Maintain the gains by standardizing work methods or processes

Anticipate future improvements and preserve the lessons from this effort

Tools

1. Process Management Check (Ongoing monitoring tool)
2. Presentation Worksheet - Storyboard
   • Control Charts:  X-Bar & R-Charts
   • Control Charts:  P-Charts
   • Control Charts:  NP-Charts
   • Control Charts:  C-Charts
   • Closure Checklist (Checklist for project completion)
   • Timeplots
   • Histograms (Frequency graphs)
   • Pareto (Focus on vital causes)

Define

Measure

Analyze

Improve

Control

DMAIC Overview

Full List of Performance Improvement Tools