Organizational Goals and Objectives


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Overview/Description
Before a Six Sigma® project can be executed, organizational strategic planning goals and objectives must be defined. Determining selection of appropriate projects and choosing an effective improvement model are crucial tasks that help to ensure your company is pointed in the right direction. Performing risk analysis while avoiding pitfalls common to Six Sigma projects is also important to prevent project failure. Finally, performing a tollgate assessment emphasizes process management to ensure your ultimate goal of customer satisfaction. This course provides an overview of each of the processes necessary to base your Six Sigma effort on solid ground. Six Sigma is a registered Trademark of Motorola Corporation, and all right, title, and interest in Six Sigma belongs to Motorola.

Target Audience
Candidates for Black Belt certification; managers/executives overseeing personnel involved in the implementation of Six Sigma in their organization; consultants involved in implementing a Six Sigma proposal; and organizations implementing a Six Sigma project

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Linking Projects to Organizational Goals

  • recognize the benefits of linking projects to organizational goals.
  • identify concepts within Six Sigma that focus on project essentials.
  • identify the steps to properly scope projects.
  • identify the factors that address customers' needs.
  • match the processes for choosing projects with bottom line benefits to examples.
  • match the sources for identifying projects that qualify for Six Sigma to examples.
  • select the criteria for Six Sigma project selection.
  • Risk Analysis

  • select the benefits of performing a strategic risk analysis.
  • match elements of the strategic risk analysis process to examples.
  • identify the common pitfalls of scenario planning.
  • Tollgate Assessment

  • identify the benefits of performing a Tollgate assessment.
  • match the stages of the Tollgate assessment management system to examples.
  • identify examples of variables that align an improvement project to a management system.
  • Course Number:
    OPER0163