Program Description
The Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate program follows the structured Six Sigma “DMAIC” methodology to introduce proven process improvement principles, tools, and techniques to improve processes within your organization. The DMAIC is an acronym for the five phases of Six Sigma methodology; Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control that is based on established statistical process control techniques, data analysis and planning and experimental design methods. The data-driven methodology is used to eliminate defects, waste or quality problems in manufacturing, service delivery, management and other business activities. Students are taught the tools and techniques in order to successfully launch a project, develop and transition it from phase to phase, and finally, how to complete a project and evaluate its success. The certificate program follows the ASQ “Body of Knowledge” for the Six Sigma Green Belt.
Program Objectives
- Understand the role of Lean Six Sigma within organizations
- Describe and apply the DMAIC methodology in order to scope, define and lead projects as well as to define key strategic business issues throughout each phase
- Apply statistical analysis to determine root causes as well as relationships between key inputs and process outputs
- Present projects to instructors, peers and managers for continuous feedback
Tentative Schedule
| Day | Topics |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | Six Sigma Overview, Enterprise-wide View |
| Leadership and Deployment | |
| Day 2 | Project Selection and Management |
| Project Management, Project Charter | |
| Day 3 | Probability and Descriptive Statistics |
| Process Capability | |
| Day 4 | Hypothesis Testing |
| Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) | |
| Day 5 | Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) |
| Cost Benefit Analysis and Implementation Planning | |
| Day 6 | Process Control Plan |
| Intro to Statistical Process Control |
