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User Stories
A few weeks ago I was asked to provide a “user story” regarding a project. I had never heard the term before, so I had to go find out what this person was talking about. Binoogle (yeah, that’s right, I still compare searches from Bing and Google) returned the top choice as an article on [...]
Root Cause Analysis – Asking Why?
I have two children, ages six and five (Happy Birthday to the boy today, BTW), and they went through a phase where they would ask “why?” for just about everything imaginable. They either grew out of this phase or grew tired of my circular reasoning which resulted in conversations such as:
“Papa, why [whatever]?”
“I don’t know.”
“Why?”
“Because [...]
SQL Server and NULL Values
I seemed to have struck a minor chord with my hatred for database triggers. I had very few comments, but a handful of emails and exchanged even more tweets on the subject. But one thing was made clear to me and that is people wanted to hear about why I disdain NULL values.
Fortunately for me I [...]
Six Sigma Blogs
Found this interesting link: http://www.sixsigmacompanies.com/archive/erie_county_saves_a_cool_15_mil.html
Naysayers will always exist, no matter what.
Six Sigma, Affinity, Sponges, and Congress
Have you ever found yourself applying skills learned in a training class towards your everyday lives (work and/or home life)? It happened to me just last night, as my wife (sometimes referred to as my Congress) needed some help with a brochure she was putting together for her business.
By now your first question is most [...]
DMAIC Is For Everyone
Last week I was in a Six Sigma Black Belt training class. The program itself is three weeks long, spread over four months. I have already attended the Green Belt training, so many of the terms and acronyms used were already familiar to me. With the expanded format we were able to spend far more [...]
Group Dynamics
I came across another post on a Six Sigma blog that I found to be quite interesting and applicable to most. The author writes about an interesting group exercise taking place during a class she was teaching. The exercise was about personality preferences with regards to team management, and you can read about it here.
This [...]
Thinking Ahead
As I continue to dive into my Six Sigma training, I have found that one of the best things about the training is the exchanging of stories. It seems that almost every time someone wants to make a point with regards to Six Sigma, they share a story. And I have to admit that I [...]
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