tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post115365852361061272..comments2023-07-29T09:15:17.416+01:00Comments on allan's blog - Agile & Digital Business: Book review: Thinking beyond lean (Cusumano & Nobeoka)allan kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-1153775760845881882006-07-24T22:16:00.000+01:002006-07-24T22:16:00.000+01:00The car industry has one of the best exemple of su...The car industry has one of the best exemple of succesful reuse:<BR/>When a new car is launched, it uses the drive train (engine + gearbox) of the model it superseeds. That decreases the risks associated with lauching a new model.<BR/>New drive train are launched on older cars, usually as part of a mid-life lifting. Better mileage/faster acceleration etc help to bolster marketing claims of a "new car" for what is a cosmeticaly enhanced version of the same old car.<BR/>I don't know how one could adapt this to the software industry though.Remihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09515592407574455445noreply@blogger.com