IT Project Mechanic

Six Sigma isn’t necessarily built for manufacturing environments. That was the original intended purpose, to be sure. The methodology, however, can accommodate all systems based improvement efforts that may be pursued. The other facet of the question, “How can Six Sigma work for IT projects?” rests on whether the technology based processes are known systems.

This question has a very simple answer – IT projects and processes are systems. They do not take on the physical shape of systems as manufacturing facilities might, but the repeatable series of steps and the defined methods used to execute an IT Project are very similar to all systems.
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