Throughout your many years in school, you have been told what to learn. Throughout your career, it will be up to you continue learning. You’ll want to become an active, lifelong learner to keep your skills relevant and attractive as engineering and business practices shift and to prepare for the next stage in your career. This assignment is a first step in your lifelong learning journey! In this workshop, I’ll also be sharing how DMAIC is applied in industry, as a mechanism for continuous improvement. DMAIC is also the framework for your sr. design project.

Read and summarize an article or a book chapter with a 1-page, single-spaced, well-written summary covering:

• Article title and authors
• A key diagram, illustration, list, table, etc. taken from the article or created based on the article
• A paragraph summarizing the key points of the article
• A paragraph explaining the implications for an ISE (e.g., skills needed, career opportunities, career threats)
• Footnote with full bibliographic citation(s) in APA format

You may use any sources you find useful. Here are some examples:

• IISE Publications
• INFORMS Publications
• McKinsey.com