If you have experience in software implementation projects, you know that these projects often do not go as planned, with schedule overruns and recurring problems two of the biggest complaints. With Six Sigma concepts applied by software companies at the implementation stage on a customers site, these problems can be eliminated.
There are two specific problems that are most likely to occur during software implementation projects, within the categories mentioned above. These are customer requirement problems and schedule estimation problems. With the use of Six Sigma concepts during the projects, professionals will be able to better understand the needs and the business objectives of the client.
Software products are primarily to heighten the productivity for a process established in the business abiding by the objectives and goals of the client. Problems are very likely to occur during the implementation phase of the software process. The clients discover the contracted software is not reaching the goals already outlined.
To help this process of software implementation, the Six Sigma methods will eliminate the divide amongst the client and developer as it addresses needs communications. There is documentation by software businesses who’ve used Six Sigma that this it is a success for resolving the quality issues that occur during the software implementation projects.
Next up, the issue of schedule estimation. When a mistake is made during this step, the outcome of the whole implementation process can be at risk. With Six Sigma concepts applied when preparing schedule estimations, planners can include many different factors which can affect the software implementation projects. An efficiency chart is generated based on the past records of the client.