The document describes an assignment for a course on Six Sigma that involves analyzing a product or service using Six Sigma concepts. Students are asked to select a product or service, identify its critical-to-quality factors, specifications, defects, and limitations. They should complete a template and are encouraged to be creative by adding images or submitting a video. Students will share their work online for peer review and feedback by a specified deadline.

1. Assignment and Activity
1. Objective : To help you appreciate the various important terms of Six
Sigma and relate it to your real life scenario.
2. This assignment involves you to select a product or service from your
existing industry or institution.
3. If you are a student or non-employed, then choose a product or
service that you understand very well or use very often.
4. Study that product or service and identify the its CTQs, Various
Defects Opportunities, Specification Limits for that product/service
and write it down in the template as in the following pages.
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2. Assignment and Activity
5. Be creative and add as much non-confidential information (Images,
etc) as you can. If you wish to compile your assignment as a video
instead of PPT that will be great too.
6. Submission Procedure :
1. Upload it as PPT or Video in any socially shareable sites such
as Slideshare/Youtube/Vimeo/Facebook.
2. Share the link in the Course Feed and request for views and
comments of co-learners
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3. Assignment and Activity
7. Grading and Evaluation:
1. Good News: This assignment does not involve any
credit/marks. But I would recommend you to attempt this
assignment to gain maximum from this course.
2. Evaluation is qualitative. You will learn when you create your
own and also when you review what others are sharing and
share your views in Course Feed discussions.
8. Submission Deadline: In order to keep the group together and we
will encourage to submit assignment before 9th Feb.
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4. CTQs, Specs & Defects
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Gain from the Power of Lean Six Sigma – MOOC
By Nilakantasrinivasan
Assignment Submission of : Mousa abu subhiah

5. Product or Service Selected : Hospital call center
Customer Quote: ‘I consistently wait too long to speak to a
representative.
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CTQs
Specification
Limits
Defect Opportunities
-Representative
Responsiveness
-Time measure
Less than 60 seconds from
call connection to the
automated response system
1 per call