Organizer: Go Skiils & Ray Sheen
About the Course
- Estimated study time: 3h
- Total video time: 35m
- You can retake the test as many times as you would like and the highest score will appear on your Certificate of Achievement.
- Total number of questions: 7 Passing score: 70% Your score: 100%
- SKILLS LEARNED: Project planning
- Certificate of Completion Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Kick off your Lean Six Sigma education with this tutorial on Lean Six Sigma basics.
Lean Six Sigma is today’s pre-eminent quality improvement methodology. But it hasn’t always been that way. In this tutorial, Ray Sheen will take you through the history of Lean and Six Sigma, and will show you some of the Lean Six Sigma fundamentals that will be important to your success in process improvement.
This introduction to Lean Six Sigma offers a starting point for you to start building foundational knowledge about this continuous improvement framework. By the end of this tutorial, you will be ready to dive deeper into the Lean Six Sigma curriculum and start working towards your Lean Six Sigma certifications.
This tutorial includes:
- Six easy-to-digest Lean Six Sigma lesson videos
- Downloadable exercise files and reference guides
- Unlimited quiz and test attempts
- Certificate of completion
Over the course of six lessons, you will learn:
- The history and evolution of quality improvement programs
- The guiding principles of both Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing
- How Lean and Six Sigma are combined to complement each other
- The five phases of a Lean Six Sigma project
- What occurs in each project phase and the deliverables that are created
Syllabus
Intro to Lean Six Sigma
7 lessons
1
Introduction
Here’s a quick rundown of what we’ll cover in each lesson within our course, Introduction to Lean Six Sigma.
2
History of Continuous Improvement
Lean Six Sigma is a proven business process improvement methodology that builds on the best practices and experiences of earlier approaches. It combines best practices around customer focus, empowered teams, process definition, and data analysis.
3
Six Sigma Principles
The Six Sigma methodology seeks to reduce and ultimately eliminate variation within a process. It applies a five-phase project management approach and uses the standard deviation (sigma) as the controlling attribute for the process.
4
Lean Principles
The Lean methodology seeks to reduce and ultimately eliminate waste within a process. It applies a five part approach and uses flow control as the optimizing principle for the process.
5
Lean and Six Sigma
Lean and Six Sigma are easily blended. They have many similarities in methodology – process focused, team based, and project management. The differences, analyzing quality data versus flow data, are complementary and together provide a balanced view of the process.
6
Project Phases
The Lean Six Sigma methodology relies on a five-phased project management methodology. The phases Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control provide structure to the project.
7
Project Deliverables
The Lean Six Sigma methodology has defined a set of deliverables that should be prepared during each of the five project phases. These deliverables will guide a project team through the improvement process in an orderly and logical manner.
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1- Introduction
What is the main focus of this course?
answer: A high-level overview of the methodology and principles of Lean Six Sigma
2- History of Continuous Improvement
- Which set of individuals were considered pioneers in developing quality improvement processes?
answer: Shewhart, Deming, and Taguchi - Which improvement methodology introduced the concept of Yellow Belt, Green Belt and Black Belt?
answer: Six Sigma - What are the four common themes of improvement methodologies that have been incorporated into Lean Six Sigma?
answer: Customer focus, empowered teams, process definition, and data analysis
3- Six Sigma Principles
- What are two of the common measurements used in Six Sigma?
answer: DPMO and process sigma - What does the acronym DMAIC stand for in Six Sigma?
answer: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control - What is the primary objective of a Six S
- igma analysis?
answer: Eliminating variation
4- Lean Principles
- In order to create business improvement, what does Lean Manufacturing try to optimize?
answer: Manufacturing process flow - What are two of the common measurements used in Lean Manufacturing?
answer: Throughput and value added effort - What is the primary objective of a Lean Manufacturing analysis?
answer: Eliminating waste
5- Lean and Six Sigma
- By combining Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma into one methodology, what types of data no longer need to be analyzed?
answer: Lean Six Sigma analyzes all the same data that both Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma analyzes on their own - By combining Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma, what does the new methodology focus on for achieving improvement?
answer: Eliminating both waste and variation in the process - What is the primary challenge that must be overcome when merging the Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies?
answer: There are no challenges, the methodologies are complementary
6- Project Phases
- Which Lean Six Sigma phases provide a practical statement of the project’s problem to be solved?
answer: Define and Measure - In which phase does the Lean Six Sigma team conduct initial testing of their solution to the project’s problem?
answer: Improve - In which phase or phases should a Lean Six Sigma team be creating process maps?
answer: Define, Measure, and Improve
7- Project Deliverables
- In which phase of a Lean Six Sigma project are project deliverables created?
answer: Deliverables are created in all phases - Under what circumstances would a Lean Six Sigma project team use the deliverables from one phase in another phase?
answer: Any and all circumstances - What are Lean Six Sigma project deliverables?
answer: The results of completing project activities which are delivered to the stakeholders
Test
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Total number of questions: 7 Passing score: 70%
- Which Lean Six Sigma phases provide a practical statement of the project’s problem to be solved?
Your answer: Define and Measure - What are two of the common measurements used in Lean Manufacturing?
Your answer: Throughput and value added effort - By combining Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma, what does the new methodology focus on for achieving improvement?
Your answer: Eliminating both waste and variation in the process - In which phase of a Lean Six Sigma project are project deliverables created?
Your answer: Deliverables are created in all phases - Which improvement methodology introduced the concept of Yellow Belt, Green Belt and Black Belt?
Your answer: Six Sigma - What are two of the common measurements used in Six Sigma?
Your answer: DPMO and process sigma - What is the main focus of this course?
Your answer: A high-level overview of the methodology and principles of Lean Six Sigma