DMAIC Template

• Project Name

• Location
  Address

• DMAIC Practitioner

• Conducted on

  Date

DMAIC

Define

• What are the project goals?

• List customer (internal and external) deliverables

Measure

• Is there a data collection plan developed to quantify the problem?

  Yes

  No

• Is the current performance of the process determined through benchmarking?

  Yes

  No

• Problem statement

Analyze

• What are the performance objectives?

• Identify value/non-value added process steps

• Specify the sources of variation

• Describe the few vital inputs in relation to the output

• Root cause of the problem

Improve

• Potential solutions

• Are operating tolerances of the potential system well-defined?

  Yes

  No

• Were design experiments performed?

  Yes

  No

• Were potential improvements validated through pilot studies?

  Yes

  No

• Were potential solutions assessed and re-evaluated?

  Yes

  No

Control

• What is the monitoring and control system in place?

• Was the statistical process control implemented?

  Yes

  No

• Transfer plan (handoff to process owner)

• Were benefits, cost savings/avoidance & profit growth verified?

  Yes

  No

Completion

• Additional recommendations

• Full Name and Signature of DMAIC Practitioner

  Sign