Lean Six Sigma Program — Improvement Project Timelines | UH Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Semester	Project Life-cycle	Lean Six Sigma Project (DMAIC)	Design for Six Sigma Project (DMADV)
1^st Semester	Initiating	Define phase	Define phase
1^st Semester	Planning	Measure phase Analyze phase Improve phase (through identification of solutions)	Measure phase Analyze phase Design phase (through identification of new design)
2^nd Semester	Executing	Improve phase (implement-ation of improved process)	Design phase (implementation of new design)
	Monitoring and controlling	Control phase	Verify phase
	Closing	Control phase (project close-out)	Verify phase (project close-out)