DMAIC Navigator
Explore the purpose, questions, tools, evidence and exit criteria of Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control—and learn when a project is truly ready to move forward.
DMAIC is a learning sequence, not a paperwork sequence.
The navigator shows what each phase is trying to learn, the questions it should answer, typical tools, the evidence that supports progression and the conditions that should be met before moving to the next phase.
DMAIC Navigator — Step by Step
Eight locked stages move from the improvement context through all five DMAIC phases, a fast-close challenge and management review.
Phase Purpose, Evidence and Gate Readiness
Reveal the improvement context to begin.
Use each phase to answer a different management question.
Which DMAIC Phase Fits the Situation?
Experiment Mode is isolated from the guided demonstration. Choose a project situation and a proposed phase to test the fit.
Test DMAIC phase judgement.
The five DMAIC phases
Define
Clarify the problem, customer, scope, goal, business case and ownership.
Measure
Establish operational definitions, data reliability, process understanding and baseline performance.
Analyze
Identify and validate the root causes that materially drive the problem.
Improve
Develop, select, pilot and verify countermeasures that address validated causes.
Control
Embed ownership, standard work, monitoring and response to sustain the gain.
Define the right problem, trust the baseline, validate causes, test solutions and build the controls that keep the improved process from drifting back.