Innovating Lean Six Sigma: A Strategic Guide to Deploying the World's Most Effective Business Improvement Process

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“How Are We Doing?”

Using a Maturity Model Assessment to Evaluate Where You Are and Where You Should Go Next

Every stage of a Lean Six Sigma initiative is beset by questions: Have we taken the right steps? Do we have the right pieces in place? Is anything missing? Where are we doing well? What are our challenges? What’s most important for us to work on next?

All deployments involve these questions, so the smart thing to do is to anticipate them and take a proactive approach to finding some answers. One of the best ways to answer these questions is to periodically do an assessment, which can range from quick and easy to a more structured analysis. ...