4.1. THE DMAIC TEAM LIFE CYCLE
Several broad phases apply to the life cycle of almost all DMAIC teams, although these phases will vary from company to company.
4.1.1. Phase 1: Identifying and Selecting the Project(s)
In this phase, management reviews a list of potential Six Sigma projects and selects the most promising to be tackled by a team. Setting good priorities is difficult but very important to making the team's work pay off.
We counsel leaders to pick projects based on the "two Ms": meaningful and manageable. A project has to have real benefit to the business and customers and has to be small enough so the team can get it done. At the end of this phase, your leadership group should have identified high-priority problems and given them ...
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