Six Sigma Project: The Portfolio Management Perspective

Authors

  • Marly Monteiro de Carvalho University of São Paulo Brazil

Keywords:

six sigma, service organization, project management

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to propose the portfolio management framework for Six Sigma projects, identifying the main stages and stakeholders. A literature review enlightens different aspects of project portfolio management. These different perspectives were brought into a Six Sigma, Project and Portfolio Integrated Framework (SSP&PIF). Further, two case studies from health care and IT sectors are presented. The empirical data are gathered from 12 interviews of selected stakeholders in companies, as well as participant observation and documentation. The framework helps to understand six sigma projects portfolio, in multiple levels simultaneously. The cases revealed the company which Six Sigma was implemented based on the project management methodology, supported by the PMO, the projects portfolio move toward a more strategic perspective. However, there were several lacks in the projects portfolio in both the studied companies.

Author Biography

  • Marly Monteiro de Carvalho, University of São Paulo Brazil

    Associate professor in production engineering at University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. She is the coordinator of Project Management Lab. (http://www.pro.poli.usp.br/lgp) and the coordinator of QEP-Quality and Product Engineering research group of CNPq (National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development). She is encharge of the master in Project Management of USP/FCAV. She holds production engineering degree at University of São Paulo, M.Sc. and Ph.D in the same area at Federal University of Santa Catarina, and post doctoral programme at Polytechnic of Milan. Her research interests include project management, innovation strategy, quality management and competitive strategy. She has published 10 books and a number of articles within the same areas.The books were published in Brazil (Innovation: Strategy and Knowledge Communities, Building skills to manage projects, Project Management in Practice I and II, Quality Management, Strategies for competitiveness, among others) and in the USA (Strategic Alignment Process and Decision Support Systems: Theory and Case Studies). She is also member of the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, available in the Emerald database.

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2022-05-20

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Six Sigma Project: The Portfolio Management Perspective. (2022). The Journal of Modern Project Management, 1(2). https://journalmodernpm.com/manuscript/index.php/jmpm/article/view/123

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