Part of the SEIs SEI Showcase Collection CMMI & Six Sigma: A Base Case for Multi-Model Process Improvement Jeannine M. Siviy STREAM THE FIRST TEN MINUTES FREE AT: www.sei.cmu.edu How can process improvement efforts meet business and mission goals more effectively and efficiently? One way might be through harmonizing multiple process model frameworks, a complex and challenging approach for organizations. In this 55-minute discussion and question-and-answer session, Jeannine M. Siviy focuses first on the pairing of the CMMI® framework and Six Sigma, two leading process improvement approaches, and then shows how that combination serves as a basis for understanding a multi-model environment. Siviy is a leading researcher in the application of Six Sigma to software process improvement and the broader challenges of multimodel improvement, and she has studied CMMI and Six Sigma relationships as a member of the SEIs measurement and analysis team, where she also conducted data analysis and architected an analysis training curriculum. Her work spans commercial and Department of Defense customers. A Six Sigma black belt, Siviy has also authored CMMI and Six Sigma: Partners in Process Improvement, part of the SEI book series in software engineering from Addison Wesley. To order, please contact SEI Customer Relations at customer-relations@sei.cmu.edu or 412-268-5800. © 2008 Carnegie Mellon University

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My friend has a certificate of completion for six sigma green belt training. During his training, he did a quality improvement project. Based on the given certificate, can anybody please confirm if my friend could be considered as ‘Certified Green Belt’? Will the same certificate help him in his employment/career?

Thank you in advance for all informations.

I work in a factory and have been for almost 10 years now. I don’t want to be a machine operator all my life, so I’m doing what I can to learn more of the manufacturing industry. Can anybody tell me where I could get in good reading on 5S, Lean Manufacturing, KanBan staging areas, ETC. Also any other good items that I should have knowledge of. Thanks in advance.
I’m 30 years old.

Part of the SEIs SEI Showcase Collection CMMI & Six Sigma: A Base Case for Multi-Model Process Improvement Jeannine M. Siviy STREAM THE FIRST TEN MINUTES FREE AT: www.sei.cmu.edu How can process improvement efforts meet business and mission goals more effectively and efficiently? One way might be through harmonizing multiple process model frameworks, a complex and challenging approach for organizations. In this 55-minute discussion and question-and-answer session, Jeannine M. Siviy focuses first on the pairing of the CMMI® framework and Six Sigma, two leading process improvement approaches, and then shows how that combination serves as a basis for understanding a multi-model environment. Siviy is a leading researcher in the application of Six Sigma to software process improvement and the broader challenges of multimodel improvement, and she has studied CMMI and Six Sigma relationships as a member of the SEIs measurement and analysis team, where she also conducted data analysis and architected an analysis training curriculum. Her work spans commercial and Department of Defense customers. A Six Sigma black belt, Siviy has also authored CMMI and Six Sigma: Partners in Process Improvement, part of the SEI book series in software engineering from Addison Wesley. To order, please contact SEI Customer Relations at customer-relations@sei.cmu.edu or 412-268-5800. © 2008 Carnegie Mellon University

www.LeanManufacturingCoaching.com A Presentation about TPM, Total Productive Maintenance, an important Lean Manufacturing Tool.