Six Sigma and Lean DMAIC Project Execution Roadmap Book Comparisons

Continuing on the blogs that was started earlier:

- Lean Six Sigma Project Execution Roadmap Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) Book Comparisons

- Comparison of Lean Six Sigma Project Execution Roadmap DMAIC Books

- Lean Six Sigma DMAIC Project Execution Roadmap Book Comparisons

Books that addressed the details of a Lean Six Sigma project execution were:
- “Implementing Six Sigma” 2nd edition, which was published in 2003
– “Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume III Improvement Project Execution: A Management and Black Belt Guide for Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard“, which was published in 2008
- “Lean Six Sigma Project Execution Guide”, which was published in 2010

To address the comparison of these books, consider the following questions:

1. Is there a description of traditional control charting and process capability and their issues, along with providing an alternative?

- “Implementing Six Sigma”: Yes, in separate chapters with a description of 30,000-foot-level metrics.
- “Integrated Enterprise Excellence”: Volume III provides a high-level view, while Volume II Yes, described traditional control chart and process capability. Then described is an enhanced approach where control charting and process capability is described together. For this description there is one chapter for continuous data and another for attribute data.
- “Lean Six Sigma Project Execution Guide”: Yes, with reference to Volume III for more information

2. Is measurement systems analysis (MSA) included?

- “Implementing Six Sigma”: Yes
- “Integrated Enterprise Excellence”: Volume III provides a high-level view, while Volume II Yes, presented when most appropriate to use in the P-DMAIC roadmap with enhancements from ISS2.
- “Lean Six Sigma Project Execution Guide”: Yes, with reference to Volume III for more information

3. Is wisdom of the organization tools included; i.e., flow charting, cause and effect diagram, cause and effect matrix, FMEA, affinity diagram, nominal group technique, force field analysis?

- “Implementing Six Sigma”: Yes, in several sections of the book
- “Integrated Enterprise Excellence”: Volume III provides a high-level view, while Volume II Yes, presented when most appropriate to use in the P-DMAIC roadmap.
- “Lean Six Sigma Project Execution Guide”: Yes, with reference to Volume III for more information

4. Are statistical analyze tools such as regression, ANOVA, variance components, multiple regression, two-factor ANOVA, and logistic regression included?

- “Implementing Six Sigma”: Yes
- “Integrated Enterprise Excellence”: Volume III provides a high-level view, while Volume II Yes, topic presentation sequence in the volume is consistent with the P-DMAIC roadmap flow.
- “Lean Six Sigma Project Execution Guide”: Yes, with reference to Volume III for more information

5. Are graphical DMAIC analyze phase tools such as marginal plot, multivari charting, and interaction plotting described?

- “Implementing Six Sigma”: Yes
- “Integrated Enterprise Excellence”: Volume III provides a high-level view, while Volume II Yes, topic presentation sequence in the volume is consistent with the P-DMAIC roadmap flow.
- “Lean Six Sigma Project Execution Guide”: Yes, with reference to Volume III for more information

Benefits of the Integrated Enterprise Excellence enhancements to traditional business systems are described in:
“A Solution to the Pitfalls of Ineffective Strategic Planning”

Additional comparisons will be highlighted in future blogs.