Six Sigma—The First 90 Days

7. Defining the Six Sigma Project Scope

With Dan Kutz

We now commence the first 90 days of your Six Sigma deployment. A sizable front-end portion consists of the process of planning the deployment. When doing a quick review of the activity that must be initiated, one can clearly understand the important of good upfront thinking and planning. The following list shows at least 14 different milestones that must be addressed during the initial stages of the deployment. Determining the scope of the deployment generates the milestones that must be accomplished for the deployment. There is a huge difference between the milestones for a small pilot deployment versus a large corporate-wide deployment.

1. Establish the Six Sigma leadership team.

2. Identify ...