Welcome to Week 3, Day 1 of the Six Sigma Green Belt review!
During the first few weeks we covered a ton of material!
- Week 1 Six Sigma and the Organization & Six Sigma Teams.
- Week 2 Six Sigma Define Phase
We also covered the Feynman technique – in my opinion the best way to fully master any material. That’s where you take a minute and write everything you know on a topic from scratch then go to the page and see how what you wrote compares to what is there.
If you didn’t have a chance to review those topics, go back now and catch up. The context supplied with those topics gives an excellent foundation for our studying.
Week 3: Six Sigma Measure Phase
Today we’re starting with the Measure Phase of Six Sigma’s DMAIC process. Just like the previous weeks, before we start I’d like to begin with a note that many different certifying bodies exist and I am trying to help people that are candidates in all of them. This means that I may refer to things that aren’t specifically on your exam.
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Second, review the articles I list below.
These are the concepts I refer exam candidates to when diving into these particular sections.
Take a look.
If you’re not as strong as you’d like to be in that subject…
Read through, click around the resources I’ve listed, and learn more. If you have questions, post them on that page.
If you want to really improve your skills in a particular subject…
As I’ve mentioned before, the Feynman technique is Take a minute and write everything you know on a topic from scratch then go to the page and see how what you wrote compares to what is there.
For the next 2 weeks in the Measure and Analyze phases, I’d like you to focus on anchoring.
These topics can be difficult to remember due to sheer volume. So, a great way to remember them is to come up with an instance you would apply the technique in real life.
Here’s an example: Let’s say that you just can’t seem to remember when to use equations for sampling vs equations for a population.
If you take the time to either remember a real-world instance of when you did apply that equation (or simply invent a time you should or could have used that equation), you’ll stand a much better chance of remembering it.
Your assignment is to pick one topic that you are unsure of in this section and leave a comment on that topic’s page describing when you’ve seen it in action – or you could have / should have seen it in action.
Introducing Six Sigma Measure Phase
Process Modeling & Process Mapping
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Next Time
Next time we will dive into the specific requirements of these topics across of a few popular certifying bodies (ASQ, IASSC, Villanova).
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