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  • mb698 replied to the topic Six Sigma and Project Management in the forum Project Management Knowledge Areas 6 years, 1 month ago

    Six Sigma management method philosophy focuses on better understanding of the customers requirements, improving business systems throughout the organizations and enhancing the organization’s financial performance. It is used to improve the products, services and processes across various disciplines such as productions, product development, marketing, finance. It is achieved through understanding the underlying processes and reducing or eliminating defects and wastes. Project manager can include Six sigma into the project they are working on by generally accepted methodology which includes phases such as define, measure, analyze, improve, control. Firstly, by defining objectives and scope of the project. Relevant information about the process and customers are collected. Secondly, the data on the current situation and process metrices are collected. Thirdly, the collected data is analyzed to find the root causes of the problem. Then next it includes, improve phase which gives solution to the problems that are developed and implemented. Lastly, is the control phase, in this the implemented solutions are evaluated, and mechanisms are implemented to hold the gains which may include standardizations.