When it comes to Six Sigma Projects, you often hear many people talking about scalability and the scope of the project. Many people don't realize that these two concepts also relate to the team itself, because you don't want too many cooks in the kitchen, so to speak. Taking the time to assess the process improvements that your company needs and determining how many viable team members you can afford to assign to the project will help you to find a manageable scope. As far as the team is concerned, it is always better to have too much than not enough, but you don't want to be paying for resources that you're not using.

While more professional skill sets on a team will provide a better chance at more successful results, it is also a great way to waste buyable resources. Considering that you're probably doing Six Sigma Projects to reduce waste and eliminate wastes, why would you want to create more wastes when developing your Six Sigma Team? Remember that the entire process is about efficiency, which means the need to make the most of everything that you have. However, this doesn't mean that you should sell yourself short or scrimp on any particular aspect of your Six Sigma Projects.

You simply need to focus on the scope of your Six Sigma Projects and utilize that scope to create a sizable Six Sigma Team that can get the job done efficiently and in a relatively short amount of time. It would be great to have 50 team members for every project, because then you could have the projects done in no time. However, this is a great waste of resources unless you are undertaking a huge Six Sigma Process, because you generally don't need a team of more than 10 to 20 Six Sigma professionals depending on the size of the project and the company itself.

Keep in mind how you might choose the most ‘top-rated’ professionals to be a part of your scalable team. While it might seem like having someone with better abilities would be a successful move, some people in the upper levels of Six Sigma enlightenment tend to be individual workers rather than team players. Don't sacrifice the group dynamic of your team by being unrealistic in your choices of team members. Keep all of these things in mind, and remember that your Six Sigma Team should not be bigger than your Six Sigma Projects. It's kind of like throwing a 400 pound man on a pony: it might seem productive, but it will generally weigh the process down.