7 Deadly Sins of Six Sigma
Does Six Sigma guarantee business success?
Of course not.
Like any other quality strategy, it’s not an off-the-shelf total solution it all depends upon how you implement it. With proper Black Belt training, personnel discover how all the tools of Six Sigma can be linked together for effective project resolution.
However, if you view Six Sigma as simply the next step in a string of never-ending, limited-time quality initiatives, you’ll be facing an uphill battle. So what are the seven deadly sins of Six Sigma or in other words, what should you avoid if you are looking for successful Six Sigma implementation:
- Not building an effective Six Sigma implementation strategy
- Trying to implement a one-size-fits all metric within Six Sigma (Organizations should choose the best metric for each project situation.)
- Trying to “go it alone,” using their own training material when implementing Six Sigma
- Having weak, uncommitted leadership
- Failing to recognize the need for a supporting infrastructure
- Not committing Black Belts 100 percent of the time
- Pursuing poorly defined projects that are too broad in scope
Do you recognize any of these in your company? If so what do you plan to do about them? Care to add some more items to this list?
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By Data Governance on August 21st, 2007 at 10:51 pm
I’m not sure if you’ve seen this one, but it relates to your item #4 above:
http://blogs.sun.com/dlacher/resource/dilbert200611295196.jpg
Interestingly enough, I posted an article a while back Data Governance projects fail. If you click on my name (Data Governance) above, it’ll take you to my listing of 8 reasons why Data Governance fails.
By Data Governance on August 21st, 2007 at 5:51 pm
I'm not sure if you've seen this one, but it relates to your item #4 above:
http://blogs.sun.com/dlacher/resource/dilbert20...
Interestingly enough, I posted an article a while back Data Governance projects fail. If you click on my name (Data Governance) above, it'll take you to my listing of 8 reasons why Data Governance fails.