This document outlines the curriculum for Lean Six Sigma certification training programs from Villanova University and ASQ. The Villanova curriculum covers 6 modules on Lean concepts, visualizing inefficiency, focusing on customers, Lean projects, other considerations, and Kaizen events. The ASQ Green Belt curriculum covers 8 weeks including an overview of Lean Six Sigma, define, measure, analyze, improve, and control phases. The Simplilearn online training course covers these same phases over 5 lessons with topics like process mapping, statistics, hypothesis testing, design of experiments, and root cause analysis.

1. Villanova
Lean Six Sigma Curriculum
Module 1 – Introduction to Lean Concepts
o Course Welcome
o Introduction to Lean, Part 1
o Introduction to Lean, Part 2
o How Lean Fits Into the Six Sigma Framework
o Lean Gurus
o Theory of Constraints
o Why Lean is Not Only for Manufacturing
o Lean Tools
Module 2 – Visualizing Inefficiency
o What is Lean?
o What is Lean for Products?
o What is Lean for Services?
o Value Stream Mapping for Products, Part 1
o Value Stream Mapping for Products, Part 2
o Value Stream Mapping for Products, Part 3
o Value Stream Mapping for Services, Part 1
o Value Stream Mapping for Services, Part 2
o Value Stream Mapping for Services, Part 3
Module 3 – Focus of the Customer
o The Kano Model
o Value Driver Tree
o Critical to Quality (CTQ) Trees
o Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Module 4 – Lean Projects
o DMAIC Tollgates
o Hoshin Planning
o 5S, Part 1
o 5S, Part 2
o Lean Accounting
o Lean Design for Products
o Lean Design for Services
o The Pull System for Products, Part 1
o The Pull System for Products, Part 2
o The Pull System for Services, Part 1

2. o The Pull System for Services, Part 2
o Takt Time
o Standardized Work
o Simulation Exercise — Process Control and Problem Solving
o Error Proofing for Products
o Error Proofing for Services
o Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
o Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
o TRIZ
o Standard Operating Procedures for Products
o Standard Operating Procedures for Services
o Audits for Products
o Audits for Services
Module 5 – Other Considerations
o Barriers to Lean Implementation
o Barriers to Lean Implementation for Products
o Barriers to Lean Implementation for Services
o Lean Supply Chain
o Strategic Planning and Lean
o Certification Programs
o Teams
o Lean Examples in the Service Industry
o Simulation Exercise—Managing a Process Layout
o Simulation Exercise—Review of Year 1
o Simulation Exercise—Review of Year 2
o Simulation Exercise—Review of Year 3
Module 6 – Kaizen Events and Set-Up Reduction
o Kaizen Events
o Kaizen Events for Products
o Kaizen Events for Services
o Set-Up Reduction
o Set-Up Reduction for Products
o Set-Up Reduction for Services
o Course Wrap-Up

3. Villanova Six Sigma Green Belt Curriculum
Module 1 – The Beginning of Six Sigma
o Introduction to Six Sigma Green Belt
o What is Six Sigma?
o The History of Six Sigma
o Prominent Figures in Six Sigma
o DMAIC Methodology Overview
o The Project Charter
Module 2 – Data Collection Plans, Part I
o The Project Scope of a Team
o Team Dynamics
o Paradigm Shifts
o Determining Customers, Needs and Requirements
o Quality Function Deployment and the House of Quality
o Critical to Quality Tree and Kano Model
o Process Mapping and SIPOC
Module 3 – Data Collection Plans, Part II
o Data Collection Plan – Part I
o Data Collection Plan – Part II
o Data Collection Plan – Part III
o Calculating Baseline Sigma
o Quincunx Process Demonstration
o Types of Data
Module 4 – Root Cause Analysis
o Basic Data Analysis
o Basic Process Analysis
o The Big Picture
o Root Cause Analysis
o Hypothesis Testing
Module 5 – 7M Tools
o Measures of Central Tendency
o Concept of Standard Deviation – Part I
o Concept of Standard Deviation – Part II
o Determining Project Solutions
o Prioritization Matrix
o Affinity Diagrams

