Agile Project Management for Agile Development

Agile Academy - Home Six Sigma The common Six Sigma symbol Six Sigma is a set of techniques and tools for process improvement. It was developed by Motorola in 1986.[1][2] Jack Welch made it central to his business strategy at General Electric in 1995.[3] Today, it is used in many industrial sectors.[4] Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects (errors) and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes. The term Six Sigma originated from terminology associated with manufacturing, specifically terms associated with statistical modeling of manufacturing processes. Doctrine[edit] Six Sigma doctrine asserts that: Features that set Six Sigma apart from previous quality improvement initiatives include: The term "six sigma" comes from statistics and is used in statistical quality control, which evaluates process capability. "Six Sigma" was registered June 11, 1991 as U.S. Methodologies[edit] DMAIC[edit] The DMAIC project methodology has five phases: