DMAIC Project Charter

Project Title:

Project #:

Business Unit / Department:

Process Affected:

Charter Date:

Target Completion:

Priority: ☐ High ☐ Medium

What is wrong? Use data. State the current state vs. the desired state. No causes or solutions yet.

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound. Example: "Reduce defect rate from 4.2% to <1.0% by [date]."

Primary Metric (Y):

Current Baseline:

Target Value:

Entitlement (best possible):

Financial impact (cost savings, revenue, rework reduction): Customer / quality impact: Strategic alignment (which company goal does this support?):

Estimated annual savings:

Estimated project cost:

In scope (what IS included):

Out of scope (what is NOT included):

Process start point: Process end point:

Project Team

Phase	Key Deliverables	Planned Start	Planned End	Status
D Define	Charter, SIPOC, VOC
M Measure	Data collection, baseline, MSA
A Analyze	Root causes, data analysis
I Improve	Solutions, pilot, validation
C Control	Control plan, SOPs, handoff

Champion / Sponsor: Date:

Project Lead: Date:

Finance: Date: