Fri 15 Dec 2006
Robert Thompson over at Qualitas has written a short article explaining how the 8 Disciplines approach can be mapped onto the DMAIC framework of Six Sigma. This article has helped me see some of the strengths of the 8 Disciplines approach. Too many times I’ve seen the 8 Disciplines form used just as a form to complete and not as an effective problem solving tool. Now that I can see it mapped onto the DMAIC framework, I can see where we can improve our problem solving and how to integrate tools such as Ishikawa diagrams, control charts and the other basic quality tools. I have 4 open issues that I am currently working on and I’m sure this knowledge will give me better results.
8 disciplines control charts dmaic effective problem solving ishikawa diagrams qualitas quality quality tools robert thompson six sigma
