Lean Six Sigma Glossary Definition

Term Lean Six Sigma
Definition

Lean Six Sigma is a project cost or earned-value concept used to estimate, budget, measure, or forecast project performance. It supports financial control by connecting planned work, completed work, actual spending, and expected completion outcomes.

Context & Usage

Project managers, sponsors, and project-controls staff use this concept in budget reviews, performance reporting, forecasting, and variance conversations.

Related concepts include Budget, Cost Baseline, Planned Value, Earned Value, Actual Cost and Cost Variance.

Categories Knowledge Management and Content Governance