Thomas Hopper wrote 7 months ago: With this post, I am stepping outside my core skills and into an area that I am less familiar with, … more →
Thomas Hopper wrote 8 months ago: I was recently asked a question that raised some good design issues. The question went “why sh … more →
Thomas Hopper wrote 1 year ago: Product development covers all activities from program initiation and concept development through th … more →
Thomas Hopper wrote 1 year ago: I recently had a conversation with a colleague about standardizing and documenting some of our work. … more →
Thomas Hopper wrote 1 year ago: If product development is about learning, then there must be at least two kinds of learning going on … more →
Thomas Hopper wrote 1 year ago: The Toyota Production System (TPS), or Lean, is widely considered a remarkable and effective system … more →
Thomas Hopper wrote 2 years ago: Product development is a learning activity, fundamentally no different than any class you’ve h … more →
Thomas Hopper wrote 2 years ago: A number of blogs that I follow are talking about a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, We … more →
Thomas Hopper wrote 2 years ago: A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Lean Product Development Implementation Summit, hosted by the … more →
Thomas Hopper wrote 2 years ago: Getting started doing something is usually fifty percent of the battle. It’s hard to start. It … more →