Six Sigma Project Stakeholder Register
This is a practical guide to building a stakeholder register for a six sigma project project — a record of stakeholders, their influence and how to engage them, adapted to the realities of reducing defects and variation in a process.
What a Stakeholder Register is
A stakeholder register is a record of stakeholders, their influence and how to engage them. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Stakeholder Register. 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 stakeholder register 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
- Stakeholder name and role
- Power and interest
- Attitude
- Engagement approach
Six Sigma Project-specific considerations
Tailor the stakeholder register 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 stakeholder register 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.