LSSBB Course Outline

Introduction to Six Sigma

  • A brief history of Quality
  • What is Quality (Definitions) and service or product
  • Quality Gurus & their contribution to Quality
  • Enterprise wide View
  • Leadership
  • Six Sigma Roles and Responsibilities
  • Team Formation
  • Team Facilitation
  • Team Dynamics
  • Time Management For Teams
  • Team Decision making Tools
  • Management and Planning Tools
  • Team Performance Evaluation And Rewards
  • Overview of DMAIC

Six Sigma Methodology – Define

  • Important Stakeholders
  • Impact On Stakeholders
  • Critical To Requirements
  • Benchmarking
  • Business performance measures
  • Financial measures
  • VOC
  • Kano’s Customer Satisfaction Levels
  • Juran’s Customer Needs
  • Market Research
  • CTQ Flowdown
  • QFD
  • Performance Metrics
  • Project Charter
  • Charter Negotiation
  • Project management plan and Baselines
  • Project Tracking

Six Sigma Methodology – Measure

  • Processes, Process characteristics, process flow metrics, inputs and outputs
  • Process maps and Flow chart
  • SIPOC
  • Data Type & Measurement scale
  • Data Collection
  • Sampling strategies
  • Fishbone Diagram
  • Relational Matrices or Prioritization Matrix
  • Basic Statistics
  • Analytical Statistics
  • Gauge R & R
  • Process Capability Analysis

Six Sigma Methodology – Analyze

  • Correlation and Regression Analysis
  • Testing of Hypothesis
  • FMEA
  • Gap Analysis
  • The Five Whys
  • Pareto Diagram
  • Tree Diagram
  • Non value added activities
  • Cost of poor Quality (COPQ)