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Course Name	Course Type	Syllabus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Tests	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Tests Overview/Description: During the Analyze phase of a project, Six Sigma team members validate assumptions and hypotheses about a process, product, or service.This course covers the key assumptions for using ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) tests. Youll discover how to perform one-way and two-way ANOVA tests and learn about the process of selecting, calculating, and interpreting Chi-square tests. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a17_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Analytical Tools	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Analytical Tools Overview/Description: Analysis is critical throughout all stages of a Six Sigma project. This course covers key analytical tools including affinity diagrams, tree diagrams, and prioritization matrices. It also covers common tools used to measure and track a projects progress including activity network diagrams, process decision program charts, and interrelationship digraphs. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a08_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Analyzing Process Flows and Key Performance Metrics	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Analyzing Process Flows and Key Performance Metrics Overview/Description: A Six Sigma Black Belt must measure the processes behind an organizations products and services to improve them. Among the many Six Sigma tools, several are specifically designed to identify and prioritize process input and output variables and their importance relative to customer or business requirements.In this course, learn about processes and process flow metrics. Next, explore process cycle efficiency (PCE) influencing factors, calculations, and best practices for improvement. Finally, examine measurement best practices and various analysis tools.This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in Skillsofts ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a09_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Assessing and Modeling Variable Interactions	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Assessing and Modeling Variable Interactions Overview/Description: In the Analyze phase of the DMAIC methodology, Six Sigma teams begin to analyze the root causes of the problems that they identified in the earlier stages. This analysis requires working with huge volumes of data of different types. This course covers key characteristics, considerations, and the method for calculating correlation coefficients. It also covers how to perform linear regression analysis. Finally, this course covers multivariate tools including factor analysis, discriminate analysis, and MANOVA. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a15_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Basic Statistics	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Basic Statistics Overview/Description: Organizations must ensure that their products and services are consistent to desired specifications, as variations can lead to rejected orders, rework, and eventually, customer dissatisfaction and financial losses. Statistics can provide Black Belts with the tools to summarize and assess collected data in a meaningful way for identifying sources of variation and controlling them. This course covers basic statistical tools for describing, presenting, and analyzing data. It also explores the process of preparing and presenting sample data using graphical methods and then making valid inferences about the population represented by the sample. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a12_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Building Collaborative Teams and Facilitating Growth	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Building Collaborative Teams and Facilitating Growth Overview/Description: Any Six Sigma initiative relies on the effectiveness of the team for true success. While every team will encounter challenges, the ability for quick resolution amongst team members demonstrates resilience and strength. This course covers ways to manage challenging team behaviors, including conflict. It also introduces best practices for team meetings and ways recognize effective decision-making techniques. Finally, this course covers training plan implementation, training delivery, key adult learning theories and the benefits and characteristics of effective training evaluation techniques.This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSofts ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a05_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Business Case Project Charter and PM Tools	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Business Case Project Charter and PM Tools Overview/Description: A project charter is the most important document used to initiate and manage a Six Sigma project. It is treated as an informal contract between an organization and the Six Sigma project charter is the most important document used to initiate and manage a Six Sigma project. It is treated as an informal contract between an organization and the Six Sigma team. This course covers best practices for developing project charters and tracking a Six Sigma project. Youll explore some of the key elements of a Six Sigma project charter, including the business case and problem statement, as well as the projects scope, goals, and objectives. This course also covers project performance measures and how to review the performance of a Six Sigma project using these measures. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a07_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Data Collection	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Data Collection Overview/Description: An organizations success depends upon how it delivers on its processes. Before Black Belts can begin to improve an organizations processes, they must collect data to measure current processes using appropriate methods and tools.In this course, learn about data types, key Six Sigma data measurement tools, best practices for using measurement scales and statistical tools, and sampling methods. Next, discover applications of random sampling and stratified sampling and effective data collection methods and best practices. Finally, explore practices for cleaning data and data mining.This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in Skillsofts ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a10_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) Framework and Methodologies	Course	View details
Six Sigma Black Belt: Ensuring Accuracy with Measurement and Metrology	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Ensuring Accuracy with Measurement and Metrology Overview/Description: Six Sigma measurement systems are vital to improving an organizations processes. This course covers methods to analyze a measurement system. It also introduces key elements of metrology, international systems of measurement, and sources of measurement error. Finally, this course covers considerations for using measurement systems in service industries. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a11_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Factorial Experiments	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Factorial Experiments Overview/Description: Six Sigma teams design and conduct experiments to investigate the relationships between input variables and response variables to gain a deep understanding of these relationships. This course covers one-factor experiments including randomized block and Latin Square experiments. It also covers fractional factorial design experiments and compounding. Finally, this course covers full factorial design experiments. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a20_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Hypothesis Testing	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Hypothesis Testing Overview/Description: During the Analyze phase, Six Sigma teams identify possible sources of variation, underlying root causes, and areas for improvement. It is here where assumptions or hypotheses about a process, product, or service are made and validated using tests based on sample data. This course covers key hypothesis testing considerations. It also covers hypothesis testing methods one-sample and two-sample tests. Finally, this course covers proportion testing and variance testing. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a16_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Leadership and Change Management	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Leadership and Change Management Overview/Description: Strategic planning of Six Sigma projects and Lean initiatives plays a critical role in the success of an organization deploying them. An organizations culture, resources, and leadership play a pivotal role in effective Six Sigma deployment.In this course, explore the roles in Six Sigma including the role of executive leadership, key stakeholders, and the ways in which champions support Six Sigma success. Learn about the qualities of effective Six Sigma Black Belts, sponsors, and process owners. Finally, discover the critical success factors and common barriers in organizational Six Sigma, as well as effective change management strategies for successful Six Sigma initiatives. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. Course Number: bs_apj33_a02_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Lean Control Tools	Course	View details
