
A PICK chart (also known as PICK Diagram) is a Lean Six Sigma tool, developed by Lockheed Martin for a lean product, for organizing process improvement ideas and categorizing them during the Identify and Prioritize Opportunities Phase for easy review and analysis.
Six Sigma ( 6σ) is a set of techniques and tools for process improvement. It was introduced by American engineer Bill Smith while working at Motorola in 1986. A six sigma process is one in which 99.99966% of all opportunities to produce some feature of a part are statistically expected to be free of defects.
A PICK Chart is a very effective Lean Six Sigma tool used to categorize process improvement ideas during an LSS event. The purpose is to help identify the most useful ideas. The 2×2 grid is normally drawn on a white board or large flip-chart. Ideas that were written on sticky notes by team members are then placed on…