Six Sigma

Wipro has one of the most mature Six Sigma programs in the industry ensuring that 91% of our projects are completed on schedule, much above the industry average of 55%. Six Sigma provides the tools for continuous improvement on existing processes thereby helping sustain the SEI-CMM Level 5 and CMMi certifications.

As the pioneers of Six Sigma in India, Wipro has already put in around five years into process improvement through Six Sigma. Along the way we have scaled the Six Sigma ladder within Wipro, while helping to roll out over a 1000 projects. Wipro has also built up a Six Sigma skill base of over 150 black belts. Wipro's Six Sigma consulting experience has peaked with the indigenous development of new methodologies that we take to our customers. As we continue our Six Sigma consulting journey, we build on our expertise and experience - to bring continuous process improvement to your organization.

	We are the first company in India to adopt the Six Sigma TQM methodology for continuous improvement and defect and cycle time reduction
	Our Six Sigma program spreads right across verticals and impacts multiple areas such as project management, market development and resource utilization
	We have over 3350 employees trained in Six Sigma with 120 certified black belts
	We have 500 ongoing Six Sigma projects and the expected financial return is 10% of PBT

At Wipro, we employ the DSSS (Development of Six Sigma Software) methodology for software development. The methodology uses rigorous in-process metrics and cause analysis throughout the software development lifecycle for defect free deliveries and lower customer cost of application development.


What it means for you

	Six Sigma brings in customer focus, measuring all deliverables with respect to customer CTQ's
	Defect reduction (software defects reduced by 50%) and cycle time reduction (rework in software down from 12% to 5%) leading to improved product quality
	Waste elimination and increased productivity upto 35%
	Cost of failure avoidance (Installation failures down from 4.5% to 1% in hardware business)
	Tangible cost savings due to lower application development cost for customer