4. o Metrics
o 7M Tools
o Interrelationship Diagrams
Module 6 – Control Charts
o QxA=E
o Maintaining Solutions
o Introduction to Control Charts
o Control Charts Conceptually
o Control Chart Construction – Part I
o Control Chart Construction – Part II
o XmR Chart
o Pre-Control
o Attribute Charts – p Charts
o Other Attribute Charts – np, c, and u
Module 7 – Process Capability
o Process Capability – Part I
o Process Capability – Part II
o Process Capability – Part III
o Distributions – Part I
o Distributions – Part II
o Distributions – Part III
o Reliability
o Weibull Distribution
o Chi Square Distribution
o Multi-Vari
o Point and Interval Estimation
o FMEA and DOE
Module 8 – Other Tools and Techniques
o Design of Experiments – Part I
o Design of Experiments – Part II
o Design of Experiments – Part III
o Building Charts
o Ten Questions Regarding Six Sigma
o Course Wrap-Up

5. ASQ Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Week One Course Agenda
A. Overview and Foundation of Lean and Six Sigma
B. Drivers and Metrics
C. Projects
D. Theory of Constraints
E. Customer Data
F. Project Planning Tools
G. Project Documentation
H. Basic Lean Six Sigma Metrics
I. Team Dynamics and Performance
J. Overview of Measure
K. Introduction to Minitab
L. Process Mapping
M. Cause and Effect Analysis
N. FMEA
O. Probability and Statistics
P. Measurement Systems Analysis
Q. Data Collection and Summary
R. Process Capability/
Week Two Course Agenda
S. Analyze Phase Overview
T. Hypothesis Testing
U. ANOVA
V. Regression
W. Chi-square
X. Graphical Analysis
Y. Lean Analysis Tools
Z. Analyze Phase Transition
AA. Improve Overview
BB. Lean Improvement Tools
CC. Introduction to Design of Experiments
DD. DoE Golf Experiment
EE. Implementation and Validation Solutions
FF. Control Phase Overview
GG. Standard Work
HH. Control Charting
II. Control Plans
JJ. Control Phase Transition

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Lesson 00—Course Overview
About LSSGB Certification
About Simplilearn’s LSSGB course
Lesson 1—Overview of Lean Six Sigma
Topic 1—Six Sigma
• The Basics of Six Sigma
• Process of Six Sigma
• How does Six Sigma Work
• Six Sigma and Quality
• Six Sigma Team
Topic 2—Lean principles
• The History of Lean
• Lean & Six Sigma
• Lean Concepts
• Types of Waste
• Theory of Constraints
Topic 3—Design for Six Sigma
• Design for Six Sigma
• DFSS Tools—Quality Function Deployment, FMEA, RPN
• PFMEA and DFMEA
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Topic 1—Project identification
• Building a Business Case & Project Charter
• Process Elements
• Financial Evaluation & Benefits Capture
• Positive Effects of Project on Customers
Topic 2—Voice of the customer (VOC)
• Collect Customer Data
• Questionnaire
• Telephone Survey vs. Web Survey
• Focus Group
• Interview
• Customer Complaints
• Key Elements of Data Collection Tools
• Critical to Quality
• Quality Function Deployment
• Structure of QFD
Topic 3—Project Management Basics
• Project Charter
• Deliverables of a Lean Six Sigma Project
• Pareto Chart

7. • Risk
• Risk Analysis and Management
• Project Closure
• Affinity Diagram
• Interrelationship Diagram
• Tree Diagram
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• Matrix Diagram
• Defect per Unit
• Throughput Yield
• Rolled Throughput Yield
Topic 5—Business Results for Projects
• Defect per Million Opportunities
• Cost of Quality
Lesson 3—Measure
Topic 1—Process Definition
• Process Mapping
• X-Y Diagram
Topic 2—Descriptive and Inferential Statistics Basic probability concepts
• Types of Statistics
• Central Limit Theorem
Topic 3—Collecting and Summarizing Data
• Types of Data
• Simple Random Sampling vs. Stratified Sampling
• Measures of Central Tendency
• Measures of Dispersion
• Frequency Distribution
• Graphical Methods—Stem and Leaf Plots
• Graphical Methods—Box and Whisker Plots
• Scatter Diagrams
Topic 4—Measurement System Analysis
• Measurement System Analysis
• Precision and Accuracy
• Bias, Linearity, and Stability© 2014 Simplilearn Solutions. All Rights Reserved www.simplilearn.com 04
• Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility
• Measurement Resolution
• ANOVA Method of Analyzing GRR Studies
• Gage RR Template
Topic 5—Process Capability
• Process Capability Analysis
• Natural Process Limits vs. Specification Limits
• Process Capability Indices

