean product development and the assessment process to the members of your team.
  • A series of confidential 1:1 or group interviews with members of your development staff, following a structured interviewing process.
  • Summary of findings and recommendations presented informally to your product development leadership team.
  • Final meeting with the Initial Consultation sponsor to give direct, candid observations and guidance for how to move forward.
• Phone interviews with people who work at other locations, or who are not available for the assessment visit.
   
• Katherine conducts all interviews and sessions personally.
   
• 100% of the fee is creditable against the next engagement if you agree to a consulting project within 60 days of the assessment visit.

Investment

The investment for an initial consultation ranges from $7,500 to $20,000 depending upon the size of the R & D / product development organization.

How to Begin

Contact us to set up a phone call to see if an Initial Consultation is the best way for you to get started with lean product development.