Editorial Review:
The world’s largest and most profitable companies – including the likes of GE, Bank of America, Honeywell, DuPont, Samsung, Starwood Hotels, Bechtel, and Motorola – have used Six Sigma to achieve breathtaking improvements in business performance, in everything from products to processes to complex systems and even in work environments. Over the past decade, over $100 billion in bottom-line performance has been achieved through corporate Six Sigma programs. Yet, despite its astounding effectiveness, few outside of the community of Six Sigma practitioners know what Six Sigma is all about. With this book, Six Sigma is revealed to everyone. You might be in a company that’s already implemented Six Sigma, or your organization may be considering it. You may be a student who wants to learn how it works, or you might be a seasoned business professional who needs to get up to speed. In any case, Six Sigma For Dummies is the most straightforward, non-intimidating guide on the market. This simple, friendly book makes Six Sigma make sense. With a compelling foreword by Dr. Stephen R. Covey, the internationally recognized leadership authority and bestselling author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit, and an afterword by Roxanne O’Brasky, President of the International Society of Six Sigma, Six Sigma For Dummies is the most complete and objective book in the market today. Unlike most other works that are either graduate-level statistics treatises or thinly-veiled autobiographical success stories, Six Sigma For Dummies teaches the reader all the foundation principles, methods, and tools of this magnificent problem-solving system. Intended to help readers understand Six Sigma and how they can use it to improve their performance, this no-nonsense guide explains: - What Six Sigma is all about and how it works
- The benefits of Six Sigma in organizations and businesses
- The powerful “DMAIC” problem-solving roadmap
- Yellow, Green and Black -- how the Six Sigma "belt" system works
- How to select and utilize the right tools and technologies
- Speaking the language of Six Sigma
- Knowing the roles and responsibilities
- Mastering the statistics skills and analytical methods
Six Sigma For Dummies will become everyone’s No. 1 resource for discovering and mastering the world’s most famous and powerful improvement tool. Stephen Covey is spot-on when he says, “Six Sigma For Dummies is a book to be read by everyone”.
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Customer Reviews
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Book does not cover Hypothesis Testing  2008-07-03
The author does not get into statistcs - a fundemental part of a true six sigma program.
Just enough of a grounding to help you decide if Six Sigma is for you 2008-05-03
I started reading this book because I was assigned to a Data Mining project in an organization where Six Sigma is popular. I recommend this book to anyone that just wants a simple answer to the question: "What is Six Sigma?". Or if you are new to data analysis, in general, you could read this as a warm up before attending training, but don't expect one book (or at least this book) to teach everything about statistics and six sigma. I liked the explanation of the history and what `black belts' learn and do.
The style is a little too informal for my tastes. It is basically 300 pages of bullet statements, but that is in keeping with the idea behind the series. Also, although a minor complaint, it is littered with overblown adjectives like `astounding results', `unwavering focus', and `so expertly skilled'. Having said that, it is an easy read, and has lots of useful content. I found the basic statistics coverage to be quite good - readable for a novice, but with real content.
The Six Sigma DMAIC stages that are explained in the book are similar in some ways to the steps of a data mining project. The similarities are more than surface deep, but there are differences as well. This book gave me sufficient insight into this to translate from one language to another.
Most data miners could make a real dent in this book on one or two long airplane flights, so given the small investment in time and money, I recommend it highly. If you are new to statistics but need them for six sigma, there are parts that might seem a tough slog, but that is what everyone (including the authors) seems to say about statistics.
In my opinion NOT worth the time or money  2008-04-01
Well...just another book on six sigma that does not take the time to demonstrate what it is covering.
basics 2008-03-25
this book covers the basics and gives a good overview. if you are serious about 6 sigma there are several books that are much better. this is a good starter.
Good Overview 2007-12-20
I read this book in preparation for a Green Belt class. I am not good at math or statistics, but this book made the concepts clear and easy to understand. It covers everything from the basic to advanced methods. A worthwhile investment.
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