Terms and Resources

What are your goals?

1.1 What is Process Improvement?

1.2 Why Process Improvement is important in a business

1.4 Organizational Process Maturity Estimation

1.5 How does Process Improvement enable organizational Process Maturity?

1.6 What are Process Improvement methodologies and tools?

2.1 What does Lean Manufacturing or Lean Production mean?

2.2 The history of Lean. Where did Lean Manufacturing start?

2.3 What are the Lean Manufacturing principles?

2.4 The Monkey Business Illusion

2.5 How Lean Manufacturing or Lean Production enhances value

2.6b Identify waste in YOUR processes

2.6c BONUS Take a look at DOWNTIME examples from past students

2.7 What is the most important thing about Lean

3.2 History of Six Sigma. Where was Six Sigma developed?

3.3 How Six Sigma works

3.4 What Six Sigma stands for

3.5a When do you think processes should perform at Six Sigma levels?

3.5b When to use Six Sigma

3.6 The Six Sigma concept you NEED to master

3.7 How to develop process outputs

3.8 How to identify process inputs

3.9 Create an IPO

4.1a How well do you follow instructions?

4.1b DO NOT OPEN UNTIL YOU COMPLETE 4.1a

4.2a How do you see the relationship between Process and People?

4.2b People are working within the process

4.3 What is variation?

4.4 How to visualize variation

4.5 Introduction to Control Charts

4.7 Which processes should we perfect?

5.0 Introduction to Six Sigma and DMAIC projects

5.1 What are the roles in a DMAIC or Six Sigma project?

5.2b What is your Six Sigma role?

5.3 What steps need to be completed before starting a project?

5.4 What is a DMAIC Project?

5.5 Six Sigma (DMAIC) Project Examples

5.6 How does documenting and communicating project results impact the organization?

6.1 What are some of the approaches organizations take to oversee or direct their Process Improvements?

6.2 What tools and methodologies should you start with?

6.3a Integrating your work with Process Improvement principles and points

6.3b How these perspectives relate to you

6.3c Integrating into a wider Vision

6.4 What is Management's Role in Quality?

6.6 Are there career opportunities in Process Improvement? Is this still relevant?

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