<p>Yes, DMAIC makes sense. If processes like CD need to be improved it is important to have a baseline. Therefore the <strong>M</strong>easure step is useful. The team investigates the status of process X, e.g. CD by documenting the current status. </p>

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<p>Six Sigma's <a href="https://www.isixsigma.com/methodology/dmaic-methodology/what-dmaic/" rel="noreferrer">DMAIC</a> (see also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMAIC" rel="noreferrer">Wikipedia</a>) has been there before continuous procedures, so I think more or less these concepts have been nourishing <a href="/questions/tagged/itil" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;itil&#39;" rel="tag">itil</a>, then CI/CD and now DevOps as well.</p>

<p>Still I am not sure whether we have an established data model for example to allow DMAIC across many iterations.</p>

<p>Question: do you know of examples of practices/ aligning DMAIC with DevOps (at the measure side, first of all)? Does it make sense?</p>

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# DMAIC - Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control in the DevOps world?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-16)

Six Sigma's [DMAIC](https://www.isixsigma.com/methodology/dmaic-methodology/what-dmaic/) (see also [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMAIC)) has been there before continuous procedures, so I think more or less these concepts have been nourishing [itil](/questions/tagged/itil "show questions tagged 'itil'"), then CI/CD and now DevOps as well.

Still I am not sure whether we have an established data model for example to allow DMAIC across many iterations.

Question: do you know of examples of practices/ aligning DMAIC with DevOps (at the measure side, first of all)? Does it make sense?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-16. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Yes, DMAIC makes sense. If processes like CD need to be improved it is important to have a baseline. Therefore the **M**easure step is useful. The team investigates the status of process X, e.g. CD by documenting the current status.


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