* Part of the official project plan.

1 This would be the problem statement in the project charter. The business case for this project would be “Shipments are delayed because of incomplete assemblies.”

2 Weighted score = project’s score for each criterion times the weight for that criterion.

3 Several stakeholder benefit categories are shown in section 2. At least one stakeholder benefit category is required. Show benefit scores for each category. Then use your judgment to determine an overall benefit score for the project.

4 Critical to quality.

5 Return on investment.

6 Thanks to Tony Lin of Boeing Satellite Systems for this heuristic.

7 Based on expected Black Belt results of $1MM/year.

8 Six Sigma Handbook, Chapter 3.

* Part of the official ...

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