Storyboards Lend Structure and Discipline to Six Sigma

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Six Sigma’s step-by-step approach to problem solving has benefited greatly from the development of a common toolkit, project framework and terminology. That commonality, to a large extent, has made Six Sigma a business phenomenon transcending corporate and national boundaries. However, one broadly implemented element of Six Sigma project...

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Gaining and Using Six Sigma Intelligence

Six Sigma “intelligence” – the information that helps practitioners pick projects more effectively, achieve results faster and reach long-term success – comes from collecting actionable data through voice-of-the-customer research. The ultimate reason for spending valuable time, money and human resources on a Six Sigma initiative is this: the...

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Roadmap for Integrating ITIL, CMMI and Lean Six Sigma

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Several documented approaches are available for business and IT leaders to use when considering implementing the best practices of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), or the Software Engineering Institute’s capability maturity model integration (CMMI) or Lean Six Sigma as individual methodologies or frameworks. There also are some...

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How to close a project with PRINCE2

The last phase of a project is project closure. It’s here that the project is formally closed and the Project Board receive a report on its overall success. Here, you’ll find out why this process is so important and how to do it correctly. What is project closure?...

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Six Sigma Projects in the Human Resources Department

Human resources is no different than any other aspect of a business in being able to deliver Six Sigma projects with significant financial benefits to the company. Projects are directed toward the internal customer by conducting human resources functions faster and more efficiently, or toward the external customer...

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How ITIL Certification Add Value in your Career?

Certification helps a person to gain knowledge of the subject or technology from a basic to expert level and equips the person to do the job proficiently. It’s expected that the individual puts in the effort to seek insights into the subject during certification. It is essential to...

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Using the Five W's and One H Approach to Six Sigma

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5W1H (who, what, where, when, why, how) is a method of asking questions about a process or a problem taken up for improvement. Four of the W’s (who, what, where, when) and the one H is used to comprehend for details, analyze inferences and judgment to get to...

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COBIT vs ITIL: a real-life example of what these two can do

If you're thinking about ITSM implementation but you're unsure which framework you need, here, we'll try to help you by comparing ITIL and COBIT within an enterprise on a real-life example. But before making any practical comparisons, let’s briefly turn to the ‘theoretical’ difference between COBIT and ITIL....

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Integrating Lean Six Sigma into Culture Is Like a Merger

While it is essential for a company to create familiarity with Lean and Six Sigma disciplines by training employees, it is even more important to integrate Lean Six Sigma into the company change culture. Lean Six Sigma should be a key component of the organization’s change infrastructure supporting...

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Difference between PMP® and PRINCE2®

Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification exam and PRINCE2® are completely different approaches to looking at Project Management They are both complementary to each other and there is NO OVERLAP Process News recommends that a leader needs to undergo PMP® credential as well as PRINCE2® credential to become a...

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