Prerequisites

License key

Six Sigma is available in PPM if your PPM license includes the Six Sigma functionality.

For details on the corresponding PPM license key required, contact the system administrator in charge.

Software

As Minitab® is a Windows-based software package, the PPM client that is accessing Minitab® must be installed on a Windows computer.

Prerequisites for accessing Minitab® from PPM:

  1. In order to start Minitab® directly from the PPM user interface, Minitab® must be installed on the relevant client computer.
  2. To use automated Minitab® evaluations using a remote command line program, the corresponding command line program and Minitab® must be installed on the same computer.

Detailed information on hardware and software requirements is available in the webMethods system requirements.

Use Minitab® 16

By default, the Minitab® PlugIn for version Minitab® 15 is installed. If you installed the version Minitab® 16 you need to replace the file runMinitabExport.exe of version 15 with the file for version 16, which is supplied.

The installed version Minitab® 15 is located in the directory

<installation directory>\ppmmashzone\server\bin\agentLocalRepo\.unpacked\ppm-client-run-prod-<version>-runnable.zip\ppm\vb\SixSigma\exe

A backup copy of the file runMinitabExport.exe of version Minitab® 15 is located in the directory

<installation directory>\ppmmashzone\server\bin\agentLocalRepo\.unpacked\ppm-client-run-prod-<version>-runnable.zip\ppm\vb\SixSigma\exe\Minitab15

The file runMinitabExport.exe of version Minitab® 16 is located in the directory

<installation directory>\ppmmashzone\server\bin\agentLocalRepo\.unpacked\ppm-client-run-prod-<version>-runnable.zip\ppm\vb\SixSigma\exe\Minitab16

Demo database

When you install PPM, the UMG demo database is available. The demo database contains a Six Sigma demo scenario, which you can use to gain a better understanding of the subsequent description with references to examples for configuring and creating analyses and incorporating Minitab® evaluations into Performance Dashboard.

More detailed information on installing a PPM demo database is available in the PPM Installation manual.