Back in 2022, I wrote about the triple threat of additive, agility and automation—three forces that were already reshaping manufacturing and product development. Fast forward to 2025, and these trends ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Andrew Miller Poor ...

Initially designed for software development, agile product development methodology is now used in a variety of industries. It refers to a style of product development that is about working together, ...

The Waterfall framework and the Agile software development process are two competing software development approaches, and the two of them couldn't be more different. Here are the important highlights ...

Processes originally aimed at speedy application development are giving manufacturers the tools to build the next generation of urban-flight and space vehicles. In association withSiemens Digital ...

Manufacturing and product development touch everyone — from the freelancer in Brooklyn writing in a cafe to the farmer in the sub-Saharan desert working to irrigate fields. At any given moment, we are ...

Agile and Scrum are not competing concepts. In fact, to implement the Scrum methodology properly, you must approach it with an Agile mindset. To do Scrum right, product development teams must be Agile ...