Back to Basics: To DMAIC or Not to DMAIC?
Back to Basics: To DMAIC or Not to DMAIC?
- Publication:
- Quality Progress
- Date:
- November 2012
- Issue:
- Volume 45 Issue 11
- Pages:
- pp. 72
- Author(s):
- Berardinelli, Carl F.
- Organization(s):
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Abstract
Define, measure, analyze, improve and control (DMAIC) is a structured problem-solving method. In this Back to Basics article, Carl F. Berardinelli explains how each phase of DMAIC builds on the previous one, with the goal of implementing long-term solutions to problems. Sometimes, project leaders or sponsors don’t feel a formal approach is necessary, but most problem-solving efforts benefit from a disciplined method.