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What Does It Take to be a Six Sigma Black Belt?
Are Black Belts born or made? Can candidates learn the essential qualities and skills they need to become a Six Sigma Black Belt, or is Black Belt ability something that only a fortunate few naturally...
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Six Sigma and Sherlock Holmes
The fictional character Sherlock Holmes is acknowledged as a genius of deduction, a master of disguise, an expert forensic scientist, the first private detective, and even a talented bare-knuckle...
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Three Not-So-Obvious Reasons Six Sigma Projects Fail
It may surprise you to know that as many as 80 percent of Six Sigma projects fail to increase quality as much as anticipated. How is it possible that a methodology that is well-organized, intensely...
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The Human Aspect of Six Sigma: The Belt System
How well do you understand the human aspect of Six Sigma? You’ve learned about Six Sigma’s focus on improving quality. You may be familiar with some of the statistical tools and analytical models that...
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Six Sigma and Project Management: Common Ground
Corporations, government agencies and nonprofit entities have one thing in common: they are all under pressure to continuously improve their processes and increase the quality of their products and...
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Great Fails in History: What Andre Maginot Taught Us About Six Sigma
Large-scale projects executed with foresight, determination and technical brilliance that end up making the problem worse are frequently compared to the Maginot Line. Understanding this famous failure...
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Common Causes of Project Failure and How to Prevent Them
Project failure is more common than we would like to think. In spite of careful planning, strong management support and a team’s best efforts projects come in overdue, over budget and outside of scope....
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Smart Practices for Developing BPM Metrics
Companies in many different industries have discovered that Business Process Management (BPM) principles can help cut costs and increase productivity. Yet some companies are more successful at...
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How to Calculate Baseline Sigma
Tell people that you have a Six Sigma certification, and you’re likely to draw a few blank stares. Your friends and family may be in-the-know, but without a background in mathematics, most people are...
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Six Sigma and your Office Potluck
Q. What can the office potluck teach us about applying Six Sigma principles? A. Not all Six Sigma tools (or team members) will contribute equally to the project. Focusing on the essential few can make...
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