Six Sigma to CMMI ML3
June 11th, 2008 by mark | Posted in Process Improvement, Six Sigma, Tools
Tags: addition, baseline, black belt, cmmi, free, organization, process, process performance, program, project, project plan, quality, sigma, tool
Of late I have spent a great deal of time working on the following premise:
Can you use Six Sigma to achieve CMMI ML3 and higher?
The answer I have arrived at is an unequivocal, YES. To prove my point I just completed a Master Black Belt project that precisely attends to this assumption. My client project was built under the following assumptions:
CMMI efforts need to be:
- profitable,
- lithe,
- prompt, and
- effective
Lean Six Sigma certainly provides the tools to address the above. Additionally, a truly good CMMI/ Six Sigma effort needs to be implemented such that it is:
- reactive to changing business needs,
- easily absorbed within the culture, and
- measurable (certainty needs to be applied in terms of numerical effectiveness of the effort).
Again, Six Sigma tools provides the requisite environment in which to guarantee the above.
My project plan was structured using Minitab’s Quality Companion 2. The plan itself was iterative in nature; everything structured in ‘bite-sized’ chunks. Processes were embedded in order to baseline and measure process performance and progress.
The bottom line is… Six Sigma can and should be used to help focus CMMI program efforts. Efforts structured using these tools and techniques can be implemented quickly and with minimal waste and maximum profit. Unfortunately, I am unable to share the particulars of this program, freely.
However, should you wish to discuss taking this approach within your organization and programs, I am more than happy to chat with you. Simply contact me via the contact page on this site to set up a time.
…mark
