Experiential Learning of Lean Six Sigma with Marbles and Toy Cars

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Conducting experiments using marbles and toy cars is a fun way for practitioners to teach students about the use of graphical and analytical tools, and also give them a better understanding of the Six Sigma mantra to “control x, then Y will take care of itself.” With about...

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What is Strategic Project Management?

While project management takes a project from its starting point to its end, strategic project management looks at the big picture. It links the project to how it benefits the company’s efficiency and competitiveness. Strategic project management identifies and implements the organisation’s long-terms goals and objectives into the...

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Harvesting Value in Transactional Processes with Lean Six Sigma

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In an era of high competition, with many companies facing a less-than-certain future, the need to increase performance in the eyes of the customer has never been stronger. Transactional processes play a major role in any company’s interaction with the customer, which makes them excellent candidates for Lean...

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Top Ten Six Sigma Black Belt Candidate Qualities

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Whether you are a process owner, Master Black Belt or Champion, you will at some point need to interview candidates for an open Black Belt position. Or, you may be a Green Belt or quality engineer with aspirations of someday working full-time as a Six Sigma Black Belt....

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Risk Management: Objectives, Advantages And Disadvantages

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Risk Management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events. Risks can come from uncertainty in financial markets, project failures, legal liabilities, credit risks, accidents, natural causes and...

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10 Differences Between Agile and Waterfall Methodology

The traditional waterfall methodology for software development is rapidly losing its popularity as Agile methodology is now being increasingly adopted by companies worldwide for software development. Waterfall basically is a sequential model where software development is segregated into a sequence of pre -defined phases – including feasibility, planning,...

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Incorporate Agile into DMADV

Agile was once solely the realm of programming and software development. It was used widely in the U.S. military, especially the Air Force, but it moved into project management around 2000. As most quality initiatives are managed as projects, it made sense that Agile began morphing into quality...

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Project Management in the Women's World Cup

PRINCE2 is a proven and effective project management tool, used in all kinds of projects. That includes sporting events much like the highly anticipated Women’s World Cup. The 2019 tournament started in France on 7 June and is scheduled to conclude at the start of July. Every four...

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Building a Sound Data Collection Plan

Black Belts and Six Sigma practitioners who are leading DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) projects should develop a sound data collection plan in order to gather data in the measurement phase. There are several crucial steps that need to be addressed to ensure that the data collection...

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Agile and ITIL: Friends or Foes?

Today, many IT organizations are expanding their IT businesses using ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) and other valuable industry frameworks for ITSM (IT Service Management). They are focussing on improving their service quality. In addition to quality, companies are trying to build agility, with the emergence of new...

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Brewing a Better Beer with TQM

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Recently, a well-established, rapidly expanding beer company invested heavily in a modern, state-of–the-art brewing facility. The new facility dramatically improved quality and productivity, and also reduced costs through the application of new technology. As a next step, the beer company began exploring methods of achieving a further quantum...

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