Six Sigma Project Requirements Document
This is a practical guide to building a requirements document for a six sigma project project — the documented needs the solution must meet, adapted to the realities of reducing defects and variation in a process.
What a Requirements Document is
A requirements document is the documented needs the solution must meet. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Requirements Document. 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 requirements document 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
- Business requirements
- Functional requirements
- Non-functional requirements
- Acceptance criteria
- Traceability
Six Sigma Project-specific considerations
Tailor the requirements document 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 requirements document 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.