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Project Management is about getting things done and getting them done in a structured way. Tools and techniques for Project Management can help Lean Six Sigma practitioners to do the following:

 Establish a project timeline.

 Plan the work by breaking it down into tasks, including task owners, required resources, due dates, and so on.

 Work effectively with a team (remembering the acronym Together Everyone Achieves More).

 Monitor progress against the plan.

 Manage the scope of the work to avoid the dreaded scope creep (the tendency of a project to grow into something bigger and more difficult to manage).

 Report the benefits achieved.

 Apply governance to the project, such as, for example, in identifying and managing risks and holding tollgate reviews.

 Identifying and sharing lessons learned.

As you get to know more about Lean Six Sigma, you’ll notice there are a few overlaps between Project Management and Lean Six Sigma. The tools and methods of Project Management can certainly help when it comes to managing Lean Six Sigma improvements, and indeed some of them are included in the Lean Six Sigma / DMAIC toolkit (such as planning, managing stakeholders, and establishing a project sponsor).

Just as “too many cooks spoil the broth,” too many tools might spoil the improvement effort. Trying to use every single aspect of these approaches as well as all the tools in the book is likely to slow you down and overcomplicate things. And it might leave stakeholders with a bad taste in their mouths. Rather than incorporate everything, use only the ingredients that you know will enrich the desired result. As you become more experienced, it gets easier to recognize what could help your situation.