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Designing Products and Processes using Six Sigma (DPPSS)

Course Offerings

  • Do process performance models seem academic, at best?

  • Does all this Six Sigma hype seem larger than life?

  • Are you confused about what CMMI High Maturity is and what it can do for your organization?

  • Do you think that if you already have several six sigma projects, you are automatically CMMI high maturity?

  • Do you think Six Sigma and CMMI High Maturity are just for the “big boys”?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions...

 Attend the Designing Products and Processes using Six Sigma Training 

Course Benefits

  • Learn a variety of measurement techniques to dramatically improve requirements engineering and solution selection

  • Hands on use of advanced measurement techniques to model uncertainty and predict cost and schedule performance

  • Helps practitioners learn to understand basic process modeling and simulation concepts without the theoretical overhead

  • Takes modern design of experiments and optimization techniques out of the lab and puts it back into the real world for robust product design

Course Description

This five-day course takes a hands-on, measurement-oriented approach to product development that provides participants with a toolkit of analysis methods to leverage industry best practices, such as the Design-for-Six-Sigma methodology of Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify (DMADV) and CMMI High Maturity. This course builds upon basic statistical concepts from the Improving Process Performance Using Six Sigma (IPPSS) course. More advanced and powerful analytical methods are introduced through short lectures and extensive hands-on practice sessions using problems traditionally faced by new product development teams. Participants learn a framework in the form of tools, methods, and practices for analyzing data to make more informed business decisions about both project management (quality, schedule, and cost) and process and product performance. The ways in which these quality measurement practices relate to improvement models such as the Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®) are also discussed.

The course is composed of lectures, class exercises, and evening reading assignments with ample opportunity for participant questions and discussions.  Emphasis is placed on "hands on learning".  This course follows a case study through the improvement lifecycle to put learning on a more practical level, which allows participants to immediately apply what they learned in their organization.  Organizations just beginning their improvement program can benefit as well by understanding how to lay the foundation needed in the measurement program to pave the way for quantitative control of product and processes as the organization matures.

Anyone who needs a working knowledge of CMMI High Maturity measurement practices used to drive performance improvement in both process and product design should attend this course.  This includes CMMI Instructors, Lead Appraisers, process developers, improvement group members, measurements team members, Six Sigma black belts, green belts and belt candidates and anyone else who wants to gain a better understanding of using Six Sigma in the design of processes and products.

Course Prerequisites

Before registering for this course, participants must complete the Improving Process Performance Using Six Sigma (IPPSS) course or possess equivalent knowledge approved by the SEI SEMA team.  All requests for waivers of the IPPSS class must be submitted to sema-courses@sei.cmu.edu 2 months prior to the start of this course.  The request for waiver must include proof of the following for review by the SEMA team: educational background, professional development courses, and measurement and Six Sigma work experience.

Before attending this course, participants must

  • Install student copies of a number of software tools outlined in the pre-course student letter (statistics package, Monte Carlo simulation tool, process modeling tool, and a reliability growth modeling tool)

Required Equipment:

Students must bring a personal computer equipped with:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 3, Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2, Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2, or Windows Vista (tested on Windows Vista Enterprise, Business, Home Premium, and Home Basic Editions)

  • Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002 (XP), 2003, or 2007

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (or 3.0 with Windows XP versions or Vista)

  • Pentium-equivalent microprocessor (800 MHz or faster)

  • at least 512 MB of RAM

  • at least 88 MB of hard disk space for .NET Framework 2.0 and another 58 MB for .NET Framework 3.0 (if not already installed) and at least 400 MB for additional applications to be installed.  (Note:  Each of the first two components listed requires approximately twice the given amount of disk space during installation.)

  • CD-ROM drive or USB port

  • video graphics adapter and monitor with at least 1024x768 resolution

  • Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 or later

Please note: Beta versions of Microsoft Office Products are not supported.

So hurry and sign up today and receive as a free gift the Design for Six Sigma book by C.M. Creveling, et. al. valued at over $100.00 USD.

Course Logistics

Location

Course Dates

Advance Registration and Payment  Deadline

 Address of Course

Springfield, VA

16 - 20 Jul 2012

02 Jul 2012

Residence Inn Fair Lakes

12815 Fair Lakes Parkway

 

 

 

Prior to Advance Reg/Pay Deadline

After Advance Reg/Pay Deadline

 

Cost

USD$2300

USD$2500

 

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Prices include:

  • Course notebook (including modules, exercise, real-life project form, references)

  • Laminated Advanced Statistics Reference

  • The Design for Six Sigma Memory Jogger by Goal QPC; and

  • Electronic student files

  • If pre-registering, Design for Six Sigma book by C.M. Creveling, et. al.

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For More Information Contact:

Process Improvement for the 21st Century, Inc.
8601 Beech Hollow Lane

Springfield, VA 22153-3440
Tel: (1) 703 866-5556
FAX: (1) 703 866-5554
Internet: Info@PI-21.com


 

 

 

 

PI-21 Training Schedule

Training Highlights

Intro to CMMI-DEV Course
in Springfield, VA
14- 16 Feb 2012

Intro to CMMI-SVC Course
in Springfield, VA
27 - 29 Mar 2012

Intro to CMMI-DEV
in Springfield, VA
17 - 19 Apr 2012

 
 

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