How to Select a Good Lean Six Sigma Project?

Lean Six Sigma can be defined as a disciplined and highly quantitative management strategy that seeks to positively impact the financial results of companies by improving the quality of products and processes, reducing costs and increasing internal and external customer satisfaction.

Okay, this concept a lot of people already know! But you may be wondering, "What is the first step for anyone who wants to apply the methodology in a company?"

Well, to ensure the success of implementing Lean Six Sigma anywhere, you need to train people with an appropriate profile so they become multipliers, program sponsors or method experts.

Therefore, seminars, workshops and trainings are fundamental to the empowerment of those involved in the Lean Six Sigma program.

However, only those who are Green Belt and Black Belt are able to develop projects and become experts in the subject.

It is important to say that to be considered a specialist in DMAIC method and its tools you not only need to have completed a course, you need to prove that you know how to apply the methodology!

The knowledge that you receive during a course is only theoretical. To be considered a successful professional in this area, it all depends on the conduction and completion of your Lean Six Sigma project.

The definition of the Lean Six Sigma project is one of the most important activities in the process of implementing Lean Six Sigma in companies and one of the factors that most influence the certification of Green Belt and Black Belt in training.

Well-selected projects will lead to rapid and meaningful results, but inadequate projects will lead to delays in results and a low certification rate.

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How important is it to select a good Lean Six Sigma project?

A good Lean Six Sigma project will have a strong contribution to achieving the strategic goals of the company, great collaboration to increase internal and external customer satisfaction.

It will also have a high chance of completion by the deadline, great impact for the improvement of the organization's performance and use of appropriate metrics to measure the results that must be achieved in the project.

Where do good ideias for a Lean Six Sigma project come from?

The ideas of good Lean Six Sigma project can be obtained from several sources, such as:

• Production volume indicators;
• Productivity or waste,
• Problems related to the variability of processes or product quality;
• Costs that have a high impact on the company budget;
• Complaints and results of research carried out with internal and external clients;
• Results of benchmarking studies;
• Opportunities for improvement of products or processes with high production volume; 
• Opportunities identified from process mapping or value stream mapping.
  

After creating a bank of ideas for Lean Six Sigma projects, it is necessary to prioritize the ideas by evaluating the impact of each project's on the strategic objectives of the company.

Criteria such as strong contribution to the achievement of strategic goals of the company, strong contribution to increase internal and external customer satisfaction, high chance of completion within the established period, high return on investment and  important knowledge that will be generated for company the good examples of criteria to use in prioritization.

What do I need to set my project?

Briefly, a Lean Six Sigma project needs reliable data, a well-defined metric to define the performance gap, relevant financial gains, and team commitment.

You need to observe your time horizon - not that your goal should not be audacious, but it must be achievable. Let me give you a very simple example: imagine, you found a football club today and define that in five years it will be in the first national division. What is the chance of that happening? Nearly impossible, isn’t it?

This is an important point! The most frequent mistake made in project selection is a very complex choice - the complexity must be sufficient to make it meaningful to the company.

However, it should not be so complicated that it can’t be completed in a period of four to six months for a Green Belt or six to eight months for a Black Belt.

Here's a tip: If at the initial stage of development, the project shows itself too broad or too simple, the scope of work should be changed immediately.

If you realize that you have a very broad intention, you can divide it in smaller plans.

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