Brevard County saves 2000 hours and 50% rescheduling to inspection permits

Brevard County implemented Lean Six Sigma projects to improve its building permit inspection process, which consists of over 40 different inspection types and an average 200-300 inspections conducted daily. Two key projects were identified, and selected county employees were organized into teams to dissect and examine every part of the process. focused on online inspection requests […]

Book Review: “We Don’t Make Widgets” and Other Myths about Improving Government

by Brion Hurley One of the more popular books related to process improvement in government is “We Don’t Make Widgets: Overcoming the Myths That Keep Government from Radically Improving” by Ken Miller. Ken Miller, who also wrote Extreme Government Makeover, is the founder of the Change and Innovation Agency, a firm dedicated to increasing government’s […]

Brevard County Using Lean Six Sigma to Create a Better Tomorrow

Since October 2015, Brevard County (Florida) Government has worked on institutionalizing Lean Six Sigma as a way to help create a better tomorrow. Leading the Lean Six Sigma initiatives out of the County Manager’s Office is Special Projects Coordinator Katherine Wall.  Lean Six Sigma successes to date include: The Development Application Process: Successfully reduced site plan […]