Lean Six Sigma For Dummies, 4th Edition

Chapter 17

Running Rapid Improvement Events and Solving Problems with DMAIC

IN THIS CHAPTER

Looking at how rapid improvement events are planned, facilitated, and followed up

Checking out the role of the event facilitator

Looking at how problems can be solved on one page with an A3

DMAIC provides a systematic and proven approach to improvement that can be applied to projects of all sizes. This chapter focuses on using Lean Six Sigma to address smaller projects and to solve problems on a day-to-day basis. Smaller projects and process problems can benefit from an accelerated approach based on organizing and running a series of workshops, bringing people together to work through the DMAIC stages with a focus on rapid improvement. This requires a high level of facilitation skills and selection of the right tools to use at the different stages. This chapter describes how to make it work.

Raving about Rapid Improvement

Kaizen is a Japanese word meaning change for the better. It’s often associated with short, rapid, incremental improvement and forms an important part of an organization’s approach to Continuous Improvement. A Rapid Improvement Event is the term used to describe a series ...