Principles of Product Development Flow
Principles of Product Development Flow by Reinertsenby Donald G. Reinertsen
Ranked 11 of 24 business books by recommenders
People recommend it for its systematic, practical treatment of product development flow and queueing theory, and for being easy to digest.
People recommend it for its systematic, practical treatment of product development flow and queueing theory, and for being easy to digest.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Systematic treatment with practical queueing applications
“That is also a good book containing a few practical applications of queueing theory”
Comment from 11 Jun 2026 in “Queues Don't Fix Overload (2014)” “offers a much more systematic treatment of the topic”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: What's a book that fundamentally altered your mental models”
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| Principles of Product Development Flowby Donald G. ReinertsenThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“That is also a good book containing a few practical applications of queueing theory”
“I liked Principles of Product Development Flow a lot more because it was easier to digest”
“I find his book Principles of Product Development Flow very interesting.”
“I think Donald G. Reinertsen did a good job in his books applying Deming to the design process.”
“offers a much more systematic treatment of the topic”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.