Silliest IT buzzword ever - "the Cloud"

[EternalOptimist]

I met a Six Sigma contractor once. He introduced himself and then said, proudly:

'I am Six Sigma!'

What a douche bag.

Where abouts in NZ was he from ?

[Crusoe101]

Have been through the process of Lean in my last two positions.

Although it does have benefits in stream lining process it us usually introduced as a means to reduce head count........

Yet again..................

[Xenophon]

What was his rate?

In the region of £600 per day as I recall.

[Spacecadet]

I met a Six Sigma contractor once. He introduced himself and then said, proudly:

'I am Six Sigma!'

What a douche bag.

I take it you didn't award him any Geek Points then

[Xenophon]

Where abouts in NZ was he from ?

[Xenophon]

I take it you didn't award him any Geek Points then

Correct.

I was going to, but he disappeared up his own arse.

[Cheshire Cat]

WTF is 6 sigma anyway? Sounds like it should be some mathematical algo system used by quants.
I remember 6 sigma courses being offered when i was working as a consulting permie, but since nobody knew WTF is really was, and there was nobody banging down the door asking for 6 sigma black belts on their projects, then it was pretty unpopular.

[Xenophon]

http://www.businessballs.com/sixsigma.htm

[Cheshire Cat]

Ok, so it's another "methodology" to add to the pile then?
I'm in the process of imagineering my own methodology called "snake oil"

[ace00]

Not had any first hand experience so couldn't comment objectively.......

I have (of six sigma). It's a good system but generally mis-applied. It was designed for GE aerospace and nuclear to ensure reliability (where you really don't want to just slap it on and hope for the best), the six sigma relates to the percentile, so 99.9999 reliability is six sigma. I could tell you more but then I'd need paying and I'm not seeing anything on the table here.
Read that cloud article too, and though I hate to say it I agree with sasguru - just seems to be wi-fi, internet, data centre with a bit of virtualization thrown in.