ChatGPT prompt for a Lean Six Sigma project

Act as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt helping me scope and run an improvement project. Build a practical DMAIC plan from the information below. Do not assume the solution is known or that automation is the answer.

Project context: [PROCESS AND PROBLEM]
Baseline evidence: [BASELINE DATA]
Target and business case: [TARGET AND BUSINESS IMPACT]
Team and constraints: [TEAM AND CONSTRAINTS]
Timing: [TIMELINE]

Produce a working project charter and action plan in these sections:
1. Problem statement, goal statement, scope boundaries, customers, CTQs, and a clear operational definition for each primary metric. Separate symptoms from the suspected root cause.
2. A DMAIC table. For each phase, list deliverables, 3-6 concrete activities, accountable owner, consulted roles, evidence required to exit the phase, and a realistic date or duration.
3. A measurement plan specifying numerator, denominator, unit, data source, sampling period, data owner, baseline, target, and likely data-quality problems. Include process time, defect/rework, and customer-impact measures where relevant.
4. Analyze phase hypotheses to test, including stratification by product, shift, channel, supplier, or handoff where relevant. Recommend appropriate basic tools such as SIPOC, process map, Pareto, run chart, fishbone, 5 Whys, control chart, or capability analysis, and state what decision each tool supports.
5. Improve-phase experiment plan: change, prediction, pilot population, success criteria, guardrail metrics, owner, and rollback rule. Do not present a countermeasure as proven before a test.
6. Control plan with standard work, monitoring cadence, control limits or escalation triggers, response owner, and a 30/60/90-day sustainment check.

Flag missing baseline data, invalid comparisons, vague targets, and any claim the supplied evidence cannot support. Before finalizing, check that every activity has one accountable owner and that the target is measurable without changing its definition mid-project. Ask up to 3 clarifying questions only if a required input is missing.

Create a one-page Lean Six Sigma project charter for [PROCESS], where [PROBLEM] is causing [BUSINESS IMPACT]. Use this baseline: [BASELINE]. Define in-scope and out-of-scope work, customers and CTQs, primary and guardrail metrics with operational definitions, a SMART goal, sponsor, project lead, team roles, assumptions, risks, and a 90-day milestone plan. Distinguish facts from hypotheses. Flag any goal that lacks a denominator, time period, or data source. Ask up to 3 questions only if a required field is missing.

Help me plan a root-cause analysis for [DEFECT OR DELAY] in [PROCESS]. Available data: [DATA]. Current process steps and handoffs: [PROCESS MAP NOTES]. Suspected causes: [INITIAL HYPOTHESES]. Produce a cause-and-effect structure organized by people, process, technology, materials, measurement, and environment; then rank which hypotheses deserve testing first. For each, name the data slice, comparison, chart or test, decision rule, and confounder to watch for. Do not call a cause confirmed without evidence. Flag data gaps and ask up to 3 questions if needed.

Create a Lean Six Sigma control plan for [IMPROVED PROCESS] after this pilot result: [PILOT RESULTS]. The critical measures are [CTQS AND METRICS], and the process owners are [OWNERS]. Produce a table with each metric, operational definition, data source, sample frequency, target or control limit, dashboard owner, escalation trigger, immediate containment action, root-cause response, and review cadence. Include standard-work changes, training evidence, and 30/60/90-day audits. Flag any result that is too short or too small to support a sustainment claim. Ask up to 3 questions if necessary.