In today’s business environment enterprises react to changing conditions with the implementation of Lean Production Systems (LPS). But changing conditions are not only effecting the production. The role of product development is becoming increasingly important to the overall business success. Many enterprises react by designing specific Lean Development concepts. As there are different approaches to design concepts, enterprises have to decide which approach to follow. This paper presents the approach, which takes LPS as the basis, considering the circumstances of the development process and transfers it to the development process to design a Lean Development concept. It is demonstrated how the transfer of the LPS-principles based on VDI 2870 would affect the development process.
