The International Society of Six Sigma Professionals (ISSSP) began in 1997 as an impartial society to help establish global standards for the excellence of Lean Six Sigma.
During its early years, ISSSP honed its membership offerings for a Lean Six Sigma community of complementary members representing more than 12,000 professionals. Information gathering and communications served as the focus of this early period, through which the enduring ISSSP mission and value offering would be developed.
ISSSP identified four different market segments within the Lean Six Sigma community: those interested in learning more about Lean and Six Sigma, individuals using the Lean Six Sigma methodology in their jobs, solution and service providers, and companies deploying Lean and Six Sigma. With this identification came a suite of valuable offerings unique to each market segment.
Over the years, ISSSP continued to hone its program offerings to meet the growing demands of not only Six Sigma but other complementary process excellence tools and methodologies. The integration of Lean with Six Sigma is just one example of how ISSSP has kept up with the development of implementing complementary processes.