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Building a Case for Change

Overview

Lean Six Sigma encourages teams to think differently, work differently, ask questions to challenge the status quo, make decisions with facts and data, and use new tools and methodologies to achieve business benefits. Rapid improvement events and Agile Project Management (APM) make these happen faster. Success helps transform an organization to practice new behaviors. It is not easy to transform. Many organizations fail to sustain the initiative they start. There are success factors that will enable effective change within an organization. In earlier chapters, we discussed the importance of operational alignment to strategy. This is necessary to ensure there is an urgency for the projects selected for ...

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