Six Sigma, is often said, a data-driven methodology. It works with data in hand and use that data to find out if the processes are performing within the standard norm or has deviated from the norm.
This presupposes that we can only deploy Six Sigma projects if we have data already available. However, there’s a new finding that Six Sigma tools still fit in projects that lack data: we go into Lean Six Sigma.
The Lean Six Sigma process provides an excellent framework for projects. Some specific benefits:
- It provides a structured roadmap to eliminate the two-step process most organizations use, which consists of problem and solution. Six Sigma forces practitioners to define, plan, analyze, develop solutions, pilot changes and sustain results. This drives project management thinking.
- Many of the tools characterized by Six Sigma are just as valuable in any project. For example, the failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is useful in several ways in most projects:
1. To characterize the current, as-is process
2. To predict issues in the proposed process prior to implementation
3. To characterize the final process that is put in place
- Measurement systems are normally created that can be used by management on the project involved as well as other organizational needs.
And read how DMAIC phases can benefit practitioners even in the absence of data.
Source:
iSixSigma Software
