Week 1: Six Sigma Organization and Teams Overview

Welcome to Week 1, Day 1 of the Six Sigma Green Belt review!

Today we’re starting with Six Sigma Organization and Teams, the first sections of the Green Belt Body of Knowledge that I like to start candidates off with.

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.

A Few Thoughts Before We Begin:

1) Exams change all of the time.

What’s required now may be different in the future. So why leave anything to chance and address it now?

2) Doing more than required may feel inefficient.

In a way it is. But remember that you first want to achieve effectiveness before you attempt efficiency. There’s no reason to be efficient and something you’re ineffective in, right? So focus on getting good at studying this material then worry about how efficient you need to be.

3) You can rarely study much of this material in a vacuum.

I know, we are trying to do that right now. But let me just state that it’s often the case that studying items strictly outside your bare requirements will give you greater insights into many of the other things that you are expressly responsible for.

OK, enough of that, let’s dive in.

Why I Begin With The Six Sigma Organization and Teams Sections

Look, I know nearly everyone is most worried about all of the different calculations. Hypothesis this and critical value that and what in the world is a process capability and how do I calculate it?

No worries. We’ll get there.

Six Sigma and the Organization

The reason that I like to start here with a section on Six Sigma and the Organization is that it essentially sets the context for the rest material. I find testing material retention is improved by anchoring the material with something that feels real. And many of the items in this section relate back to Why use Six Sigma in the first place

Six Sigma Team Dynamics and Performance

The second section I like to cover is Team Dynamics and Performance. The reason for this is twofold; first, many of us have been on six sigma teams, so this provides another early anchor point – relating what we’re studying to our direct experience is a very effective way to remember what we need to. The second is sequencing. You’re likely going to need to work in a team setting to accomplish your Six Sigma goals, so before diving into DMAIC, why not cover this part first?

Your Assignment

Here's what I'd like you to do.

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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 feel strong in a topic…

Go to the article and see if any of your colleagues have posted questions that you can help them with. Trying to answer questions on the spot may reveal that you’re not as strong as you thought you were.

Introducing Six Sigma Organization and Teams

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