Keys Six Sigma’s Design for Lean Six Sigma Book Currently Distributed Online by iSixSigma.com

Nov. 24, 2008 - PRLog -- Keys Six Sigma, Incorporated is pleased to announce that iSixSigma.com, a leading on-line resource for Lean Six Sigma information, is currently distributing the recently published book “Lessons Learned from an Unconventional Design for Lean Six Sigma Deployment” in their online marketplace.  The book is available as an e-book that can be downloaded from their iSixSigma Publications site as an easy to read pdf file.  Information on the book’s content and how to order can be found at http://store.isixsigma.com/product.asp?P_ID=294.  For those interested in hard copy versions, they are still available at Lulu.com as well as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, and many other on-line book retail locations.

Written by Norm Fowler, the book outlines the unconventional approach to the Design for Lean Six Sigma content and certification development as well as Xerox’s corporate-wide deployment to the product development community.   Prior to starting Keys Six Sigma, Norm was a member of Xerox’s Corporate Lean Six Sigma Senior Staff and had responsibility for the Design for Lean Six Sigma initiative.  

Norm describes in detail the collaborative process use in developing the unconventional program structure built around elements such as a unique competency-based certification process based on a set of standard System Engineering skills, integration of Lean and DMAIC methods and a “push” coaching model.  Included were not only the technical and process issues associated with development and deployment, but also those associated with the program’s pervasiveness across the Corporation and sustainability over time. The book concludes with a series of lessons learned through the development and deployment phases that are equally applicable to other types of corporate-wide initiatives.

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Keys Six Sigma was established to help all size companies sort through the issues and concerns about developing and deploying a Lean Six Sigma or Design for Lean Six Sigma program in their respective organizations.