Visit Blog Home What is DMAIC? The Lean-Six-Sigma projects follow the DMAIC methodology. DMAIC is an abbreviation for DEFINE, MEASURE, ANALYSE, IMPROVE and CONTROL. DMIAC is a data-driven improvement initiative used for improving, optimising and stabilizing business...
Why Lean-Six-Sigma go hand-in-hand?
Visit Blog Home Why Lean-Six-Sigma go hand-in-hand? The Key principles of Lean are Value – Define what is of value to the customer Eliminate Waste – Identify the Value Stream and eliminate what is of no value to end customer Flow – Create a constant...
What is Six Sigma?
Visit Blog Home What is Six Sigma? Six Sigma is a long term, forward thinking initiative designed to fundamentally improve the way of doing things so that quality improves and variations are reduced. Six Sigma is more sophisticated than applying simple problem solving...
Short Interval Management (SIM)
Visit Blog Home Short Interval Management (SIM) Did you know that the concept of Daily Stand-up meeting was there long back in the manufacturing world much before we IT guys were even born?? It was called Short Interval Management (SIM) and has Japanese roots. Short...
Kaizen
Visit Blog Home Kaizen Kaizen is a lean management technique and has Japanese roots. Kaizen stands for “To disassemble and put together again in a better way”. Kaizen focuses on “Better 80% right today than 100% right tomorrow”...
Integrating Scrum with Prince2 Organization
Visit Blog Home Integrating Scrum with Prince2 Organization I was working for a large bank in Europe where Prince2 was already being followed. It was working alright for all waterfall projects as well as a DSDM projects (which were sort of waterfalled agile...
Agile Synchronization across teams, geographies, methodologies
Visit Blog Home Agile Synchronization across teams, geographies, methodologies When it comes to enterprise implementations, there would always be A variety of teams working in different countries Working on different functionalities Using different methodologies...
Scaling the Product Owner Accountability
Scrum Guide says, “The Product Owner is one person, not a committee.” However, as the Product starts to grow in size and complexity it becomes increasingly difficult for one Person to do justice to the Product Owner Accountability. Read this article to understand some ways we can scale up the Product Owner Accountability as our product grows in size and complexity.
Lean and Agile Process Improvement Roadmaps
Visit Blog Home Lean and Agile Process Improvement Roadmaps PDCA circle Many small improvement projects, like Kaizen events and other level-ll initiatives, follow the Lean and Agile process improvement cycle – PDCA approach or Deming’s cycle. The PDCA...
What is Change Management?
Visit Blog Home What is Change Management? Change management is a much discussed, yet controversial term, most people do not like change. However, we simply cannot do without change. Our lifestyle, our economy even our cultures is based on change life. Without change...
