You can't solve world hunger in one day (#57)
The
biggest threat to your Six Sigma Project is an unmanageable scope. Less than 40%
of initiated projects are actually finished (this is being generous). This is
because no one told the Six Sigma Practitioner that they will probably not be
able to solve world hunger on their own, especially within their first project.
With an unmanageable scope, the risk of a stalled project is high.
So
how do you fix this? We tell our students: focus, focus, focus! Focus your
efforts for your Project Scope. It is improbable that you will be able to solve
world hunger, but you can be successful in saving a village. When the hunger
problem is Improved, Optimized, and Controlled in the village; then you can
begin those improvements within the neighboring village. This is called
“Multi-Generational Projects.”
The
ultimate goal is to solve world hunger, correct? Well having a scope that is
too large (solving the entire globe’s hunger problem at once) will ultimately
cause your entire project to fail. However, by solving the hunger issue village
by village, the implementation of the solution will become easier each time. After
a few successful completions, you can broaden your scope to include a few
villages at one time. This will be easier to do versus completing your first
project because you have already dealt with the majority of variables that come
up in your prior projects.
This
is typically the time that I receive the question “will my project not be
complete until I solve world hunger?” Absolutely not. Every “generational”
project (one village or multi villages) is considered its own project. The
Pareto Chart is a great tool that will aid in your understanding of what the
optimal scope should be. But first, you need to collect data.
Let’s
look at an example. A Six Sigma Practioner’s project is to lessen the amount of
missed deliveries in the United States. We know that putting full focus on such
a huge problem will lessen our success rate. We should tighten the scope into a
more manageable project. Refer to the image for data.
Use this data to create a Pareto Chart. In
your Minitab application select Stat
then Quality Tools then Pareto Chart. Use the image below to
complete the Pareto Chart.
Click OK to create the Pareto Chart of City.
Refer to image below.
From this we can see that the cities of
Atlanta and Chicago have the majority of missed deliveries, even though there
are a total of 11 cities. From this chart we can see where to narrow our scope
to resolve the problem. Then you can narrow your scope even further by county
or district within each city. Focus is key!
About Six Sigma Development Solutions, Inc.
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Training:
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