Six Sigma Black Belt

This 10 days workshop prepares one for Six Sigma (DMAIC) Black Belt in easy, affordable, effective way and with minimal statistical usage. Six Sigma provides benefits, like, cost savings, Break-through improvements, Customer satisfaction, Defects and Cycle time reduction, Predictable processes and higher productivity.

Objectives / Benefits
  • To provide an in-depth orientation to Senior Engineers, Managers and above on Six Sigma (DMAIC) concepts for driving break-through improvement initiatives on Business / Operational Excellence in their organizations using group exercises
  • To equip the senior engineers, managers with practical insights into mentoring, facilitation, leading teams and delivering Green Belt training to teams (Train The Trainer aspects)
  • To demonstrate that deploying Six Sigma in an organization does NOT require statistical expertise and it is simple, easy to apply, effective and enjoyable to people
  • To highlight how the concepts can be practically applied in multiple scenarios in general and their application is not limited to Six Sigma projects only
  • To increase confidence and enhancement of skills in Problem solving, Creative thinking, Root Cause Analysis, Process measurements and Process improvements
  • To get certified as Trained Six Sigma Black Belt and have practical insights into potential challenges for Black Belts and their remedies
  • To provide a brief comparison with other industry frameworks, like, Agile, ISO, CMMi, TQM etc

Duration
10 days

Course Outline

  • Context setting and Introduction to Six Sigma
    • Context setting
    • Who is a Black Belt and what are his/ her responsibilities?
    • What is Six Sigma and where can we apply it in an organization?
    • Benefits of Six Sigma to organization and individuals
    • Examples of Six Sigma projects
    • Six Sigma versus other Quality models
    • Effort and duration of a Six Sigma project
    • Six Sigma deployment roadmap
    • Key concepts of Six Sigma
    • Initial planning activities
    • Who is a good mentor?
    • Who is a good facilitator?
  • Define Phase
    • Techniques of gathering Voice Of Customers (VOC)
    • Six Sigma project selection guidelines
    • Simple and effective guidelines to capture Project charter
    • Common mistakes while arriving at Problem and Goal statements
    • Knowledge sharing discussions
    • Potential challenges for BB in Define phase
    • Additional tools and techniques
    • Group exercise
  • Measure Phase
    • Types of data
    • Techniques of Data collection and measurements
    • Sigma level calculations
    • Other key concepts
    • Statistical concepts and their application guidelines
    • Knowledge sharing discussions
    • Potential challenges for BB in Measure phase
    • Group exercise
  • Analyze Phase (Root Cause Analysis)
    • Data analysis, Process analysis and Brainstorming techniques
    • Fishbone / Cause & Effect diagram and FMEA techniques
    • Techniques to consolidate and finalize the root causes
    • Statistical concepts and their application guidelines
    • Knowledge sharing discussions
    • Potential challenges for BB in Analyze phase
    • Group exercise
  • Improve phase
    • Creative thinking techniques
    • Guidelines for Benchmarking and Brainstorming
    • TRIZ concepts and their practical application
    • Solution packaging and Cost / Benefit analysis
    • Statistical concepts and their application guidelines
    • Knowledge sharing discussions
    • Potential challenges for BB in Improve phase
    • Group exercises
  • Control phase
    • Verification of improvement results
    • Preventive and Corrective actions
    • Institutionalization of process
    • Statistical concepts and their application guidelines
    • Project closure
    • Knowledge sharing discussions
    • Potential challenges for BB in Control phase
  • Critical Success Factors for Six Sigma
  • Orientation on practical application of concepts
  • Case Study

Who Should Attend?
  • Operational staff, Supervisors, Support staff, Project leaders, Team leaders or Managers who run the day-to-day Operational / Transactional / Customer facing processes
  • Support Functions: Operational staff, Supervisors, Support staff or Managers from any support function such as: HR, Admin, Finance, Purchase, Sales, Marketing, Training, Recruitment, Operations, IT-Support, Travel, etc.
  • Delivery, Quality and Testing functions (IT): Developers, Sr. Developers, Project leaders, Team leaders, Project Managers, Testers, Test leads, Quality leaders and Managers
  • OR People who have already completed the Green Belt course (from any service provider) and have executed one or more Green Belt projects

How to Register?
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