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JUnit in Action, Second Edition
Author Gary Gregory , Vincent Massol , Felipe Leme , Petar Tahchiev
When JUnit was first introduced a decade ago by Kent Beck and Erich Gamma, the Agile movement was in its infancy, "Test Driven Development" was unknown, and unit testing was just starting to move into the typical developer's vocabulary. Today, most developers ackn....
Release Date 2010/07 -
The Lean Six Sigma Guide to Doing More With Less: Cut Costs, Reduce Waste, and Lower Your Overhead
Author Mark O. George
praise for The Lean Six Sigma guide to Doing More with Less"At Frito Lay, we have applied many of the concepts and tools in this book, and we are realizing a five to seven times return on our annual Lean Six Sigma investment."—Tony Mattei, Lean Six Sigma Director, F....
Release Date 2010/02 -
Visual Six Sigma: Making Data Analysis Lean
Author Leo Wright , Mia L. Stephens , Philip J. Ramsey , Marie A. Gaudard , Ian Cox
Through Visual Six Sigma, learn what your data is telling your businessIn the typical business environment of process improvement, you want simple-to-use tools that everyone can use at all levels to rapidly explore and interpret data. Visual Six Sigma: Making Data A....
Release Date 2009/12 -
Applying Design for Six Sigma to Software and Hardware Systems
Author Patricia D. McNair , Eric Maass
The Practical, Example-Rich Guide to Building Better Systems, Software, and Hardware with DFSS Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) offers engineers powerful opportunities to develop more successful systems, software, hardware, and processes. In Applying Design for Six Sigma....
Release Date 2009/08 -
Quality Function Deployment and Six Sigma: A QFD Handbook, Second Edition
Author Louis Cohen , Joseph P. Ficalora
Make the Most of QFD and the Voice of the Customer in Six Sigma Environments Quality Function Deployment (QFD) techniques have helped thousands of organizations deliver higher-quality, more user-focused product designs. Now, Lou Cohen’s classic guide to QFD has been....
Release Date 2009/07 -
A Guide to Lean Six Sigma Management Skills
Author Howard S Gitlow
In summary, the purpose of Six Sigma management is topromote joy in work for all employees so that they have the energy to participate in the improvement and innovation projects identified from the organizational dashboard! Howard S Gitlow Authored by Dr, Howard Gi....
Release Date 2009/06 -
CMMI® and Six Sigma: Partners in Process Improvement
Author Robert W. Stoddard , M. Lynn Penn , Jeannine M. Siviy
"In this book, I have found answers to key questions and misconceptions about the relationship between Six Sigma and the Capability Maturity Model Integration [CMMI]....Among my key takeaways is that the relationship between Six Sigma and CMMI exemplifies one of the....
Release Date 2007/12 -
Six Sigma Pricing: Improving Pricing Operations to Increase Profits
Author Navdeep S. Sodhi , ManMohan S. Sodhi
Apply Six Sigma to Your #1 Business Challenge: Pricing“Six Sigma is well known for having helped companies save billions of dollars. This book is the first to show us how to use it on the revenue side of the equation to generate profitable growth. This step-by-step ....
Release Date 2007/09 -
Author Lynne Hambleton
This reference is the first comprehensive how-to collection of Six Sigma tools, methodologies, and best practices. Leading implementer Lynne Hambleton covers the entire Six Sigma toolset, including more than 70 different tools—ranging from rigorous statistical and q....
Release Date 2007/07 -
An Introduction to Testing Web Applications with twill and Selenium
Author Jason Huggins , Gheorghe Gheorghiu , C. Titus Brown
This Short Cut is an introduction to building automated web tests using two tools, twill and Selenium. twill is a simple web scripting language that can be used to automate web tests, while Selenium is a web testing framework that runs in any browser and can be use....
Release Date 2007/06 -
The Six Dimensions of Project Management
Author Heidi A. Feickert , Michael S. Dobson
Master the Six Dimensions of the Project Management Universe! Learn how to turn constraints into resources to achieve project objectives! Through case studies and practical exercises, The Six Dimensions of Project Management demonstrates the six possible combi....
Release Date 2007/06 -
Improving Healthcare Quality and Cost with Six Sigma
Author Praveen Gupta , Dr. H. James Harrington , Carolyn Pexton , Dr. Brett E. Trusko
The Definitive Six Sigma Guide for Healthcare: Methodologies, Tools, and MetricsRising costs are making healthcare unaffordable for millions, and 100,000 people die every year due to medical error. Healthcare must change—dramatically. Many leading healthcare institu....
Release Date 2007/04 -
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Lean Six Sigma
Author Neil DeCarlo
The perfect prescription for any organization Increasingly popular with large and mid-sized companies around the world, Lean Six Sigma is the new hybridization of Six Sigma and Lean methodologies, and there is no better approach for achieving operational excellence ....
Release Date 2007/04 -
Need for the Six Sigma Business Scorecard
Author Praveen Gupta
Praveen Gupta was at Motorola in 1987 when Bill Smith first proposed what has become Six Sigma, and has been working to improve processes ever since. Somewhere along the line Mr. Gupta became focused on the problems of relating corporate goals and profits to process....
