“Six sigma” certification will help my career. I am not an engineer – where do I start?
I have been told “six sigma” certification would help me at a steel mill I work at. I am not excited about becoming an engineer but have been good at math/science/problem solving in the past.
I would like to find some good overview or practice materials that give me a clue as to if this is something I could do. The last thing this liberal arts graduate wants to do is to get in over her head with analysis and problems. Thanks for your help!
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Six Sigma, at the core, is simply quality control without excuses, waivers and using statistical methods. It has been elevated to the status of a religion in some companies. What will foster your career is to learn to sing the mantra. Like with all religions you are not required to understand what it means, at all, you are only required is to be able to repeat it on command.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Sigma
Six Sigma will not make you an engineer. It will, at best, make you a better production manager. At worst, it will make you a better yes-man and work-around-the-system specialist, depending on your corporate culture.
If you are not excited at becoming an engineer, don’t. The last thing we need is another engineer loathing his or her job. We got enough of those already.
It’s just corporate hype for “it was your fault”
Makes as much sense as, “work smart” and “Gods country”
Sing the song and get along.