Accelerating Innovation

by Marvin L. Patterson

With intense global competition jeopardizing the existence of even successful companies, managers are desperately seeking new ways to develop products that expand market share. Accelerating Innovation... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0442013787
• ISBN13: 9780442013783
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The "Information Factory" knowledge work as production

Patterson re-iterates many commonly understood program management principles here, but he also launches a very perceptive discussion of knowledge work as an "information factory" in which information can and should be treated as physical products are in a normal factory. Concepts that can productively be applied include the value of Work In Process, total cycle times, and the cycle time reduction model used by Toyota to increase productivity. A must-read chapter for anyone managing knowledge work!