Applying Lean Six Sigma
Get ready for the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification exam with this course. Create your first process improvement project and finish our Yellow Belt learning path by studying Six Sigma roles and portfolio management techniques.
What you'll learn
To apply Lean Six Sigma you must first choose improvement projects based on business needs and capabilities. In this course, Applying Lean Six Sigma, you will learn advanced knowledge on how to select processes based on a viability matrix. First, you will review the Cynefin Framework for classifying projects based on their complexity. Next, you will learn how to select projects based on the Council for Six Sigma Certification methodology. Finally, you will discover how to build a Lean Six Sigma team and how to create a basic process improvement project. When you’re finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt professional.
Table of contents
- Module Overview 2m
- Juggling the Right Amount of Projects 2m
- Enterprise-level Selection Process 2m
- Brainstorm and Describe Potential Projects 4m
- Applying Basic Criteria 2m
- Create Unique Business Criteria 3m
- The Project Viability Model: Criteria 2m
- The Project Viability Model: Matrix 3m
- The Project Viability Model: Project Score 3m
- Project Selection at a Process Level 2m
- Module Overview 2m
- Quality Concepts Review 2m
- Critical to Quality Characteristics 3m
- Why Identify CTQs? 1m
- Using a CTQ Tree to Convert Customer Needs to Quality Metrics 2m
- Identify Critical-to-customer Needs 1m
- Working with Drivers of Quality 3m
- The Cost of Poor Quality 3m
- Calculating the Cost of Poor Quality 2m
- The Cost of Quality 3m
- CoQ and Lean Six Sigma 2m
- Managing CoQ 1m
- Failure Stop-points 2m
- Why Quality Is Critical to Success? 2m
- Module Overview 2m
- Team Management Overview 2m
- Lean Six Sigma Essential Roles 2m
- Three Types of Team Members 1m
- Good Practices 2m
- Sponsors and Champions 2m
- Business or Process Owners 2m
- Six Sigma Leaders 3m
- Project Managers 1m
- Timekeeper and Scribe 4m
- Team Members 1m
- Phase-based Timeline 2m
- CPM 3m
- Milestone Meetings 2m
- Budgeting Overview 2m
- Measures of Success 2m
About the author
Frederico had extensive experience in professional education, consulting, program management, innovation projects and new businesses development. He is certified as a PMP, ITIL Expert, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Scrum Trainer and instructor accredited by Axelos/PEOPLECERT. Frederico's specialties are: management training, online education, project management, new businesses development, risk management, systems development, Lean Startup, BMG, quality management, IT services and strateg... more