Evidence before a conclusion.

How the questions adapt

Choose improvement, growth, both, a new venture or uncertainty about the next step. Your industry, way of working and one to three ranked concerns select follow-up questions. Reported symptoms, possible contributing factors and missing evidence remain distinct.

How the result is interpreted

The existing bhg-1.4 engine uses SIGMA’s own evidence rules (sigma-evidence-1). It considers relationships among selected priorities and proposes three next actions. Unknown answers are not evidence of success or failure. A possible project is not an implementation approval, and another specialist or self-guided work may be more appropriate than a SIGMA engagement.

Internal design rules; independent content and field validation pending. SIGMA safeguards; the thresholds are not prescribed by ISO, APQC, LEI or ASQ.

References and their limited role

• Lean Enterprise Institute — Lean Transformation Framework

  Public five-question framework: purpose, work, capabilities, management and assumptions. Original SIGMA questions, not an official LEI assessment.

• ASQ — Plan-Do-Check-Act

  Public procedure, steps 1–4. The questionnaire supports planning; it does not perform or verify a pilot.

• APQC PCF — public classification overview

  Process-area organisation only. No inspected element-level table, benchmark, endorsement or conformance claim.

These references do not endorse SIGMA. NAICS Canada describes industry activity; it is not a diagnostic or readiness score. Funding resources are leads to investigate, not eligibility decisions or a live programme feed. Each result shows its resource review date and limitations.

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