CHAPTER 16Expanding and Integrating the Six Sigma System (Roadmap Step 5)
Imagine you decide to lose some weight by using the new Six Sigma diet plan. With the help of a well-defined problem (“I’m 25 pounds over my optimal weight”), some carefully recorded valid measurements, a review of your eating and exercise processes, and the advice of a doctor and some fitness instructors, you implement a solution of changed diet and increased exercise. You are so successful that you go beyond the goal you set for yourself and lose 27 pounds. And just in time for summer holidays!
How might this success story end? As with Six Sigma, so with diets: It depends.
Old habits are hard to break. Maybe you pile on an extra helping of your favorite food, skip jogging ...
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