# Integrated problem solving

> > The second practice automotive companies use to achieve conceptual integrity is to use **integrated problem solving** to assure excellent technical information flow. As we noted earlier, Clark and Fujimoto's research showed that conceptual integrity is a reflection of the integrity of the upstream and downstream technical information flow in the product development process. Product development is a system of interconnected problem-solving cycles, and frequent problem-solving cycles that effectively span upstream and downstream engineers are common practice in automotive companies with high product integrity. --Chapter 6, Lean software development (book)

> The second practice automotive companies use to achieve [conceptual integrity](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Conceptual%20integrity.txt) is to use **integrated problem solving** to assure excellent technical information flow. As we noted earlier, Clark and Fujimoto's research showed that conceptual integrity is a reflection of the integrity of the upstream and downstream technical information flow in the product development process. Product development is a system of interconnected problem-solving cycles, and frequent problem-solving cycles that effectively span upstream and downstream engineers are common practice in automotive companies with high product integrity. --Chapter 6, [Lean software development (book)](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Lean%20software%20development%20(book.txt))