Six Sigma and the Organization (Advanced)

Six Sigma and the Organization (Advanced)

This course is part of Six Sigma Green Belt Specialization

Instructors: David Cook, PhD

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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This course is for you if you are looking to dive deeper into Six Sigma or strengthen and expand your knowledge of the basic components of green belt level of Six Sigma and Lean. Six Sigma skills are widely sought by employers both nationally and internationally. These skills have been proven to help improve business processes and performance. This course will introduce you to the purpose of Six Sigma and its value to an organization. You will learn about the basic principles of Six Sigma and Lean. Your instructors will introduce you to, and have you apply, some of the tools and metrics that are critical components of Six Sigma. This course will provide you with the basic knowledge of the principles, roles, and responsibilities of Six Sigma and Lean.

Every module will include readings, videos, and a quiz to help make sure you understand the material and concepts that are studied. You will also have the opportunity to participate in discussions and peer review exercises to give you the opportunity to apply the material to your daily life. Registration includes online access to course content, projects, and resources but does not include the companion text The Certified Six Sigma Green Belt Handbook (2nd edition). The companion text is NOT required to complete the assignments. However, the text is a recognized handbook used by professionals in the field. Also, it is a highly-recommended text for those wishing to move forward in Six Sigma and eventually gain certification from professional agencies such as American Society for Quality (ASQ).

Welcome to the Six Sigma Green Belt Specialization! Six Sigma skills are widely sought by employers both nationally and internationally. These skills help to improve business processes and performance. Your team of instructors, Dr. Bill Bailey, Dr. David Cook, Dr. Christine Scherrer, and Dr. Gregory Wiles, currently work in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Kennesaw State University. They have collaborated to create a specialization that is all encompassing of the Six Sigma methodologies for both Yellow and Green belt. Completion of this specialization will provide you with the knowledge to either continue to full Six Sigma certification or simply advance your knowledge professionally. In this module you will be introduced to how Six Sigma interacts with the organization, lean principles, and project management basics.

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8 videos2 assignments

In this module, Dr. Bill Bailey will introduce you to the history of lean as well as new lean concepts. Dr. Bailey will also explain the five lean principles. In addition, this module will introduce you to more quality tools used in lean. This module also begins with a Yellow Belt Refresher Area, since some learners may have entered this course without having taken the previous yellow belt material. This refresher area does not serve as a "replacement" for taking the yellow belt material. It is only a "patch" for those who already have some knowledge of six sigma, but find the yellow belt specialization to be too introductory for their current situation. If you find yourself struggling with the green belt material in this course, it is highly recommended that you travel through the yellow belt specialization before attempting the green belt content.

What's included

19 videos1 reading2 assignments

19 videosTotal 91 minutes

Explaining Yellow Belt Refresher Areas1 minute
Purpose of Lean6 minutes
Value Stream Mapping4 minutes
JIT and Kan Ban9 minutes
Poka Yoke6 minutes
Value to the Organization3 minutes
Suboptimization6 minutes
Kaizen and Kaizen Blitz4 minutes
PDCA3 minutes
Cost Benefit Analysis4 minutes
Cost of Quality4 minutes
Introduction2 minutes
History of Lean6 minutes
Lean Principles6 minutes
Lean Concepts5 minutes
The Toyota Way4 minutes
Theory of Constraints5 minutes
Important Tools5 minutes
Measuring and Monitoring6 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Useful Resources10 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Lean Principles in the Organization - Practice30 minutes
Lean Principles in the Organization - Graded30 minutes

In this module, Dr. David Cook will introduce you to design for six sigma.

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2 videos2 assignments

In this module, Dr. David Cook will introduce you to project identification, voice of the customer, and project management as it pertains to six sigma.

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9 videos6 assignments

9 videosTotal 25 minutes

Project Selection1 minute
Process Elements5 minutes
SIPOC3 minutes
Identifying Stakeholders1 minute
Voice of the Customer3 minutes
Critical to Satisfaction2 minutes
Quality Function Deployment2 minutes
Defining Project Charter2 minutes
Developing a Project Plan5 minutes

6 assignmentsTotal 180 minutes

Project Identification Practice Quiz30 minutes
Voice of the Customer Practice Quiz30 minutes
Project Management Basics Practice Quiz30 minutes
Project Identification Graded Quiz30 minutes
Voice of the Customer Graded Quiz30 minutes
Project Management Basics Graded Quiz30 minutes

In this module, Dr. Bill Bailey will introduce you to management planning tools and business results for projects. This module also begins with a Yellow Belt Refresher Area, since some learners may have entered this course without having taken the previous yellow belt material. This refresher area does not serve as a "replacement" for taking the yellow belt material. It is only a "patch" for those who already have some knowledge of six sigma, but find the yellow belt specialization to be too introductory for their current situation. If you find yourself struggling with the green belt material in this course, it is highly recommended that you travel through the yellow belt specialization before attempting the green belt content.

What's included

24 videos2 assignments

24 videosTotal 94 minutes

Yellow Belt Refresher Areas Explained1 minute
Cause and Effect Diagrams7 minutes
Checksheets5 minutes
Flow Charts and Process Mapping6 minutes
PDCA3 minutes
Defects Per Unit / Defects Per Million Opportunities9 minutes
Roll Throughput Yield4 minutes
Affinity Diagram1 minute
Activity Network Diagram1 minute
Multivoting1 minute
Nominal Group Technique1 minute
Force Field Analysis4 minutes
Prioritization Matrices7 minutes
SIPOC2 minutes
Tree Diagrams1 minute
Control Charts - pt14 minutes
Control Charts - pt24 minutes
Introduction2 minutes
Kano Model5 minutes
Voice of the Customer-Tools for Measure4 minutes
Benchmarking and Balanced Scorecard5 minutes
More Team Tools3 minutes
8D Problem Solving8 minutes
Process Capability4 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes

Practice Quiz30 minutes
Graded Quiz30 minutes

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David Cook, PhD

Kennesaw State University

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Bill Bailey, PhD

Kennesaw State University

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Reviewed on Sep 16, 2017

A great course to go for. It will literally strength the basic ideas and concepts of six sigma, which i feel is really important for understanding of the DMAIC methodology.Thank you Coursera

Reviewed on Jun 21, 2025

What an amazing, specific and easy to follow course. It was great that each module is sub divided into different videos that tackles specific portion of the lean six sigma system.

Reviewed on Feb 1, 2021

Very Informative course for Six Sigma. Learnt very much about Six Sigma and the Organization. Learnt about Quality Control tools and techniques. And six sigma as well as lean six Sigma tools.

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