Six Sigma Black Belt: Lean Methodologies and Strategic Execution	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Lean Methodologies and Strategic Execution Overview/Description: As a Lean Six Sigma improvement team moves into the improve phase of a DMAIC project, it begins to generate a list of solutions to address process problems.In this course, learn about the Lean tools used for reducing waste and cycle time, and the Japanese principles of continuous improvement EKaizen and Kaizen Blitz. Next, explore other process improvement methodologies such as Theory of Constraints (TOC) and OEE. Finally, discover how to plan for proposed solutions, including conducting pilot tests and simulations. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in Skillsoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a21_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Maintaining Long-Term Process Gains	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Maintaining Long-Term Process Gains Overview/Description: As a Six Sigma project winds down, a number of activities are undertaken to retain the improvements and gains achieved from the project. This course covers how to effectively capture lessons learned and covers training methods and delivery for sustaining improvements throughout the organization. It also covers effective techniques for evaluating improvements on an on-going basis to ensure processes consistently deliver expected value to the organization.This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a24_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Probability	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Probability Overview/Description: Organizations need to make inferences about a population from sample data, and understanding how to calculate the probability that an event will occur is crucial to making those inferences.This course covers probabilities and probability distributions, from the frequently used normal, Poisson, and binomial distributions, to the more specialized hypergeometric, Weibull, bivariate, exponential, and lognormal distributions. This course also covers distributions that test hypothesis and set confidence intervals, including chi-square, Students t, and f-distributions. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a13_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Process Capability	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Process Capability Overview/Description: In any improvement initiative, organizations must determine whether their existing processes meet the targets and specifications demanded by the customer, or by the business. This course explores key considerations and calculations used in determining process capability and performance including choosing parameters, verifying the stability and normality of a given process, and gathering and interpreting capability and performance data using common indices. The course also explores the special treatment of non-normal data and attributes data in the context of a capability study and long-and short-term capability. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a14_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Process Management and Measures	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Process Management and Measures Overview/Description: Stakeholders wield significant influence over the execution of Six Sigma initiatives. And these projects, in turn, affect those people by bringing new opportunities and challenges, making them adapt to the changes that come with improvements. Six Sigma improvement begins with assessing the current performance of an organizations processes and products, and comparing it with the desired performance. This course covers the impacts of Six Sigma on stakeholders. It also introduces benchmarking, benchmarking types, and important business and financial measures for Six Sigma Black Belts.This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a03_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Risk Analysis and Management	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Risk Analysis and Management Overview/Description: Getting to the source of why something has gone wrong in a system or process is critical to identifying the changes necessary for resolving the problem. This course covers key risk analysis techniques and best practices for identifying, analyzing, and mitigating risks. It also covers design and process Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA). Finally, this course covers other analysis techniques such as gap, root cause, 5 Whys, fault tree, and waste analyses. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a18_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Statistical Process Control	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Statistical Process Control Overview/Description: Ensuring a process is in control is critical to any Six Sigma project. By applying statistical process control (SPC) methods, a Six Sigma team can identify and control variation in a process. This course covers the basic concepts in statistical process control methodology, including the selection of variables and rational subgrouping. It also covers selecting the right control chart for the variables being measured, and how to interpret specific patterns they reveal. This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in Skillsoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a22_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Team Roles and Facilitation	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Team Roles and Facilitation Overview/Description: Effective Six Sigma teams dont just happen. They have to be carefully selected and set up for success.In this course, learn about the key team roles in Six Sigma and critical success factors that make Six Sigma teams thrive. Next, explore considerations for an effective virtual team, as well as team motivation and leadership best practices. Finally, examine team development and effective communication strategies to ensure team success.This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in Skillsofts ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a04_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Understanding Design of Experiments (DOE)	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Understanding Design of Experiments (DOE) Overview/Description: Six Sigma teams strive to generate a powerful solution in the Improve phase. Design of Experiments (DOE) is a controlled approach to experimentation that enables teams to systematically change the level of one or more input factors and observe the effects on the targeted response. In this course, youll learn key DOE terms. Youll also learn about effects and power, and resolution in experiments. Finally, this course covers goals, responses, factors, and measurements for appropriate experimental design.This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in SkillSoft’s ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a19_enus
Six Sigma Black Belt: Voice of the Customer (VOC)	Course	View details Course Syllabus \| Print Syllabus Six Sigma Black Belt: Voice of the Customer (VOC) Overview/Description: Customers are at the heart of all Six Sigma initiatives. This focus on customers is what makes Six Sigma such a good organizational performance improvement program.In this course, learn about key Voice of the Customer (VOC) concepts, including customer strategy and personality types. Next, explore best practices for customer segmentation and data collection. Finally, discover methods for ensuring the validity and reliability of data collection outcomes and best practices for determining and classifying customer requirements.This course is aligned with the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam and is designed to assist learners as part of their exam preparation. It builds on foundational knowledge that is taught in Skillsofts ASQ-aligned Green Belt curriculum. Course Number: bs_apj33_a06_enus