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Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

    Lean Six Sigma Green
    Belt Certification

    Certification
    Program

    TUM School of Management Executive Education Center is offering the TUM Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification. The course takes place in partnership with the TUM edX Professional Series: Six Sigma and Lean Qualitative Tools for Quality and Productivity (QPLSx), for participants who have already acquired the TUM Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certificate or who are seeking to acquire it.

    Our Green Belt certification is a 100% online program and focuses on the implementation of a suitable real project in the participant’s working environment. The selection and technical supervision of the project must be supported by a manager of the participant in the role of a Sponsor of the project.

    Our Six-Sigma Master Black Belt Dr. Reiner Hutwelker supervises the projects methodically in individual coaching sessions and joint group meetings. Each participant will receive 16 individual coaching sessions and will participate in a minimum of 10 group sessions. The coaching covers all phases of the DMAIC, from project selection to its implementation.

    Participants will apply important tools of the DMAIC cycle using the free software sigmaGuide and Minitab (trial version allowed). The participant summarizes the results of the application of these tools for each DMAIC phase in a personal Project-Story-Book. The results are evaluated in every phase by Dr. Reiner Hutwelker. With written feedback and individual coaching, errors in the application of the tools are corrected in each phase and options for their use are shown. After the positive evaluation of the results of a phase in the Project-Story-Book, the participant is in each phase obliged to also present the achieved results to his/ her Sponsor. The Sponsor has the last word in each phase and decides on further necessary corrections or the transition to the next DMAIC phase.

    This concept ensures the methodologically correct and technically meaningful implementation of the project. This is important because the participant has to prove the financial benefit of the project at the end of the project. A project without implemented solutions or implemented solutions without benefit cannot be certified.

    This hands-on approach, combining the theory learned and practiced during the MOOC with individual, project-oriented coaching and technical sponsoring will enable the participant to confidently and effectively start and drive further Six-Sigma projects in his or her workplace and work quickly towards a Black Belt certification.

    TUM Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Path

    Certification Process

    Details

    Part-time

    Location: Digital

    English-speaking

    • Preparation period Starting December 1st, 2019
    • Target group Professionals and executives of quality management from production and service companies
      Employees from all business areas and levels actively involved in quality systems and quality improvement
    • Requirements

      All requirements must be met within one year after the start of the Green Belt Certification Program.
      The theory and the project can be completed in parallel.

      Theory:
      Completion of the verified edX Professional Certificate and TUM Yellow Belt “Six Sigma and Lean: Quantitative Tools for Quality and Productivity”


      - QPLS1x Course 1: Six Sigma: Define and Measure
      - QPLS2x Course 2: Six Sigma: Analyze, Improve, Control
      - QPLS3x Course 3: Lean Production

      Project:
      - Selection and implementation of a suitable Six Sigma project in collaboration with an organization
      - Confirmation from a manager of the organization to support and evaluate all DMAIC Phases as a Sponsor
      - Solution to: 1 Quality Problem, 1 Availability Problem, and 1 Consumption Problem
      - Interviews with (internal) customers, two workshops with process experts, collection of real data
      - Verification of the project benefits
      - Creation of a Project-Story-Book with all important results of the project

      Coaching:
      - Open-online coaching sessions: There are about 40 open-online sessions during the year. Here participants present their projects and progress, questions are discussed and joint solutions are sought. In total, participation in 10 open-sessions is mandatory throughout the year.
      - Individual-online coaching sessions: In each DMAIC phase 16 sessions will be offered for each participant, each session lasting 45 minutes. If necessary in exceptional cases, the amount of individual coaching can be extended to ensure the success of the project.

    • Additional requirements Notebook with Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Excel 2010 for sigmaGuide and Minitab V16 or higher respectively (30 days free Minitab demo allowed)
    • Certification Completion of the project and acquisition of the TUM Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt certificate within one year
      Certification managed by Dr. Reiner Hutwelker, Six Sigma Master Black Belt
      Certificates: TUM Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (see Requirements)
    • Duration Max. 1 year after starting your project (6-12 months)
    • Program language English
    • Location Digital Course
    • Coaching fee €2.500

    The Six-Sigma Concept

    TUM Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Project Guideline

    Project Guideline

    Content

    1. Six-Sigma theory, methods and tools (MOOC)

    2. Project Selection, Implementation and Verification of its success

    • Selection, implementation and verification of the success of a suitable Green Belt project will be supported by Six-Sigma Master Black Belt, Dr. Reiner Hutwelker
    • Admission process: only possible after the submitted project proposal has been approved
    • All steps for the selection and implementation of the project are described in the videos and handouts of the course

    3. Support by Individual and Group Online Coaching

    • Each DMAIC phase of the project is supervised and supported by:
      – Written feedback to the participants Project-Story-Book in each DMAIC phase
      – Individual online coaching with each participant to results and next steps in each DMAIC phase
      – Group online sessions for all participants for all participants every week
      All coaching is given by Dr. Reiner Hutwelker on the basis the results in the Project-Story-Book and the underlying software tools: sigmaGuide and Minitab.

    4. Communication and Exchange Platform

    • All communication and exchange will take place via the TUM e-Learning Platform.
    • Every participant will receive a TUM account.
    • Upload and download of files with project results (Project-Story-Book)
    • Individual online coachings and Group online sessions are
      – organized in course calendar
      – held via Adobe Connect communication platform

    5. Data verification

    • Confirmation of a manager of the organization in which the project is to be implemented to review the results of each DMAIC phase and to support the implementation
    • Verification of successful and Six Sigma conform implementation of the project by: Dr. Reiner Hutwelker
    • Certification of  TUM Lean Six Sigma Green Belt by: Technical University of Munich
    • To ensure confidentiality of all project-relevant information, we ensure that all documents submitted are only accessible to our Master Black Belt. If required, we will prepare a written non-disclosure agreement for you.
    Downloads and Registration

    Downloads

    Program Overview
    Certification Process
    Project Guideline
    Application form

    Registration

    Registration opens December 1st 2019 and will be open continuously.

    Note: Final Admission only possible after projects have been approved

     

    Application Process: 

    1. Register for the free edX course: Six Sigma: Define and Measure
    1. In the course, go to the module titled “TUM Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Course.” Please work through the first module: Introduction (Certification-Path, Introduction, …).
    1. Then work through the following module: DEFINE – Part 1&2. You should prepare the Project-Topic and Project-Definition as described there and present the Project-Definition to the potential sponsor of your project.
    1. If your sponsor agrees to the implementation of the project, have the sponsor confirm this by mail. The text for this email is pre-formulated in the Certification Path document in the Introduction module.
    1. Please fill in the registration form on the left side and sign it.
    1. Send: a copy of the Project-Definition (3.), the confirmation mail of your sponsor (4.) and the signed form (5.) to: caroline.hoffmann@tum.de
    1. Upon receipt of this information, TUM will check the suitability of your Project-Definition within 2 weeks. Our Master Black Belt will send you feedback on the result of this check.
    1. If your project is suitable for a Six Sigma Project, TUM will complete your registration as a participant in our certificate program and send you a confidential link to the TUM e-learning platform: moodle.

     

    The certification course for the selected participants will start with the part: DEFINE – Part 3

    If your project is not suitable or your sponsor’s confirmation email is missing, then the data of your application and Project-Definition will be deleted.

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    Get in touch
    • Caroline Hoffmann
      Program Manager (TUM Campus Heilbronn)
    • Phone 49 7131 26418 305
    • E-Mail Caroline Hoffmann