What Counts Most With Software?
For quite some time a major question has been cropping up in my mind: Is Six Sigma’s application in software development as effecti
For quite some time a major question has been cropping up in my mind: Is Six Sigma’s application in software development as effecti

As I teach Six Sigma in my classes, I try to create projects for myself, and often it’s the same project over and over.
Six Sigma was Bill Smith’s vision for excellence in everything.
Last month I talked about the “sigma” index and how it can be used. So what could be
I’m surprised how quickly we blame a methodology for a business’s lack of performance. We’re always looking for some silver bullet to cure all ills.
The manager of a local grocery store is having dinner with his statistician friend. The store manager tells his friend about a certain cashier who is stealing from the company.
Now that we have talked about defining Six Sigma and
It’s easier to start a Six Sigma project than to close it successfully.
Repent of your wicked ways O fellow Six Sigma Heretics, or surely you shall be smitten (smoted? smited?
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