Improving Web Feature On-time Delivery Project Example

DevTeam division Six Sigma project translated into savings of roughly $35,000 through an increase in labor productivity and resulted in annualized savings of $574,080--The goal of the development team (DevTeam) is to deliver these features in a timely manner so that the software firm can plan releases accordingly. Web products have a short lifespan, so release management is a key success criterion. The business problem, however, was that the DevTeam was not delivering features as promised. This led to a process problem of not being able to give realistic estimates of what would be accomplished each work cycle. The uncertainty in delivery times of features impacted the company's ability to release products according to plan and ship completed products in a competitive manner. To increase the number of features completed per cycle, and therefore better meet release dates, a DMAIC project – focusing on identifying and eliminating the sources of the variation – was initiated. The DevTea