8. • Process Capability Studies
• Process Stability Studies
• Verifying Process Stability and Normality
• Monitoring Techniques
Lesson 4—Analyze
Topic 1—Patterns of Variations
• Classes of Distributions
• Discrete Probability Distribution
• Binomial Distribution
• Poisson Distribution
• Continuous Probability Distribution
• Normal Distribution
• Z-Table Usage
• Chi-Square Distribution (Basics)
Topic 2—Exploratory Data Analysis
• Multi-Vari Studies
• Create Multi-Vari Chart
• Simple Linear Correlation
• Simple Linear Regression (SLR)© 2014 Simplilearn Solutions. All Rights Reserved www.simplilearn.com
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• Multiple Linear Regression
• Difference between Correlation and Causation
Topic 3—Hypothesis Testing with Normal Data
• Statistical and Practical Significance of Hypothesis Test
• Null Hypothesis vs. Alternate Hypothesis
• Type I and Type II Error
• Power of Test
• Hypothesis Testing Roadmap
• Comparison of Means of Two Processes
• Paired Comparison Hypothesis Test for Means (Theoretical)
• Paired Comparison Hypothesis Test for Variance—F-Test Example
• F-Test
• Hypothesis Tests—t-Test for Independent Groups
• 2-Sample t-Test
• Paired t-Test
• sample variance
• ANOVA—Comparison of More Than Two Means
• Chi-Square Distribution (Detailed)
Topic 4—Hypothesis Testing with Non-Normal Data
• Mann-Whitney
• Kruskal-Wallis
• Mood’s Median
• Friedman

9. • 1 Sample Sign Test
• 1 Sample Wilcoxon
Lesson 5—Improve
Topic 1—Design of Experiments© 2014 Simplilearn Solutions. All Rights Reserved www.simplilearn.com
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• Design of Experiments—Example
• Analysis of the Mean Effect
• Main Effect
• Interaction Effect
• Design of Experiments—Runs
Topic 2—Root Cause Analysis
• Residuals Analysis
• Data Transformation using Box Cox
• Process Input and Output Variables
• Cause and Effect Matrix Template
• Cause and Effect Diagram
• The 5 Why Technique
• The 5 Why Process
Topic 3—Lean Tools
• Lean Techniques
• Cycle Time Reduction
• Kaizen and Kaizen Blitz
Lesson 6—Control
Topic 1—Statistical Process Control
• Common Cause Variation
• Special Cause Variation
• Rational Subgrouping
• Data Collection for SPC
• Control Charts
• Setting the Control Limits
• X-Bar Chart Principles
• Defining UCL and LCL in X-Bar and R Chart © 2014 Simplilearn Solutions. All Rights Reserved
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• Defining UCL and LCL in X-Bar and s Chart
• X-Bar and R and Subgroup Data
• X-Bar and s and Subgroup Data
• ImR Chart Principles
• Control Charts for Attribute Data
• np Chart Principles
• np Charts and Uniform Subgroup Size—Example
• np Charts and Uniform Subgroup Size
• p Chart
• c Chart

10. Topic 2—Control Plan
• Control Plan—Uses & Strategies
• Elements of the Control Plan
• Elements of the Response Plan
• Cost Benefit Analysis
• Control Plan Tools
• Developing a Control Plan
• Transactional Control Plan
• CuSum Chart
• EWMA Chart
Topic 3—Lean Tools for Process Control
• Visual Controls
• Control Methods for 5S
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