• SIX SIGMA IMPLEMENTATION IN SOFTWARE COMPANIES USING DTS

Abstract

Six Sigma has been very successfully applied in manufacturing. Is it also applicable to software, and ICT? Six Sigma is about cost reduction by eliminating defects. Six Sigma uses the following three principles: Focus on customers, Process orientation, Leadership based on metrics The big question as to whether Six Sigma can really be applied as successfully in the software industry as it was to manufacturing is still being debated. The real challenge is to see if it can be implemented without reinventing the wheel. There is also disagreement among leaders in the software industry about the need for Six Sigma. Applying Six Sigma to software development makes software projects transparent to both management and customers. Transparency requires an important cultural change. As a result, after transparency is achieved, completing accurate project estimations while meeting both deadlines and customer requirements becomes a lot easier. I had implemented DTS as a prototype by using techniques of six sigma to track an error. With the help of graph I also show the no. of bug incremented or decremented versus date of track.