Six Sigma in Project Management: Methodology, Tools and Where It Actually Fits

Six Sigma Methodology DMAIC DMADV Six Sigma Principles infographic

By 2014, GE’s stock had been roughly flat for a decade. The company that Jack Welch had built into a six sigma in project management flagship was struggling to grow its industrial businesses, losing ground in technology, and eventually facing … Read more

Lean Six Sigma Principles: What the Training Slides Don’t Tell You

What is Lean Six Sigma ? Lean six sigma principles, methodology

Lean six sigma principles are one of those things that look straightforward on a training slide and turn out to be genuinely hard in practice. The principles themselves — define value from the customer’s perspective, map the value stream, create … Read more

Analyzing Data Dynamics: Control Chart versus Run Chart

Control Chart versus Run Chart in Quality Control infographic

A few years back I was part of a process review on a batch manufacturing line — the kind of situation where the control chart vs run chart distinction stops being theoretical. The quality team had been chasing a variation … Read more