Six Sigma for Dummies

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 8^th 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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All Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review:
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

This Book Is Essential Material!!!, 2008-09-26
I also own the definitive textbook on Six Sigma - "The Six Sigma Handbook" by Pyzdek. However, that being said. Pyzdek's book is over 800 pages long. And while it is the definitive textbook on the subject, Six Sigma For Dummies by Gygi can tell you every practical thing you need to know about Six Sigma in just over 300 pages. While I would not call it a textbook as in the case of Pyzdek's book, Six Sigma For Dummies should be purchased in bulk by every company adopting Six Sigma. A copy should be in every cubicle and office in the company. It will only take an employee moments to findthe answer to any question regarding the topic. Someone studying for their blackbelt should have both books.


0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

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.


1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

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.


0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

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.


3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

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.

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