Today marks a milestone in our countdown of the Top Ten Stupid Six Sigma Tricks. A subjective and unimportant milestone to be sure, but a milestone nonetheless—we have now reached the halfway point. Forget the New Year, this is cause for celebration.

To commemorate this trivial event, let us turn our laser focus onto more technical mistakes. So far we have been talking about systemic problems. Let’s focus now on some specific tools and how they are misapplied, leading to lost money and increased exasperation. I call this one Stupid Six Sigma Trick #5: Pop stars without clothing.

Well, O.K., not really. But would you have gotten this far if I told you that it was really Stupid Six Sigma Trick #5: Bad stats, part 1?

No! No! Wait! Don’t leave now. I promise it won’t get too dry.

For the fearless readers who are left, I’d like to talk about some specific technical errors made by Six Sigma’s technical resources—Black Belts and Master Black Belts.

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