Step 1: Collect and Review Primary Information
The project begins when the top management assigns responsibility to the Project Champion. The Project Champion usually delegates the task of preparing the Project Charter to another team member. It is important for both the Project Champion as well as the team member to understand what information is required. Here are tips on how to…
Step 4: Develop a Business Case for your Project
Now that we have the problem as well as the goal statement handy, it is time to ensure that these statements are well articulated in the business case. The management has to choose amongst several possible six sigma projects while granting its resources. The ones that do succeed in getting the resources from the management…
What is a Project Schedule ?
What is a Project Schedule ? A Project schedule is a document that contains vital information about the beginning and ending of the each of the five phases of the DMIAC Six Sigma methodology. The project schedule is an important document because it contains information about the project team, risks that have been identified and…
A Project charter is a 5 to 6 page document which collects all the information that has been developed in the previous steps and puts it in a central location.
The Project charter serves as the constitution which governs the working of the project and disputes if any that may arise during the execution of the project.
The project charter is the final deliverable document that is required at the end of the first step of the Define Phase.
This document serves as a proof of the activities that have been performed up to this stage and the agreement that has been reached amongst the members of the team, the stakeholders as well as the management.
This charter is constantly used to see whether the project is doing what it was expected to do, within the time frame it was expected to do, so on and so forth. At the end of the project the actual benefits are compared with the forecasted benefits to declare the project a success or a failure. The Project Charter plays a vital role in the control of the project.
A Project charter usually has 5 - 6 elements. They can be more or less depending upon the nature of the project and its requirements. However the usual elements of most Six Sigma project charters are as follows:
The Project Charter must be stored in a shared location and must be accessible to all at any time. This is because this document and its interpretation is critical to ensuring that the project progresses in the right direction.
However, the Project Charter is like the Bible of the Project. Modifications must not be allowed under normal circumstances. However. If material information needs to be included or corrected in the project charter, then it must be done after due diligence and everyone must be informed about the change. This will ensure that all the people working on the project have the exact same information all the time.
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