Six Sigma - Green Belt

Overview: Two modules; comprising Three days contact (face to face tuition), Tutor supported, private study distance learning.  Tutor guided and marked assignment spread over three month - Fifteen days equivalent.   See 'The Six Sigma Package'.   

Green belts are employees (the six-sigma soldiers) who spend part of their time (possibly 10% to 50%) on their allocated projects.  Some organisations may set themselves a target of achieving at any one time 1% to 10% of their employees being Green belt trained and actively involved working on a six-sigma project.  Their training would include a clear understanding of the DMAIC approach, theory and application, basic tools and techniques including problem solving.

As a consequence of this Green belt course the delegate would be expected to have a practical knowledge of the most common tools and techniques used in their Six Sigma project. They should also be capable of running meaningful, worthwhile projects, and confidently and effectively applying the tools and techniques, to good effect, within the six-sigma team.

Green Belt Course Content

Two-day (Tutor supported)- Private Study:

A pre-course study programme prior to joining the course is provided consisting of a textbook and workbook.  This pre-course programme includes simple exercises to check delegate's understanding and progress.  Supported by email tutor guidance.

Three-days (Face to Face) course:

  • Overview of Six Sigma; Aims, goals & background of Six Sigma, The metrics of Six Sigma

  • Six Sigma mobilisation; Six Sigma implementation, The key roles for Six Sigma success, Role and responsibilities including the Green Belt role

  • Six Sigma process; The DMAIC approach

    • Define; technicalities & scoring, defining & scoping business problems, understanding the customer, creating measurable project goals from Critical To Quality , understanding process complexity, high level low level process maps, SIPOC, IDEF0, cause and effect

    • Measure; FMEA and FTA, identifying & prioritising process performance risks, creating an early project action plan, basic statistics, types of data, variation, probability, measuring process performance & control, how to calculate process capability, software training (Minitab or AAA) training

    • Analyse; graphical analysis: assessing process performance: pareto, run charts, histograms, regression, scatter plots, confident decision making, hypothesis testing, process evaluations

    • Improve; creativity & change, idea generation, idea screening/selection, managing & implementing change, improvement validation, introducing design of experiments

    • Control; statistical process control in a business setting, substantiating process control, recognising type of variation, control charts, capability analysis, visual process management, control/reaction plans

Assignment (To be completed within two months) (Tutor supported and guided):

Establish assignment, submit for approval, complete assignment, and submit for marking

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