DG Bob

Go Bob! Enjoy!

Helicopter Results

Greetings All... I know our last day of class was quite the rush and hence we weren't able to fully debrief the helicopter exercise. I wanted to share the results and some insights I had being the "observer"....First the results (drum roll please......)


Two-sample T for time

team N Mean StDev SE Mean
cheap gas 9 2.421 0.269 0.090
Hubshr 10 2.502 0.159 0.050


Difference = mu (cheap gas) - mu (Hubshr)
Estimate for difference: -0.081
95% CI for difference: (-0.305, 0.143)
T-Test of difference = 0 (vs not =): T-Value = -0.79 P-Value = 0.446 DF = 12


So....no clear winner ! which by default makes everyone winners (or losers depending on your point of view).

Some insights:
Cheap Gas seems like they had a less robust design that was more susceptible to noise factors.
Hubshr 's choppers seemed to fly consistently. The difference in standard deviation seems to indicate that. (although not statistically significant).

Thanks again...

ER

Teach Back Session

Just checking in to see how everyone is coming on their "teach back" session. I for one did a fair amount of reading / planning maybe a month ago and then got distracted from the session. Now it is crunch time and I'm making my slides. It can be hard condensing the material down to the bare minimum to fit in the time period. Has anyone else had problems condensing their material? It's also hard trying to juggle several self-imposed guidelines for the session. I think this is where TRIZ could come in handy :-) Here are my lists of contradictions:

• I want the information to serve as an overview, but I want it to be practical
• I want for everyone to be engaged, but I don't want to go light on the subject matter
• I want to pass the MBB class, but I want to skip the teach back :-)

Can anyone relate? How are you coming on your preparation for the "teach back" session?
I look forward to seeing you all on Monday, travel safely,
Fred (Foundry_MBB)

Minitab Challenge

If you think you know how to use minitab, here's a challenge I got from one of our GBs:
He needs a set of numbers from 0 to 1.300 in alternating steps of 5 and 25.
Start: 0; 5; 30; 35; 60; 65; 90; 95; 120; 125; ...
I really appreciate you helping me, so I'm not loosing my reputation totally...

Champion commitment

We at Kroger are considering creating a "contract" of sorts with our champions. This is not a legally binding contract, but one based on good faith. We are going to be asking champions and the greenbelt candidates they send to training to sign a document that outlines the expectations of certification, and the time committment needed to become certified. By signing, each person is declaring that they understand the expectations and agree to complete the requirements and drive change in the organization.
Does anyone else have anything like that in place? How is it working? Looking for advice on this one. I'm a bit conflicted.

Belts and Requirements

Carsten and Mick have been having a great discussion about Belts and requirements for each Belt. I thought it interesting enough that maybe we could devote a new blog entry to it. With that in mind, if everyone contributes, maybe we can develop a hierarchy of what the levels are and how it all fits together. This is something I don't have a lot of familiarity with because of being a "one man show". (and yes, you can insert "one man circus side-show" into the previous sentence if you feel the urge :-)
Hope everyone is doing well. I was asked to chair a meeting this afternoon with my upper management so that I could teach them basic TRIZ and then allow them to apply it to a "contradiction" problem we are faced with. So, I've read my fair share of TRIZ over the last day and am excited to see how they take the information and use it on one of our problems. Wish me luck.
Fred

the nickname is out

Well class, it's time you found out the my nickname (adopted in gold belt class) is dr feelgood. Not for the classical reasons. I tend to be the "voice of dissention" in many conversations, that led to the name. Looking forward to reading some success stories on here.

Work now: do any of you have a yellow belt test/exam that I can re-apply?

Mick

The first entry

Well guys, if you've made it this far, that means that you are reading our class blog. Please try entering a post yourself so that I verify that you have the correct author permissions.
Thanks,

Fred