Six Sigma and Project Management
Joseph M. Juran stated, “All improvement takes place project by project, and in no other way”*
It’s important to select projects carefully and apply higher quality where it makes sense; companies that use Six Sigma do not always boost their stock values
As Mikel Harry puts it, “I could genetically engineer a Six Sigma goat, but if a rodeo is the marketplace, people are still going to buy a Four Sigma horse.”**
Six Sigma projects must focus on a quality problem or gap between the current and desired performance and not have a clearly understood problem or a predetermined solution