Six Sigma Project Charter Template

Six Sigma Project Charter Template

Product or Service Impacted Expected Project Savings ($)

Black Belt or Green Belt Business Unit

Champion Phone Number for Belt

Master Black Belt Email for Belt

Start Date Target Completion Date

Element Description Team Charter

1. Process: The process in which

opportunity exists.

2. Project Description: what is the

“Practical Problem”

Problem and goal statement

(project’s purpose)

3. Objective:

What improvement is targeted

and what will be the impact

on Rolled Throughput Yield

(RTY), Cost of Poor Quality

(COPQ) and Capability index

C-P, back orders, costs?

Project

Y’s

Baseline

GOAL

Entitlem

ent

units

The “Statistical Problem” -

the measurable variable(s Metric 1 %

Metric 2 $/A

Metric 3 units

/A

4. Business Cases:

Expected financial

improvement, or other

justification.

5. Team members:

Names and roles of team

members?

6. Project Scope: Which part of the process will

be investigated and excluded.

7. Benefit to External Customers:

Who are the final customers,

what are their key measures,

and what benefits will they

see?

8. Schedule: Give the key

milestones/dates.

Project Start

M- Measurement “M” Completion

A- Analysis “A” Completion

I- Improvement “I” Completion

C- Control “C” Completion

Note: Schedule appropriate

Safety Reviews.

Safety Reviews

Project Completion

9. Support Required: Will any special capabilities,

hardware, trials, etc be

needed?