Q 324. What is a low hanging fruit? Are there any risks in identifying and addressing low hanging fruits in Define phase of a DMAIC project?

 

 

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The term "low-hanging fruit" is a commonly used to describe the simplest & easiest work or a quick fix that produces can produce detectable Results.

Risk of identifying & addressing the low hanging fruit task in define phase is that Once you done these task some moderate results will come but this can make the team Complacent, Team will not focus well for the other phases in Project And Even Importance of follow the each phase will get dull

And Most Important if the Team will not rigorously follow the each phase of DMAIC, their ability to solve Complex Problems we will not develop, So in Complex projects they will fail miserably, Such Complex Projects will be dropped or remain unfinished in any Organization.      

Sanjay Singh has clearly highlighted the risks involved in addressing the low hanging fruits in the Define phase. His answer has been selected as the best answer.