Agile for Hardware (CHA)

This training is all about Lean and Agile practices for hardware product development and engineering. During this two-day course you will use Lean-Agile methodologies to accelerate time to market, enhance flexibility, improve product quality, foster innovation, boost collaboration and employee satisfaction.

By combining theory with real world cases, you will learn to apply the principles and methods to your own context. Among the discussed topics are:

• Reducing time to market

• Design approaches that enhance Agility (including eXtreme Manufacturing and Hardware MVP for 3D printers, CNC routers, laser cutters Augmented Reality)

• Increase flexibility to handle changes in requirements and markets

• Improve product quality

• How to ignite innovation

• Achieve predictability in project outcomes

• Boost close collaboration among technical and business people

• Increase employee engagement and satisfaction

Agile for Hardware (CHA) is suitable for hardware professionals from all industries. Especially professionals who are involved in developing hardware products and/or products that combine hardware and software design. Among past attendees were Engineers, Project- and Line managers, Senior executives and Inventors / innovators.

Course program

Day 1 - From Lean/Agile fundamentals to design and project management

• Introducing Lean-Agile fundamentals

• Design for Agility

• Agile Project Management

Day 2 - Knowledge on applying Lean-Agile to develop complex products,

focusing on partners, compliance and scaling up

• Working with external vendors and suppliers

• Lean-Agile and compliance

• Scaling up Agility and adding complexity

Anyone may participate in this training. Of course, it is important that you work with hardware products or that you want to learn more about this topic.