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The chosen best answer is that of Sreyash Sangam for succinctly outlining the differences between the two terms. Deepak Pardasani's answer provides a simple point by point comparison making the concept easy to understand. Shashikant Adlakha provides a detailed view with tools that are associate with both the concepts. For Benchmark Expert view, read through the answer provided by Venugopal R. It explains the Quality Continuum in addition to providing differences between the two terms.

The chosen best answer is that of Rajesh Patwardhan - this is the only answer that mentions that the second approach is unbiased and is written in very simple words. This is a tricky topic to answer questions on - so kudos to all who have replied! Very well attempted.

The chosen best answer is that of Natwar as he has explained all 4 terms - Trends, Oscillations, Mixtures and Clusters. He also clearly outlines when is Run Chart preferred over Control Charts. Run Charts only indicate non randomness in data or existing patterns; if the desire is to check for common cause vs special cause variation, Control Charts should be used.

The winning answer is that of Asif as multiple examples from different industries are provided to explain the distinction between validation and verification. The graphics, esp from medical devices - drive the point home. The answer could have been strengthened by providing the definition of the two terms upfront. For clear distinction between Verification and Validation, refer to answers provided by Swapnil and Natwar. For distinction between the two terms explained with examples (not with definition), refer to Praveen Kumar's answer. For a full rounded view, read through Benchmark Expert view provided by Venugopal R.

The winning answers are for Prasanna Pokhrel and Natwar Lal. Both the answers provide a good holistic view of how assigning Severity Rating on FMEA can be challenging and how the challenges can be mitigated.

Winner for today's question is Natwar Lal. He has provided the most relevant answer w.r.t. the context of the question. Benchmark Expert View is given by Venugopal R.

The chosen best answer is that of Indrani Poddar for the detail provided in the algorithm used. Sreyash's answer provides additional examples and understand the concept better.

Q. 187 What are the thumb rules to decide how much detail should be included while doing As-Is Process Mapping in a DMAIC project? How can you gauge whether you are including too much or too little detail? Note for website visitors - Two questions are asked every week on this platform. One on Tuesday and the other on Friday. All questions so far can be seen here - https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/ Please visit the forum home page at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/ to respond to the latest question open till the next Tuesday/ Friday evening as per Indian Standard Time. The best answer is always shown at the top among responses and the author finds honorable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term.

The chosen best answers are that of Bhavesh Wakde and Mohamed Asif. Both answers use simple language to explain the concept and graphics to support the answer. Benchmark Expert View has been provided by Venugopal R.

The winning answer to this question is that of Mohamed Asif for great visuals and addressing each part of the question with a holistic view. Please read through Sumant's answer to understand that it may not always have a negative impact on the customer.

Q. 184 Explain Bessel's correction as applies to Standard Deviation for a sample. Note for website visitors - Two questions are asked every week on this platform. One on Tuesday and the other on Friday. All questions so far can be seen here - https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/ Please visit the forum home page at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/ to respond to the latest question open till the next Tuesday/ Friday evening as per Indian Standard Time. The best answer is always shown at the top among responses and the author finds honorable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term.

Q. 183 Define the term "Scope Creep" . How can you identify scope creep and how can you prevent it? What are the ways to deal with scope creep caused by different parties involved - team members, users, stakeholders etc? Note for website visitors - Two questions are asked every week on this platform. One on Tuesday and the other on Friday. All questions so far can be seen here - https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/ Please visit the forum home page at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/ to respond to the latest question open till the next Tuesday/ Friday evening as per Indian Standard Time. The best answer is always shown at the top among responses and the author finds honorable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term.

The chosen best answer is that of Sharad Talvalkar for providing clear explanation and multiple examples. For more examples, refer to Manjula and Asef's answers and for simple understanding of the concept, read through Sreyash and Ram's answers.

The best answer is that of Mohamed Asif. Each answer has great inputs, and it is recommended to go through all to get a holistic view. Benchmark Expert View is provided by Venugopal R.

The chosen best answers are that of Manjula (for examples) and Vastupal (for the detail). Read through Natwar's answer for additional insights.

Q. 181 Kaplan and Norton identified that businesses largely rely on financial metrics which does not give enough indication of where the business is headed. To overcome this limitation, they came up with Balanced Scorecard. When does using a Balanced Scorecard become ineffective? In other words, what are the caution points while setting up the Balanced Scorecard for an organisation? Note for website visitors - Two questions are asked every week on this platform. One on Tuesday and the other on Friday. All questions so far can be seen here - https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/ Please visit the forum home page at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/ to respond to the latest question open till the next Tuesday/ Friday evening as per Indian Standard Time. The best answer is always shown at the top among responses and the author finds honorable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term.

The joint winners for today's question are Natwar and Vastupal. Read through the rest of the answers to get additional inputs and detailed understanding.

Q. 179 Compare Push vs Pull vs Continuous Flow Systems. When should we prefer one over the other? Note for website visitors - Two questions are asked every week on this platform. One on Tuesday and the other on Friday. All questions so far can be seen here - https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/ Please visit the forum home page at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/ to respond to the latest question open till the next Tuesday/ Friday evening as per Indian Standard Time. The best answer is always shown at the top among responses and the author finds honorable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term.

The chosen best answer is that of Mohamed Asif for providing clear answer, visuals and example. Read through Natwar, Sharad and Manjula's answers for more insights.

Q. 177 Explain a spaghetti diagram and its use. Note for website visitors - Two questions are asked every week on this platform. One on Tuesday and the other on Friday. All questions so far can be seen here - https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/ Please visit the forum home page at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/ to respond to the latest question open till the next Tuesday/ Friday evening as per Indian Standard Time. The best answer is always shown at the top among responses and the author finds honorable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term.

The chosen best answer is that of Natwar Lal. The definitions provided by all respondents are correct. Secondary metric should be selected wherever possible to keep problems from changing shape, however, it is possible that there is no secondary metric.

Q. 176 What could be the possible pitfalls to using DPMO as a metric? You may refer to the DPMO calculator at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/calculators/sigma-level-calculator-discrete-data-defects/ Note for website visitors - Two questions are asked every week on this platform. One on Tuesday and the other on Friday. All questions so far can be seen here - https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/ Please visit the forum home page at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/ to respond to the latest question open till the next Tuesday/ Friday evening as per Indian Standard Time. The best answer is always shown at the top among responses and the author finds honorable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term.

The chosen best answer is that of Natwar Lal. Read all the other answers for multiple examples and greater clarity.

Q. 175 Define the term secondary metric. Give examples. Are there times when we do not need to have a secondary metric? Is it possible that we may have multiple secondary metrics in a project? Note for website visitors - Two questions are asked every week on this platform. One on Tuesday and the other on Friday. All questions so far can be seen here - https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/lean-six-sigma-business-excellence-questions/ Please visit the forum home page at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/ to respond to the latest question open till the next Tuesday/ Friday evening as per Indian Standard Time. The best answer is always shown at the top among responses and the author finds honorable mention in our Business Excellence dictionary at https://www.benchmarksixsigma.com/forum/business-excellence-dictionary-glossary/ along with the related term.

Mohamed Asif and Natwar Lal are joint winners for providing great answers supported with examples and explanation.