Comments for biopm, llc https://biopmllc.com Improving Knowledge Worker Productivity Sat, 05 Jun 2021 19:18:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Comment on The First Six Sigma Project by Approaches to Lean Six Sigma Deployment – biopm, llc https://biopmllc.com/strategy/the-first-six-sigma-project/#comment-80 Sat, 05 Jun 2021 19:18:07 +0000 https://biopmllc.com/?p=1105#comment-80 […] Select the right projects and leaders and provide training and coaching (The First Six Sigma Project) […]

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Comment on Starting Lean Six Sigma by Approaches to Lean Six Sigma Deployment – biopm, llc https://biopmllc.com/strategy/starting-lean-six-sigma/#comment-79 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 03:23:13 +0000 https://biopmllc.com/?p=953#comment-79 […] Understand the reason to bring in the methodology and assess organization’s readiness (Starting Lean Six Sigma) […]

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Comment on Making Employee Training Effective by Lean Six Sigma Training for Continuous Improvement – biopm, llc https://biopmllc.com/organization/making-employee-training-effective/#comment-78 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 18:38:22 +0000 https://biopmllc.com/?p=1055#comment-78 […] Previously, I discussed training and coaching considerations in LSS deployment in The First Six Sigma Project and recommended customized training in Making Employee Training Effective. […]

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Comment on The First Six Sigma Project by Lean Six Sigma Training for Continuous Improvement – biopm, llc https://biopmllc.com/strategy/the-first-six-sigma-project/#comment-77 Thu, 01 Apr 2021 02:13:49 +0000 https://biopmllc.com/?p=1105#comment-77 […] I discussed training and coaching considerations in LSS deployment in The First Six Sigma Project and recommended customized training in Making Employee Training […]

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Comment on Creating Better Strategies by The Missing Information in Business Metrics – biopm, llc https://biopmllc.com/strategy/creating-better-strategies/#comment-76 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 03:34:07 +0000 https://biopmllc.com/?p=1061#comment-76 […] 1. For more discussion on “go out and look” (aka Go Gemba), see my blog Creating Better Strategies. […]

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Comment on Understanding Process Capability by The missing information in business metrics – biopm, llc https://biopmllc.com/operations/understanding-process-capability/#comment-75 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 02:18:35 +0000 https://biopmllc.com/?p=1196#comment-75 […] people who use performance metrics or statistics.  I discussed some specific mistakes in using process capability indices last July.  A more general problem is that statistics can hide the information we need to […]

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Comment on How is your Lean developing? by Understanding Variation – biopm, llc https://biopmllc.com/strategy/how-is-your-lean-developing/#comment-74 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 01:45:58 +0000 https://biopmllc.com/?p=1129#comment-74 […] Six Sigma by many consultants, many organizations prefer Lean to Six Sigma (see my earlier blog “How is your Lean developing” for potential pitfalls in replying on simple Lean tools).  The lack of appreciation of the […]

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Comment on Projects on Schedule by Project Management Skills and Capabilities – biopm, llc https://biopmllc.com/strategy/projects-on-schedule/#comment-73 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 03:19:08 +0000 https://biopmllc.com/?p=1204#comment-73 […] Secondly, to ensure project success, project sponsors and members should have the PM skills to perform their roles effectively.  Otherwise, the project managers have to spend much time doing technical project management, unable to focus on the big picture – the business and strategic value.  When project sponsors do not know how to manage projects at the strategical level, their management practices can lead to project problems or failures that even the best project managers cannot prevent.  I touched on some of the practices in my blog “Projects on Schedule.” […]

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Comment on Project Managers are Managers by Project Management Skills and Capabilities – biopm, llc https://biopmllc.com/organization/project-managers-are-managers/#comment-72 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 03:15:31 +0000 https://biopmllc.com/?p=1080#comment-72 […] to think strategically, project managers will not be fully empowered.  In my previous blog “Project Managers are Managers,” I offered some suggestions to new project managers to help them think strategically and manage […]

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Comment on The First Six Sigma Project by Revisiting the DMAIC Stage-Gate Process – biopm, llc https://biopmllc.com/strategy/the-first-six-sigma-project/#comment-71 Sun, 13 Dec 2020 20:11:06 +0000 https://biopmllc.com/?p=1105#comment-71 […] discussed in my earlier blogs about some related challenges in “Starting Lean Six Sigma” and “The First Six Sigma Project.”  By understanding how Lean Six Sigma fits in the organization’s objectives, strategy, and […]

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