Lenfle Sylvain
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Lecturer, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Researcher, Management Research Center, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France 1, rue Descartes 75005 Paris Tel : 01 55 55 84 21 Fax : 01 55 55 84 44 |
Research Areas
Project Management
Design of New Products (physical goods and services)
Innovation Management
I'm currently working on the front-end of the design process (Research, Innovation, Pre-project phase). Using inductive methodology I'm studiyng the organizational problems raised by automotive telematics for OEM, suppliers and service providers(see downloadable papers). This leads me to question the dominant model of project management which, in academic studies tends to be regarded as an adequate solution to the problems raised by innovation. My reasearch demonstrate that this tendency to equate projects and innovation can lead to the improper use of projects to manage innovation. We argue that, in line with the work on project classification, a distinction should be made between the various types of design situations to which different types of projects are suited. Our works allows us to identify the management methods suited to the most innovative projects, i.e. exploration projects for which neither technologies nor customer requirements are known at the start of the project (see the paper in the International Journal of Project Management below).
Member of the International Motor Vehicle Program at MIT.
Selected publications
LENFLE Sylvain (2010): Managing parallel strategy in projects with unforeseeable uncertainty: the Manhattan case in retrospect., EURAM Conference, Italy, Rome, 19-22 may.
INSEAD Working Paper
LENFLE Sylvain, LOCH Christoph
Lost roots: How project management settled on the phased approach (and compromised its ability to lead change in modern enterprises), 1 Novembre 2009.
LENFLE Sylvain (2009): Exploration, project evaluation and design theory: a rereading of the Manhattan case, IRNOP XI Conference, Berlin, 11-13 october.
BEN MAHMOUD-JOUINI Sihem, LENFLE Sylvain (2009) "Platform re-use: lessons from the automotive industry", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 30, N° 1, pp. 98-124.
BEN MAHMOUD-JOUINI Sihem, CHARUE-DUBOC Florence, LENFLE Sylvain, MIDLER Christophe (2009): Digging into exploration processes within established firms: Insights from two entities dedicated to enhancing radical innovation to support existing business, International Product Development Management Conference, Enschede, Proceedings of the 16th International Product Development Management Conference, Juin 2009 , pp. 132-151.
LENFLE Sylvain, MIDLER Christophe (2009) "The Launch of Innovative Product-Related Services: Lessons from automotive telematics", Research Policy, Vol. 38, N° 1, pp. 156-169.
MIDLER Christophe, LENFLE Sylvain (2008) "Expansion des produits, des usages, des marchés et dynamique du système de conception : l'exemple de la voiture communicante." in HATCHUEL Armand, WEIL Benoît [eds.] Les nouveaux régimes de la conception. Langages, théories, métiers, Paris, Vuibert , pp. 125-147.
CRG Working Paper
LENFLE Sylvain
Proceeding in the dark. Innovation, project management and the making of the atomic bomb, 11 Décembre 2008.
LENFLE Sylvain (2008) "Exploration and Project Management", International Journal of Project Management, Vol. 25, N° 6, pp. 469-478.
LENFLE Sylvain, BALDWIN Carliss Y.
From manufacturing to design : an essay on the work of Kim B. Clark. Harvard Business School Working Paper- 07-057, 1 Mars 2007.
BEN MAHMOUD-JOUINI Sihem, LENFLE Sylvain, DEROUSSEAUX Caroline (2007): New Product development in a platform-driven organization : Towards platform lifecycle management, Academy of Management, Philadelphia, 4-7 Août, Août 2007 .
MANIAK Rémi, MIDLER Christophe, LENFLE Sylvain (2007): Tracking the route of innovation across projects: insights from two case studies, International Product Development Management Conference, Porto, 9-12 juin 2007.
LENFLE Sylvain, MIDLER Christophe (2006): The launch of innovative services : lessons from automotive telematics, 13th IPDMC, Milan, June 12-13 th.
LENFLE Sylvain (2005) "L'innovation dans les services : les apports de la théorie de la conception", Economies et sociétés, série Economie et gestion de services, Vol. 39, N° 11-12, pp. 2011-2036.
LENFLE Sylvain (2004) "Peut-on gérer l'innovation par projet ?" in GAREL Gilles, GIARD Vincent, MIDLER Christophe [eds.] Faire de la recherche en management de projet, Paris, Vuibert Fnege , pp. 11-34.
GAUTIER Frédéric, LENFLE Sylvain (2004) "L'avant-projet : définition et enjeux" in GAREL Gilles, GIARD Vincent, MIDLER Christophe [eds.] Faire de la recherche en management de projet, Paris, Vuibert Fnege , pp. 11-34.
MIDLER Christophe, LENFLE Sylvain (2003) "Gestion de projet et innovation" in MUSTAR Philippe, PENAN Hervé [eds.] L'encyclopédie de l'innovation, Paris, Economica , pp. 49-69.
LENFLE Sylvain, MIDLER Christophe (2003) "Innovation in Automative Telematics Services: Characteristics of the Field and Management Priciples", Int. J. of Automotive Technology & Management, Vol. 3, N° 1/2, pp. 144-159.
LENFLE Sylvain, MIDLER Christophe (2002) "Stratégie d'innovation et organisation de la conception dans les entreprises amont", Revue Française de Gestion, Vol. 28, N° 140, septembre-octobre, pp. 89-105.
Teaching activities
Cergy-Pontoise University
Project Management
Product Policy
E-Business Strategy
Customer Relationship Management
Innovation Management
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP-EAP)
Project Management
Ecole Polytechnique
Strategic Management
Innovation Management
Education
Ph. D. in Management Science - Ecole Polytechnique, Paris,France(2001)
Title : 'Innovation-based competition and design organization in upstream industries : The Usinor case' (in french).
Supervisor : C. Midler
Master of Research in Economics and Sociology - Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France(1997).
'Agrégation' (high-level competitive examination for recruiting teachers) in Economics and Management - Ecole Normale Supérieure, Cachan, France (1995).
Ph. D. Summary
Date de dernière mise à jour : 22/06/2009