Chapter 14

Selecting the Right Projects

In This Chapter

arrow Deploying strategies throughout your organisation

arrow Drawing up a list of improvement ideas

arrow Assessing the suitability of various projects

arrow Prioritising chosen projects

The right leadership and management are needed to create the right environment, as we describe in Chapter 13, but how do you ensure you’re doing the right work?

Selecting the right areas in the business to focus on, especially when first starting up a Lean Six Sigma programme ensures early successes and builds confidence.

Driving Strategy Deployment with Lean Six Sigma

In recent years more people have recognised the advantages of using Lean Six Sigma as a method for deploying strategy across their organisations. Strategy deployment is now viewed as such a major area of development that it’s covered in our book Lean Six Sigma Transformation For Dummies (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). In a nutshell, strategy deployment looks at how organisations can build on their use of Lean Six Sigma to instigate operational improvements to create a more holistic approach across the ...

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