Dear Friends, Can some of you share Project Charter Template ? I am trying to get the best one.,

Regards/SK

Dear SK,

Please find a basic project charter template (in Excel) attached.

SJ

http://forum.benchmarksixsigma.com/files/file/38-black-belt-project-criteria/

Dear SJ,

Thanks a lot !

Regards/SK

 

 

Dear SJ,

I request your clarifications on the following points -

1) I am working on a project to reduce TLs (Team Leaders)  by aligning their activites accordingly. Our current staus is - 650 operators and 80 TLs( 8:1 Ratio). Our target is 16:1 ratio. In this project is there any way to calculate current sigma ?

2) I am working on another project - Improve productivity thro' automation. Right now our norm per day is 600, with this automation process our expected norm can be 900. Is there any way to calculate current sigma level for this project ?

3) Is it mandatory to calculate current sigma for all projects ?

Thanks a lot for your reply.

Regards/SK

 

 

Dear SK,

It is not always required to calculate Sigma Level on projects. The Sigma level can be "manipulated" by playing around with the number of opportunities for defects per unit. Having said that, it may still be useful to talk about the sigma level so that the current performance of the process can be compared with other processes and improvements before and after the project can be compared. Some companies require you to report Sigma level for all projects.

In order to compute DPMO, you need some sort of a customer specification limits. In your case, for both your projects you have not reported any specification limits. I am assuming that you have done some benchmarking and decided that 16:1 is a lower specification limit for your employees. This is probably dicated by your business rather than your customer. Assuming that this is your specification limit, you can compute the DPMO as follows:

a) Number of team leaders who have less than 16 direct reports can be considered as defects/defectives.

The ratio of number of defects divided by 80 multiplied by 1000000 = DPMO

c) You can then use the conversion table to translate DPMO to Sigma Levels.

If all your team leaders currently have less than 16 direct reports then, DPMO = 1,000,000 and Sigma Level = -infinity!!!

There are other variants of computing sigma level and I would invite discussion on them from other team members.

Best Regards,

SJ

Dear SJ,

Thank for your reply. Sure it helps me to understand how sigma level can be calculated.

It would be more helpful if I get input on other variants also from our members.

Regards/SK

 

Dear SJ,

Can you please explain me what does project measures mean in project charter.

Regards

G.Vishwanath

Dear Vishwanath,

Are you talking about Project Y ? Not sure what you are referring to when you say project measures.

SJ