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I was in the home of the Astro's Baseball team teaching a Six Sigma Week #2 course. For those of you who watch my Facebook page, you will think to yourself "but Kevin has not taught a week #1 in Houston in more than six months." You are correct … I was subbing for another instructor. We had a small class (of three) but they were very engaged in class (even though we had a series of sunny Spring days and a clear view to the outside through a large window;). This was a tough class, because i ended up catching Strep Throat on Tuesday morning and taught all day with an ever increasing fever (102 by days end). I went to the Clinic in Walgreens (a great business model, by the way to have a clinic right next to the pharmacy!), received some antibiotics. I felt fair the next morning but taught the whole day and was worn out by 5pm. Wednesday was the kicker, because not only did i teach all day with strep throat, but i ended up with Laryngitis. By the end of the day I had to...

I saw a post on isixsigma.com by a gentleman named Gary A. Gack about Six Sigma project selection in Software Development. I wanted to exapand on this (and contract a bit) on How to Select a Generic Six Sigma Project. I used some of Gary's excellent concepts. Gary post can be found on isixsigma.com at: (http://www.isixsigma.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=758&Itemid=1&Itemid=1) One of the most frequent questions asked by students new to Six Sigma is something like, "What types of problems should we address with Six Sigma?" While there is no one-size-fits-all answer to this sort of question, there are criteria that are universally applicable and provide a project selection framework that covers general top-level considerations. The first rule is, "Don't pan for gold in your hot tub!" Go where the money is. Six Sigma is about significant step changes in organizational effectiveness, and those changes can happen only if the method...