(PowerSteering Software: Cambridge, MA) -- PowerSteering Software, a provider of on-demand project and portfolio management (PPM) solutions, will lead an executive forum titled “Applying Lean Six Sigma to Lean Six Sigma” at the IQPC Process Excellence Leaders Meeting in Chicago on Sept. 14–15.

The discussion, scheduled for Sept. 15 at 1 p.m.,will be co-led by Randy Clark, Black Belt and director of Six Sigma at PowerSteering Software, and James Pearson, quality and management consultant and former vice president of quality and lean Six Sigma at EMC Corp. The session represents an unprecedented opportunity for a cross-industry group of senior executives to strategize about the best ways to sustain lean Six Sigma value amidst leadership turnover, program maturity, and the economic downturn. The interactive dialogue will follow a classic format of the 5 Whys and the define, measure, analyze, improve, control (DMAIC) quality methods and address these common challenges:

• The inability to apply lean Six Sigma to strategic business problems

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