Tools for Planning and Managing Six Sigma Project Opportunities

Overview/Description
In many situations your results are only as good as the tools you use. Knowing which tools to use, and how to apply them effectively, is the key to any endeavor's success. This assertion holds true for process and quality improvement strategies, and Six Sigma and quality improvement teams throughout the world use a set of management and planning tools to analyze and understand a variety of issues. This course will examine the tools used in Six Sigma to help organizations make decisions and plan and communicate findings. These tools include affinity diagrams, interrelationship digraphs, tree diagrams, prioritization matrices, matrix diagrams, process decision program charts, and activity network diagrams. The course describes these tools, identifies their benefits, and uses real-life examples to show the situations that they are best suited to. It also outlines the steps for using each tool in a Six Sigma context. This course is aligned to the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Green Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation.

Target Audience
Candidates seeking Six Sigma Green Belt certification; quality professionals, engineers, production managers, and frontline supervisors; process owners and champions charged with the responsibility of improving quality and processes at the organizational or departmental level

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Tools for Planning and Managing Six Sigma Project Opportunities

recognize the use of best practices for creating an affinity diagram

sequence the examples of steps for creating a matrix diagram

identify areas for improvement in a given tree diagram

interpret a prioritization matrix

interpret an interrelationship digraph

identify the critical path for an activity network diagram

interpret a process decision program chart