Todd D.

The answer is 1/2. Here’s how:
Let p(x) denote the probability that the xth passenger finds his/her seat occupied when coming on board the plane.
When the first person gets on board, his seat is definitely NOT occupied. so…
p(1) = 0
The second person will find his seat occupied if the first guy took it, and the probability of that is 1/100.…[Read more]

Ding Ding Ding Ding.
We have a winner. Congratulations Don, I believe that is the correct answer!
Very nice job to you, and kudos go out to Jack Stuart and Nayan for giving it a shot. I’m surprized that more people weren’t up for giving it a shot. Are we all too caught up in saving our companies money? :)
In any case, well done to everyone w…[Read more]

Bill,
You asked, “can one actually make a difference when you are faced with subjective or incomplete problem analysis data?”
I think that the tools you listed in your previous post are good (TQM, CQS, Memory Jogger, TQC…). However, I think that the Six Sigma DMAIC process is different from anything in the past. It is a methodology that has a…[Read more]

There’s a whole section of consultants dealing in six sigma in the directory (http://www.isixsigma.com/co/six_sigma) — you might want to start there.
Todd

Venkat,
Your request for training for 10,000 rupees will probably go unanswered because it only equates to about $208US. There are currently no training organizations that will perform full training for this amount. Maybe in the future the training will become more commercialized to allow this type of pricing.
Todd