• Lean

  • What You Need to Know About Lean Six Sigma, Agile Project Management, Scrum and Kanban
  • By: Robert McCarthy
  • Narrated by: Sam Slydell
  • Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (27 ratings)

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By: Robert McCarthy
Narrated by: Sam Slydell
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Publisher's summary

If you’re looking for a way to manage projects more effectively and more efficiently, then keep reading...

Are you frustrated that projects often miss timelines and overshoots the budget?

Do you want an advantage towards your competitors?

If so, then you've come to the right place.

A study done by researchers Raja Sreedharan and Ramasamy Raju showed that Lean Six Sigma is a strategy for success.

Furthermore, a paper by James Womack and Daniel Jones showed that Lean Thinking is the new best way to better processes.

Various Lean wastes are eliminated or reduced to a high degree.

Lean Thinking is the antidote to wasteful processes.

Having a sound understanding of these methods will set you apart from other project managers.

Here’s a fraction of what you’ll discover in part one:

  • What are project management and its different methodologies?
  • How do you choose the right methodology for your project?
  • What is the role of a project manager?
  • What is lean, and how do you set up lean teams?
  • How do you begin a lean project?
  • What is a lean startup and enterprise?
  • An understanding of the Agile framework
  • An understanding of Scrum and Kanban
  • How to set up a Scrum or Kanban project

In part two you’ll learn things like:

  • Fundamental principles and concepts that will improve your processes manifolds.
  • Tools and techniques to better understand your customer.
  • Methods to identify root causes and solve them.
  • An overview of the most crucial process in Lean Six Sigma.
  • The countless benefits of using Lean Six Sigma.
  • Various examples of the multiple phases you should undertake.
  • Numerous step-by-step explanations on how to move forward with Lean Six Sigma.

So, what are you waiting for? Buy a copy of this audiobook now!

©2020 Robert McCarthy (P)2020 Robert McCarthy

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Solid reference

Truly covers all that bit by bit to assist you with accomplishing the six sigma certification. Very efficient book of points. Incredible outline and detail bit by bit.

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I would recommend buying this book

Extraordinary book! simple to peruse and extremely useful. I had the option to get my dark belt with this book.

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The guidance in the Lean Startup

This is the thing each effective organization does, yet it is seldom arranged. Frequently it happens excessively late out of distress. The guidance in the Lean Startup.

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Takeaway From This Book

This book is a startup peculiarity and has nearly become required perusing for any startup originators. That being said, it is generally valuable for programming new companies and is essentially less helpful for biotech and other life science new businesses.

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Get Lean, and love yourself for it.

Robert McCarthy makes it so natural to comprehend the essential thoughts and lean standards, that anybody can learn and apply in there regular day to day existence. NO MORE reasons individuals! Get Lean, and love yourself for it.

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Lean methods to startups

Robert McCarthy makes reference to a lot of actual assets accessible to assist you with gaining from others about the lean startup process. Worth perusing, however really as effective material as Steve Blank's book.

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Simple to FOLLOW

Simple to FOLLOW and comprehend guide for the amateur the whole way through experienced Six Sigma experts. I have perused it cover to cover and allude back to it frequently to revive myself.

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best one

It's a decent book to understand the central ideas of six sigma. A MUST have book for experts, who are dealing with functional greatness.

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innovative companies

These thoughts assisted me with counseling a companion of mine who is a prime supporter of a startup to settle on more brilliant choices. He has expressed gratitude toward me for the prompt and is buying the book himself.

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Great writer great book

I would suggest each LSS fan, specialist, and master to have close by as a solitary starting reference as well as one to peruse prior to taking the Green/Black Belt test.

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