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PROJECT DEFINITION &
TEAM FORMATION
Voice of the Customer
Measure

Analyze

Improve

Control

Define

Institutionalization

The DMAIC
Model
Characterization

Recognize

Identify Key Business
Issues

Measure
Analyze

Optimization

Improve
Control

Institutionalization

Standardize
Integrate

Black Belt Projects

Breakthrough Strategy

Identification

Objective

Define

Stage

Breakthrough
Strategy Phase

Understand Current
Performance Levels
Achieve Breakthrough
Improvement
Transform How Day-to
Day Business is
Conducted
Define

Define the problem
and customer
requirements.

Control

Measure Measure defect rates and document
the process in its current incarnation.

Analyze process data and determine
the capability of the process.

Improve the process and remove
defect causes.

Improve

Analyze

Control process performance and
ensure that defects do not recur.

THE DMAIC ALGORITHM
PROJECT OF :BirdsNest
Project on:
Projects Begin with a
Detailed Assessment of Customer Needs

DEFINE

:

A. Identify project CTQs: what the customer thinks is essential.
B. The Team Charter represents the business case for the project.
C. Define and build a process map that relates measurable
internal processes to customer needs.

These will now be addressed in greater detail