Best Management Articles features Tony Jacowski who shares three ways to optimize Six Sigma project selections.
- Establish the Project Selection Steering Committee – The committee should be composed of managers trained as Six Sigma Champions, or any other key Six Sigma knowledge resources, like the Black Belts, Master Black Belts or deployment Champion.
- Generate Project Ideas – Evaluate the course of a project selection in a workshop, taking into account that the Six Sigma project should support the organizational strategies and be integrated to the basic business issues.
- Assess and Prioritize Projects with a Project Selection Matrix – Evaluate every identified project together for determining integration opportunities and gauging projected profits. A key question that ought to be answered during the workshop is whether or not the project is an applicant for the DMAIC methodology.