Tools and Techniques

The Six Sigma tool kit has a number of tools and techniques that help teams work through the methodology. Tools range from very simple but effective scoping documents through to quite complex statistical analysis that will usually be undertaken by trained Black Belts. Our tools fall into four classes:
Process management tools e.g. process mapping, waste identification, bottleneck reduction
Project management tools e.g. Gantt charts, project plans, resource plans Data management tools e.g. Pareto charts, regression, correlation, control charts, hypothesis testing, designed experimentation, using Minitab software
Change management tools e.g. brainstorming, stakeholder management, communication planning