Transactional Six Sigma "Measure" 1.5 Days
Audience and Purpose:
This course is designed for those individuals working directly on transactional Six-Sigma projects and serving as Black Belts or Green Belts. It is assumed they come from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines and will be working on non-manufacturing business processes across the company. Tools and examples are in direct support of transactional and business operation related projects.
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Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course the participants will be able to:

1. Establish metrics and performance standards for the project
2. Develop a data collection plan associated with key metrics and project charter
3. Develop operational definitions for Xs and Ys and associated data tags
4. Select data collection sample size and compute summary statistics
5. Validate the data collection plan and associated measurement method
6. Use data to establish performance baselines and process capability
7. Structure process models for simulation and performance improvement
Course Outline:
Section I
Determine Project Metrics and Critical Xs and Ys
Determine project metrics
Determine critical Xs and Ys for root cause analysis
Section II
Determine Operational Definitions
Determine operational definitions
Determine additional data tags required
Section III
Establish Performance Standards
Determine the performance standards for all Xs and Ys
Define the unit and opportunity for errors
Section IV
Understand Foundation Statistics
Summary statistics
Confidence intervals
Section V
Develop Data Collection and Sampling
Determine sampling plan
Sample size selection
Section VI
Validate Measurement Methods
Secondary validation of data
MSA for attributes
Section VII
Determine Process Capability and Baseline
Measures of process capability
Evaluating performance goals
Section VIII
Model and Simulate Process Performance (optional)
Adding data to your process map
Trace mode