What are the criteria for selecting Six Sigma projects?
While selecting a Six Sigma project, we need to consider whether it is meant for: • Improving an existing process or product, or • Designing a new process or product Use DMAIC framework for the first case and DMADV framework for the second one. It is the responsibility of Six Sigma team to identify the process, define the defects, and measure the defects within the two improvement frameworks cited above. The following procedure explains how the project selection process runs through various management levels: • Level 1 Top management decides to launch Six Sigma to tackle serious business challenges. • Level 2 The middle management owns the processes and sponsors the project They look for improvement potential within their own business processes. For this purpose, they need to translate the business goals into process goals and identify those processes whose outputs (the small ys) are presently falling short of the specified targets / customer requirements. • Level 3 The improvement ide
