Selling Lean Six Sigma to Management – The 3 M’s
Eldon Kao
You want to start a Lean project but you`re in an organization that is new to Lean?
Upper management support is vital, so you`ll need to recruit a Project Champion (to advocate the benefits of your project to others and gain support) and Project Sponsor (to make decisions regarding budget and outputs) to help shepherd your project to completion. In order to gain their support, you need to initiate the discussion and bring the right figures to the table. During this process, it is important to do adequate amount of research to provide realistic expectations in terms of management participation level and what the benefits will be.
Here are the 3 M`s to remember when trying to win support: