About this course: This course is for you if you are looking to dive deeper into Six Sigma or strengthen and expand your knowledge of the basic components of green belt level of Six Sigma and Lean. Six Sigma skills are widely sought by employers both nationally and internationally. These skills have been proven to help improve business processes and performance. This course will introduce you to the purpose of Six Sigma and its value to an organization. You will learn about the basic principles of Six Sigma and Lean. Your instructors will introduce you to, and have you apply, some of the tools and metrics that are critical components of Six Sigma. This course will provide you with the basic knowledge of the principles, roles, and responsibilities of Six Sigma and Lean. Every module will include readings, videos, and a quiz to help make sure you understand the material and concepts that are studied. You will also have the opportunity to participate in discussions and peer review exercises to give you the opportunity to apply the material to your daily life. Registration includes online access to course content, projects, and resources but does not include the companion text The Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Handbook (2nd edition). The companion text is NOT required to complete the assignments. However, the text is a recognized handbook used by professionals in the field. Also, it is a highly-recommended text for those wishing to move forward in Six Sigma and eventually gain certification from professional agencies such as American Society for Quality (ASQ).
Created by: University System of Georgia
Taught by: David Cook, PhD, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology
Taught by: Bill Bailey, PhD, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering
Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering
| Basic Info | Course 1 of 4 in the Six Sigma Green Belt Specialization |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Syllabus
WEEK 1
Six Sigma and the Organization
Welcome to the Six Sigma Green Belt Specialization! Six Sigma skills are widely sought by employers both nationally and internationally. These skills help to improve business processes and performance. Your team of instructors, Dr. Bill Bailey, Dr. David Cook, Dr. Christine Scherrer, and Dr. Gregory Wiles, currently work in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Kennesaw State University. They have collaborated to create a specialization that is all encompassing of the Six Sigma methodologies for both Yellow and Green belt. Completion of this specialization will provide you with the knowledge to either continue to full Six Sigma certification or simply advance your knowledge professionally. In this module you will be introduced to how Six Sigma interacts with the organization, lean principles, and project management basics.
8 videos, 6 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Reading: Highly-Recommended Text
- Reading: Six Sigma Philosophy - Recommended Reading
- Video: Six Sigma Philosophy
- Reading: Luminaries and Path to Six Sigma - Recommended Reading
- Video: Luminaries and Path to Six Sigma
- Reading: What is Process and Significance of Six Sigma - Recommended Reading
- Video: What is Process
- Video: Significance of Six Sigma
- Reading: Green Belt Roles and DMAIC - Recommended Reading
- Video: Green Belt Roles
- Video: DMAIC
- Reading: Cost Benefit Analysis and Key Concepts - Recommended Reading
- Video: Cost Benefit Analysis
- Video: Key Concepts
- Practice Quiz: Organizational Goals - Practice Quiz
Graded: Organizational Goals Graded Quiz
WEEK 2
Lean Principles in the Organization
In this module, Dr. Bill Bailey will introduce you to the history of lean as well as new lean concepts. Dr. Bailey will also explain the five lean principles. In addition, this module will introduce you to more quality tools used in lean. This module also begins with a Yellow Belt Refresher Area, since some learners may have entered this course without having taken the previous yellow belt material. This refresher area does not serve as a "replacement" for taking the yellow belt material. It is only a "patch" for those who already have some knowledge of six sigma, but find the yellow belt specialization to be too introductory for their current situation. If you find yourself struggling with the green belt material in this course, it is highly recommended that you travel through the yellow belt specialization before attempting the green belt content.
19 videos, 5 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Video: Explaining Yellow Belt Refresher Areas
- Video: Purpose of Lean
- Video: Value Stream Mapping
- Video: JIT and Kan Ban
- Video: Poka Yoke
- Video: Value to the Organization
- Video: Suboptimization
- Video: Kaizen and Kaizen Blitz
- Video: PDCA
- Video: Cost Benefit Analysis
- Video: Cost of Quality
- Reading: Useful Resources
- Video: Introduction
- Video: History of Lean
- Video: Lean Principles
- Reading: Lean Concepts - Recommended Reading
- Video: Lean Concepts
- Reading: The Toyota Way - Recommended Reading
- Video: The Toyota Way
- Practice Quiz: Lean Principles in the Organization - Practice
- Reading: Theory of Constraints - Recommended Reading
- Video: Theory of Constraints
- Reading: Important Tools - Recommended Reading
- Video: Important Tools
- Video: Measuring and Monitoring
Graded: Lean Principles in the Organization - Graded
WEEK 3
Design for Six Sigma
In this module, Dr. David Cook will introduce you to design for six sigma.
2 videos, 2 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Reading: Design for Six Sigma - pt1 - Recommended Reading
- Video: Design for Six Sigma - pt1
- Reading: Design for Six Sigma - pt2 - Recommended Reading
- Video: Design for Six Sigma - pt2
- Practice Quiz: Design for Six Sigma Practice Quiz
Graded: Design for Six Sigma Graded Quiz
WEEK 4
Project Identification - VOC - Project Management Basics
In this module, Dr. David Cook will introduce you to project identification, voice of the customer, and project management as it pertains to six sigma.
9 videos, 6 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Reading: Learning Objectives for Project Identification - Recommended Reading
- Reading: Project Identification & Owners and Stakeholders - Recommended Reading
- Video: Project Selection
- Video: Process Elements
- Video: SIPOC
- Video: Identifying Stakeholders
- Practice Quiz: Project Identification Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Objectives for Voice of the Customer
- Reading: Voice of the Customer - Recommended Reading
- Video: Voice of the Customer
- Video: Critical to Satisfaction
- Video: Quality Function Deployment
- Practice Quiz: Voice of the Customer Practice Quiz
- Reading: Learning Objectives for Project Management Basics - Recommended Reading
- Reading: Project Management Basics - Recommended Reading
- Video: Defining Project Charter
- Video: Developing a Project Plan
- Practice Quiz: Project Management Basics Practice Quiz
Graded: Project Identification Graded Quiz
Graded: Voice of the Customer Graded Quiz
Graded: Project Management Basics Graded Quiz
WEEK 5
Management and Planning Tools & Business Results for Projects
In this module, Dr. Bill Bailey will introduce you to management planning tools and business results for projects. This module also begins with a Yellow Belt Refresher Area, since some learners may have entered this course without having taken the previous yellow belt material. This refresher area does not serve as a "replacement" for taking the yellow belt material. It is only a "patch" for those who already have some knowledge of six sigma, but find the yellow belt specialization to be too introductory for their current situation. If you find yourself struggling with the green belt material in this course, it is highly recommended that you travel through the yellow belt specialization before attempting the green belt content.
24 videos, 14 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Video: Yellow Belt Refresher Areas Explained
- Reading: Cause & Effect Diagrams, Check Sheets, & Flow Chart - Recommended Reading
- Video: Cause and Effect Diagrams
- Video: Checksheets
- Video: Flow Charts and Process Mapping
- Reading: PDCA - Recommended Reading
- Video: PDCA
- Reading: Defects Per Unit/ Per Million Opportunities, & Roll Throughput Yield - Recommended Reading
- Video: Defects Per Unit / Defects Per Million Opportnities
- Video: Roll Throughput Yield
- Reading: Affinity Diagrams & Activity Network Diagrams - Recommended Reading
- Video: Affinity Diagram
- Video: Activity Network Diagram
- Reading: Multivoting and Nominal Group Technique - Recommended Reading
- Video: Multivoting
- Video: Nominal Group Technique
- Reading: Force Field Analysis Reading
- Video: Force Field Analysis
- Reading: Prioritization Matrices - Recommended Reading
- Video: Prioritization Matrices
- Reading: SIPOC & Tree Diagrams Reading
- Video: SIPOC
- Video: Tree Diagrams
- Video: Control Charts - pt1
- Video: Control Charts - pt2
- Reading: Control Charts Reading
- Video: Introduction
- Video: Kano Model
- Reading: Voice of the Customer - Recommended Reading
- Video: Voice of the Customer-Tools for Measure
- Reading: Benchmarking and Balanced Scorecard - Recommended Reading
- Video: Benchmarking and Balanced Scorecard
- Reading: More Team Tools - Recommended Reading
- Video: More Team Tools
- Reading: 8D Reading - Recommended Reading
- Video: 8D Problem Solving
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz
- Reading: Process Capability - Recommended Reading
- Video: Process Capability
Graded: Graded Quiz
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The course helped me to understand in a better figure, all the improvement tools that we can use in the daily routine to continuous improvement in the processes. I strongly recommend.
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A great course to go for. It will literally strength the basic ideas and concepts of six sigma, which i feel is really important for understanding of the DMAIC methodology.
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