One very famous hotel chain recently spent $30 million Dollars implementing 6 Sigma. It quadroupled the amount of time managers spent at their computers filling in spreadsheets. After 14 months the group dropped the whole thing as a load of Bolleaux.
Talking of bolleaux can we have a ban on the word 'methodology'! what the hell is a methodology? Often incorporated as 'please explain your methodology', what does this mean? 'please explain the science of your method' perhaps ? Bolleaux!. Surely in plain english we mean to say ' what is your method'! stop using an unnecessary 'ology'.