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Figure 1. The Six Sigma Project Process Flow

The Planner is designed to guide the project along a path that will lead to meeting the
project’s goals with minimum expenditure of effort and resources. There are several
checkpoints built into the Planner where the project may be terminated successfully
without completing the entire Planner or DMAIC cycle. The logical process flow is as
follows:
1. Define the project’s goals and deliverables.
a. If these are not related to the organization’s strategic goals and objectives,
stop. The project is not a Six Sigma project. This does not necessarily mean
that it isn’t a “good” project or that the project shouldn’t be done. There are
many worthwhile and important projects that are not Six Sigma projects.
2. Define the current process.

3. Analyze the measurement systems.
4. Measure the current process and analyze the data using exploratory and
descriptive statistical methods.
a. If the current process meets the goals of the project, establish control
systems and stop, else …
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