Release Date 2006/12 -
Author Clyde M. Creveling
Use Six Sigma to achieve and sustain excellence in product development and commercialization!To sustain growth and profitability, companies must tightly align product development and commercialization to fast-changing customer requirements. In this book, Clyde Creve....
Release Date 2006/11 -
Commercializing Great Products with Design for Six Sigma
Author David W. Bacon , Randy C. Perry
Optimize Every Stage of Your Product Development and CommercializationTo remain competitive, companies must become more effective at identifying, developing, and commercializing new products and services. Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is the most powerful approach ava....
Release Date 2006/10 -
Lean Sigma: A Practitioner’s Guide
Author Dr. Ian Wedgwood
The Practical, Easy-to-Use Guide to Lean Sigma Problem-SolvingLean Sigma delivers results—if you use the right tools and techniques. In Lean Sigma: A Practitioner’s Guide, Dr. Ian Wedgwood captures best-practice Lean Sigma experience from multiple projects and indus....
Release Date 2006/10 -
The Business Case for Design for Six Sigma
Author Randy C. Perry , David W. Bacon
Successful development and commercialization of new products are critical to the long term viability of any business. The primary goal of product development is to enable a company to meet its goals for profitability and growth by introducing new, improved and innov....
Release Date 2006/09 -
What Is Six Sigma for Technical Processes?
Author Clyde M. Creveling
This document discusses how technical leaders and management professionals can implement Six Sigma for the processes they oversee. It explores a relatively new kind of Six Sigma and its associated lean principles that prevent problems in well-designed, structured te....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Statistical Tolerancing in Design for Six Sigma
Author David W. Bacon , Randy C. Perry
Development of a new product requires the product development team to address many complex customer requirements during the commercialization process. Consider a situation in which a new product being developed must meet specified upper and lower specification limit....
Release Date 2006/08 -
Author Ph.D. Edward A. Popovich , , Ph.D. David M. Levine , , Ph.D. Howard S. Gitlow
Most Six Sigma books are targeted at manufacturers, and don't reflect the unique implementation challenges service companies face. This book fills the gap. Using its practical, start-to-finish guidance, service company teams can utilize Six Sigma to drive powerful ....
Release Date 2006/06 -
Statistics for Six Sigma Green Belts with Minitab and JMP
Author David M. Levine
The only book on the market that provides a simple nonmathematical presentation of the statistics needed by Six Sigma Green Belts. Every concept is explained in plain English with a minimum of mathematical symbols. Includes real-world examples, step by step instruct....
Release Date 2006/06 -
Author Stephen A. Zinkgraf
Start Six Sigma Fast—And Achieve Powerful Business Benefits Within MonthsThis book offers leaders a proven turnkey approach to launching a Six Sigma initiative in 90 days and using it to transform your company within a year.Drawing on their experience with fifty Six....
Release Date 2006/03 -
Six Sigma for Marketing Processes: An Overview for Marketing Executives, Leaders, and Managers
Author Clyde M. Creveling , Lynne Hambleton , Burke McCarthy
Nearly half of the top one hundred Fortune 500 companies use Six Sigma methodology in some part of their business. These companies have been among the top one hundred for five or more years and consistently report higher revenue and significantly higher profits than....
Release Date 2006/02 -
The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Six Sigma
Author Anthony Weeks , Marsha Shapiro
Quality improvement just got better ... Six Sigma is a corporate quality improvement system that uses sophisticated data collection and statistical analysis to eliminate defects in any process. Aimed at employees- rather than managers-this guide quickly and easily explain....
Release Date 2005/11 -
Author Paul Hamill
Unit test frameworks are a key element of popular development methodologies such as eXtreme Programming (XP) and Agile Development. But unit testing has moved far beyond eXtreme Programming; it is now common in many different types of application development. Unit t....
Release Date 2004/11 -
Author Roger W. Hoerl , Ronald D. Snee
Nonmanufacturing organizations are rapidly discovering Six Sigma's immense potential to reduce costs, improve performance, grow revenue, strengthen focus, and empower people. To achieve these results in your organization, start right here.Ronald D. Snee and Roger W....
Release Date 2004/10 -
Author Malcolm Upton , David T. Rowlands , John Maxey , Michael L. George
A BUSINESSWEEK BESTSELLERBestselling Lean Six Sigma author Michael George provides the first pocket guide for deployers of Lean Six SigmaThe Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook blends Lean and Six Sigma tools and concepts, providing expert advice on how to determine whic....
Release Date 2004/09 -
Author Kent Beck
JUnit, created by Kent Beck and Erich Gamma, is an open source framework for test-driven development in any Java-based code. JUnit automates unit testing and reduces the effort required to frequently test code while developing it.While there are lots of bits of docu....
Release Date 2004/09 -
JUnit Recipes: Practical Methods for Programmer Testing
Author J B Rainsberger , Scott Stirling
When testing becomes a developer's habit good things tend to happen--good productivity, good code, and good job satisfaction. If you want some of that, there's no better way to start your testing habit, nor to continue feeding it, than with" JUnit Recipes," In thi....
Release Date 2004/07