February Lean Six Sigma SIG Meeting  

Sponsored by: ASQ Section 509 (MD & DC) and Section 511 (N.VA)

�Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda�: An Analysis of LSS Tools used in the Army Training Support Community

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Presented by:
Mr. Rodolfo A. Morales Miranda
Mr. Alberto Grossmark
LSS Black Belts
Booz Allen Hamilton

Location:  1616 Anderson Road McLean, Virginia 22102
Center Conference Room (3rd Floor) 
(See map for directions to TEQCORNER, http://www.teqcorner.com/)
 
6:00 - 6:45pm - Networking
6:45 - 7:45pm - Program
7:45 - 8:00pm - LSS SIG Announcements

Registration: To attend this event, please click here.  ASQ membership is not required.  Light refreshments will be provided.  Questions can be directed to Willie Davis, LSS SIG Co-Chair at . 

Presentation Description: The application of LSS tools in a service-oriented organization such as the Soldier Training Support Program (STSP) differs greatly from the application of those same tools within the manufacturing industry.   The U.S. Army is increasingly adopting Lean Six Sigma (LSS) as a tool to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of its unique training support functions.  From organizing a training team and instructing soldiers on new weapons platforms and simulators, to conducting live-fire training exercises in preparation for combat operations, LSS is making an impact with how training programs are planned, organized and delivered.  This presentation is intended to demonstrate how service-oriented organizations with unique processes and procedures have successfully adopted various LSS methodologies, and offers participants an opportunity to de-construct an actual project and analyze the use of LSS tools and principles.  Much like an Armchair Quarterback after the big game, attendees will be asked to provide a �Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda�  post game analysis and describe how they would have done things differently.

Speaker Biographies: Mr. Rodolfo Morales Miranda is a Senior Member of ASQ and a certified Six Sigma Black Belt working in the military training and training support market.  He began his LSS journey with Lean Six Sigma Advocate Training, then as a Black Belt with Combat Support Associates (CSA, Ltd.) under contract with US Army Central Command (ARCENT-Kuwait).  He is now an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, assigned as the G37 Solider Training Support Program TSC Operations Officer, working to deploy Lean Six Sigma within the U.S. Army Installation Management Command (HQ-IMCOM) G37 Training and Mission Support.

Mr. Alberto Grosmark is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with a proven record of successfully completed projects in DoD organizations and IT industry.  He is a Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Subject Matter Expert, Manager of Quality Assurance and Process Improvement, and Auditor of SDLC Processes Compliance, with a broad industry background including the Federal Government, large IT organizations and system integrators, as well as prior experience in the automotive, glass container and electronic manufacturing industries. He is now an Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton Organization & Strategy (O&S), where he applies his LSS knowledge to key process areas of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM), to include Quality Assurance, Configuration Management, Requirements Gathering and Release Management. 

For more information and directions to TEQCORNER, see the February Lean Six Sigma SIG Meeting Announcement.