Piloting Lean-Agile hardware development

Abstract

Lean-Agile hardware development is not only possible, but brings multiple benefits. The key to apply Lean and Agile thinking in hardware development is to understand the natural development iterations, and utilize the received feedback for the maturization of the hardware. The business owners need to sit on the driver's seat, as it is crucial to understand what business benefit can be received by making the development incremental. The benefits of incremental and iterative development of hardware may be as high as with software development. This paper describes a new kind of Lean-Agile Framework for hardware development; it's background and experiences of its usage.