What Is a DMAIC Project Charter?
A project charter is a short document, usually one page in length that lists out the summary scope, objectives, and stakeholders of a project. The project charter is the first deliverable of a project and finds use to secure project approval and authorize the powers for the project manager. It is the foundation of the project and serves as a reference point during the planning and implementation stage. DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) is the most popular methodology to implement Six Sigma, and aims to improve processes or reduce deviations from the desired state in existing processes. The DMAIC project charter is a key deliverable of the “Define” phase of DMAIC. A good DMAIC project charter seeks to make clear the reason for the Six Sigma intervention. It could detail customer expectations, the deviance of the existing state from such an optimal state, the cost, effort, and resources required to achieve the optimal state, consequences of not taking action, potential benef
