PMBoK v. Six Sigma Project Management

Posted by: meikah | 29 August 2006 | 11:08 pm

Project management can be the be-all and end-all of your company. In its simplest term, it is a controlled process of initiating, planning, executing, and closing down a project. It sounds really simple, but don’t put your foot up yet because it can be your most challenging job and the most rewarding.

For a company working on continuous improvement, project management is a crucial task. It can come in different forms with corresponding do’s and don’ts. For a Six Sigma company, however, project management takes on a different role.

Peter Peterka of 6Sigma.us, concisely describes how Six Sigma Project Management differs from the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK), the accepted standard by Project Management Institute:

• Six Sigma provides a structured data-driven methodology with tools and techniques to measure performance both before and after Six Sigma projects.
• Using Six Sigma, management can measure the baseline performance of their processes and determine the root causes of variations.
• Six Sigma methodology provides tools and techniques to help project managers succeed in data gathering and analysis, problem solving, understanding and evaluating existing processes, developing and tracking measurements in a standardized manner, and making quantitative evaluations.
• Six Sigma has a well-defined project charter that outlines the scope of a project, financial targets, anticipated benefits, milestones, etc. based on hard financial data and savings. Read more…

Which project management strategy are you using?

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