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Six Sigma

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Six Sigma

Quality has been a significant discriminating characteristic for many years . A variety of approaches have evolved over the last several years to improve the quality of projects . Introduced more than 20 years ago by William Smith of Motorola , Six Sigma aims to improve quality through reduction of defects . The Six Sigma methodology (popularly known as DMAIC ) strives to achieve a process capability index value of 2 as an acceptable standard of quality of

projects . In addition to being a project quality improvement tool , Six Sigma can also be used as a business strategy to improve market share and profitability . As such this research aims to discuss how Six Sigma improves project quality and performance of business in general

Six Sigma and Project Quality

Six Sigma refers to a project-based problem-solving approach that takes every process improvement opportunity as a project . The project goes through the DMAIC methodology , which forms the center of Six Sigma project . DMAIC stands for Define , Measure , Analyze , Improve and Control (Janakiraman Gopal , 2006 ,

.118 . These five stages are implemented systematically to reduce project defects and in turn improve the quality of the project

The define stage involves investigation of clients needs and their project specifications . Other project parameters investigated in this stage include the required critical business processes , project limitations and possible ways to implement the project . Measuring stage uses appropriate metrics to measure current project capability with the sole aim of...

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