Six Sigma and GE: A Story of Successful Implementation
GE’s tryst with Six Sigma started in 1995 when CEO Jack Welch made it a corporate goal to be a Six Sigma company by 2000. He led from the front and …
Continue ReadingSix Sigma Explained in Plain English - What Exactly Is Six Sigma?
Six Sigma can be a number of things: a metric or a management system depending on how it is applied. It is used for quality control, focusing mainly …
Continue ReadingUnderstanding Project Management Deliverables - Tips on Managing and Monitoring PM Deliverables
Often, a new project manager may have difficulty differentiating between a project’s goals, phases, and deliverables. What are project management …
Continue ReadingUnderstanding the Need for Project Control
The project with no set monitoring or control will fail. That may be hard to hear but if you’re a project manager, the need for project control is …
Continue ReadingAn Analysis of the Relationship Between CMMI vs Six Sigma
A comparison of CMMI vs Six Sigma shows that while both CMMI and Six Sigma are improvement-oriented initiatives with many overlaps, there exists …
Continue ReadingSix Sigma Discredited: What the Experts Say
Believe it or not, there are those who don’t like the Six Sigma methodology. Jean Scheid looks at examples of Six Sigma discredited by both users and …
Continue ReadingThe Association of Motorola and Six Sigma in 1980s and 1990s
Motorola developed the concept of Six Sigma in the 1980s as a quality improvement tool aimed at reducing workplace defects. The relationship between …
Continue ReadingThe DMAIC Process as the Core of Six Sigma Procedure
The Six Sigma procedure aims at definition, measurement, analysis, improvement, and control of the required manufacturing or business process. Read on …
Continue ReadingSix Sigma For Small Companies: Is It Possible?
As the owner of two small businesses, when seeking the answer is Six Sigma for small companies possible, I found many who believed it wasn’t, mostly …
Continue ReadingScrum Best Practices Guide - Understanding Scrum
Scrum is a type of Agile project management methodology. In this series, Ronda Levine has discussed various aspects of the Scrum project management …
Continue ReadingDisadvantages of CMMS - Do Not Let CMMS Turn into a Downside
The disadvantages of CMMS are that it involves training of all staff using the system, especially getting them to understand why particular records …
Continue ReadingDo You Know the Top Five Project Management Buzzwords?
Buzzwords - we hear them every day. But, oftentimes, we have NO idea what the project manager is referring to. So, to help you navigate industry …
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