Six Sigma Project Project Closure Report
This is a practical guide to building a project closure report for a six sigma project project — the record that formally closes the project and confirms acceptance, adapted to the realities of reducing defects and variation in a process.
What a Project Closure Report is
A project closure report is the record that formally closes the project and confirms acceptance. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Project Closure. On a six sigma project project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a Six Sigma Project project
Six Sigma Project projects live or die on reducing defects and variation in a process. A well-built project closure report gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how six sigma project projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Objectives vs outcomes
- Deliverable acceptance
- Budget/schedule summary
- Lessons learned
- Handover
Six Sigma Project-specific considerations
Tailor the project closure report to the risks that most often derail six sigma project projects:
- Data availability
- Root-cause complexity
- Sustaining control
Example
On a real six sigma project project, the project closure report would be shaped by reducing defects and variation in a process. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — data availability, root-cause complexity, sustaining control — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.