What if you are asked to take on a Lean Six Sigma project in an area where the leaders within that department already have a solution in mind and they don't want to go through the "hassle" of Lean Six Sigma?

This probably happens more than we would like to see as Lean Six Sigma practitioners. I would say, let them do it. Tell them that if they’ve already found the solution and if there are plans already under way to implement it, then they don’t need DMAIC. This is more of a “Just-Do-It” then a…

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Tracy O'Rourke

Tracy is a Master Black Belt at GoLeanSixSigma.com, the co-author of The Problem-Solver’s Toolkit and co-host of the Just-in-Time Cafe. She is also a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Instructor at UC San Diego and teaches in San Diego State University’s Lean Enterprise Program. For almost 20 years, she has helped leading organizations like Washington State, Charles Schwab and GE build problem-solving muscles.