Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Review

This Center for Quality Six Sigma class prepares certified Black Belts for the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Exam. It covers the entire Six Sigma body of knowledge as defined by ASQ. This is a review class. It assumes that participants have received prior education in the areas covered by the review course.

Who should attend:
Participants who plan to sit for the ASQ Six Sigma certification exam.

Prerequisite: Completed all ASQ prerequisites to sit for the CSSBB exam.

Duration: 40 Hours – 5-day course

Course Content:

• Certification Overview
  • CSSBB Exam
  • CSSBB Body of Knowledge


• Enterprise-wide Deployment
  • Enterprise View
  • Value of Six Sigma
  • Business Systems
  • Process Inputs, Outputs, Feedback
  • Leadership
  • Enterprise Leadership
  • Roles & Responsibilities
  • Organizational Goals and Objectives
  • Linking Products to Goals
  • Risk Analysis
  • Knowledge Management
  • History of Organizational Improvement
  • References

• Business Process Management
  • Process vs. Function View
  • Process Elements
  • Owners and Stakeholders
  • Project Management
  • Project Measures
  • Voice of the Customer
  • Business Results
  • Process Performance Metrics
  • Benchmarking
  • Financial Benefits
  • References


• Project Management
  • Project Charter and Plan
  • Team Leadership
  • Initiating Teams
  • Selecting Team Members
  • Team Stages
  • Team Dynamics and Performance
  • Team-Building Techniques
  • Team Facilitation Techniques
  • Team Performance Evaluation
  • Team Tools
  • Change Agent
  • Management and Planning Tools
  • References


• Six Sigma Methodology - Define
  • Project Scope
  • Metrics
  • Problem Statement
  • References

• Six Sigma Methodology - Measure
  • Process Analysis and Documentation
  • Tools
  • Process Inputs and Outputs
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Drawing Valid Statistical Conclusions
  • Central Limit Theory & the Mean
  • Basic Probability Concepts
  • Collecting and Summarizing Data
  • Properties of Probability Distributions
  • Distributions Commonly Used
  • Other Distributions
  • Measurement Systems
  • Analyzing Process Capability
  • References

• Six Sigma Methodology - Analyze
  • Control chart concepts (process vs. product revisited)
  • Exploratory Data Analysis
  • Multi-vari Studies
  • Modeling Relationships B/T Variables
  • Hypothesis Testing
  • Fundamental Concepts
  • Point and Interval Evaluation
  • Tests for Means/variances/proportions
  • Paired Comparison Tests
  • Goodness of Fit Tests
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Contingency Tables
  • Non-parametric Tests
  • References

• Six Sigma Methodology - Improve
  • Design of Experiments (DOE)
  • Terminology
  • Planning & Organizing Experiments
  • Randomized Block Designs
  • Full Factorial Experiments
  • Fractional Factorial Experiments
  • Taguchi Robustness Concepts
  • Mixture Experiments
  • Response Surface Methodology
  • Steepest Ascent/descent
  • Higher Order Experiments
  • Evolutionary Operations (EVOP)
  • References

• Six Sigma Methodology - Control
  • Statistical Process Control
  • Objectives and Benefits
  • Selection of Variable
  • Rational Subgrouping
  • Selection of Control Charts
  • Analysis of Control Charts
  • Pre-control
  • Advanced Statistical Process Control
  • Lean Tools for Control
  • Measurement System Re-analysis
  • References


• Lean Enterprise
  • Lean Concepts
  • Theory of Constraints
  • Lean Thinking
  • Continuous Flow Manufacturing
  • Non-value-added Activities
  • Cycle-time Reduction
  • Lean Tools
  • Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
  • Lean Glossary
  • References
  
  
• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)
  • DFSS Introduction
  • Quality Function Deployment
  • Robust Design & Process
  • Functional Requirements
  • Noise Strategies
  • Tolerance Design
  • Tolerance & Process Capabilities
  • FMEA
  • Design for X
  • Special Design Tools
  • References


• Appendix/Tables
  • Index
  • Answers

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