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Week 1 notes

 


The intention of Week 1 is to introduce the class to Green Belt Certification, Six Sigma Goals, Lean and DFSS.

Saturday
The class starts off with a review of the syllabus and an introduction of the instructor.

Next, the class reviews; the Introduction presentation, Section I- Certification Overview and starts Section II- Six Sigma Goals.

Homework is to read Section I, II, and III and review the questions at the end of each section on the green sheets.  Homework #1 is to pick a project, complete a project charter for your project, and send a copy of your project charter to me by Tuesday 1/18.  (see Section V- page 2 thru 7)  Study for Test 1.

IT-470A Syllabus*(.pdf 59kB)
Download Introduction presentation*(.pdf - 1135kB, .pptx 1387kB)
Download Project Charter*(.docx - 19kB)
Download Presentation Template*(.pptx - 114kB)
Download Project Review Sheet*(.pdf - 5kB)
ASQ Green Belt Certification link
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Download Section II Notes*(.pdf - 3510kB, .pptx 2051kB)
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Sunday
The class finishes Section II- Six Sigma Goals and covers Section III- Lean and DFSS.  Any time remaining can be used to work on and discuss your project charter and presentation for next week.

Test 1 is take home.  Due 8am Saturday 1/22.

Homework is to read Section IV, V and VI and review the questions at the end of each section on the green sheets. 
Homework #2 is to present your project charter at the next class meeting.
Homework #3 is to research a quality pioneer (such as those listed in Section II).  Type a one page, professionally formatted paper about the person and state your resources.  Due 8am Sunday 1/23.

Download Section III Notes*(.pdf - 1215kB, .pptx 299kB)
Basic Quality Tools Spreadsheet*(.xlsx - 677kB)
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Project examples - http://www.airacad.com/CaseStudies.aspx
Six Sigma at ICC http://www.icc.edu/facultyStaff/sixSigma.asp

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