SOFTWARE DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA (DFSS): A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT - Software Design for Six-Sigma: A Roadmap for Excellence - page 217

TABLE 9.1 Deployment Operative Roles Summary
Project Champions

Manage projects across company
Approve the resources
Remove the barriers
Create vision

Master Black Belts Review project status

Teach tools and methodology
Assist the champion
Develop local deployment plans

Black Belts Train their teams

Apply the methodology and lead projects
Drive projects to completion

Green Belts Same as Black Belts (but done in conjunction

with other full-time job responsibilities)

Project Teams Implement process improvements

Gather data

downstream of Deployment and Postdeployment phases. Historical knowledge might
include lessons learned, best-practices sharing, and deployment benchmarking data.
In summary, Table 9.1 summarizes the roles and responsibilities of the deployment
operatives presented in this section.
In addition, Figure 9.2 depicts the growth curve of the Six Sigma deployment
operatives. It is the responsibility of the deployment team to shape the duration and
slopes of these growth curves subject to the deployment plan. The pool of Black Belts

DFSS DFSS

Members

Project Project Team Team

Members

Black Black Belts Belts

Green

Green Belts

Belts

Master Master Black Black Belts Belts

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Deployment Time (years)

FIGURE 9.2 Deployment operative growth curves.