Which of the following statements about Six Sigma programs is false? A. Six Sigma programs need to be overseen by personnel who have completed Six Sigma master black belt" training and executed by personnel who have earned Six Sigma "green belts" and Six Sigma "black belts."
B. Six Sigma programs utilize advanced statistical methods to enable an activity or process to be performed with 99.9997 percent accuracy (equivalent to 3.4 defects/errors per million terations).
C. There are two important types of Six Sigma programsâ"one is forA existing processes falling below specification and needingA incremental improvement and the other is for developing new processes or products at Six Sigma quality levels.
D. There is evidence that Six Sigma techniques stifle innovation and creativity, particularly as concerns such creative processes as R&D and new product development which very often involve outside-the-box brainstorming and trial-and-error experimentation.
E. When performance of an activity or process reaches "Six Sigma quality," there are not more than ten defects/errors per million iterations.