Madison,WIOctober 8-12, 2007December 10-14, 2007

The Six Sigma Master Black Belt is a keychange agent in leading organizationalimprovement. Master Black Belts providethe insight, coaching, and statistical expert-ise to ensure team and program success.Oriel’s Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belttraining develops participants’analytical/technical abilities, influencing andconsulting skills, coaching and mentoring,and Six Sigma leadership potential.

The training covers Design for Six Sigma(DMADV), Lean methods, process manage-ment, and the advanced statistical tools tosupport the DMAIC methodology includingNormality theory, hypothesis testing,regression, design of experiments, advanceddesign of experiments, and general linearmodels.Also covered are coaching/mentor-ing tools and successful deployment prac-tices.A high-level agenda and detailed topicoutline is attached.

Cost: $5,995 per student, which includes materials.

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MASTER BLACK BELT TRAINING HIGH LEVEL AGENDA

WEEK ONE: OCTOBER 8-12, 2007 MONDAY 9:00 AM–6:00 PM

• Design for Six Sigma - DMADV

TUESDAY 8:00 AM–5:00 PM • Design for Six Sigma - DMADV • Statistics: Normality

WEDNESDAY 8:00 AM–5:00 PM • Statistics: Normality • Statistics: Hypothesis Testing

THURSDAY 8:00 AM–5:00 PM • Statistics: Hypothesis Testing • Six Sigma Deployment

FRIDAY 8:00 AM–5:00 PM • Successful Six Sigma Deployment • Master Black Belt Coaching/Mentoring Tools

WEEK TWO: DECEMBER 10-14, 2007 MONDAY 9:00 AM–6:00 PM

• Statistics: Regression

TUESDAY 8:00 AM–5:00 PM

• Statistics: Design of Experiments

WEDNESDAY 8:00 AM–5:00 PM

• Statistics: Advanced Experiment topics and General Linear Models

THURSDAY 8:00 AM–5:00 PM

• Lean Methodologies

FRIDAY 8:00 AM–5:00 PM • Lean Methodologies and Process Management (Morning) • Process Management (Afternoon)

MASTER BLACK BELT TRAINING TOPIC OUTLINE

DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA • Three Methodologies for Six Sigma • DMADV – The Design Process • Relationship Between the Three Methodologies • Define • Measure • Analyze • Design • Verify

NORMALITY • Intro and Warm-up • Advanced Statistical Tools and Their Place in DMAIC • Minitab 15 Review • Managing Variation and the Rules of the Funnel • Normal Theory • Testing for Normality • Transforming to Normality • Application of Transformation

HYPOTHESIS TESTING • Hypothesis Testing Theory, Understanding Type 1 Type 2 Errors • t-test • Paired t-test • ANOVA • Test for Equal Variance • Chi Square • Non-parametric Tests of Hypothesis

SUCCESSFUL SIX SIGMA DEPLOYMENT • Critical Success Factors • Six Sigma Infrastructure • Roles and Responsibilities • Team Selection • Engaging Sponsors • Linking Improvements to the Management System • Project Selection • Project Scoping • Project Management • Maintaining Gains

ADVANCED TOOLS FOR MASTER BLACK BELTS

MBB COACHING/MENTORING TOOLS • Effective Coaching Communications • Listening for Understanding • Giving and Receiving Feedback • Using the Ladder of Inference to Improve Coaching and Team Interactions • Group Dynamics and Stages of Team Growth • Understanding Conflict and Conducting Effective Interventions • Coaching Black Belts • Coaching Executives • Facilitating Decision Making

REGRESSION • Review of Linear Regression • Multiple Regression • Understanding Multi-co linearity • Curvilinear Regression • Regression with Discrete X's • Logistic Regression

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS • Review of Full Factorial Designs • Fractional Factorial Designs • Hands-on Fractional Factorial • Planning a Designed Experiment

ADVANCED DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS AND GENERAL LINEAR MODELS

• Evolutionary Operations • Response Surface Methodology • Mixture Designs • General Linear Models

LEAN METHODOLOGIES • Introduction to the Lean Enterprise • Lean Cost Model • JIT (Just-in-Time) System • Production Leveling • Mistake Proofing • Kaizen • Standardized Work • Waste Reduction

PROCESS MANAGEMENT • Define Process Management methodology • Roles and responsibilities • High level roll-out plan for implementing Process Management • Identifying key business measures and build dashboard • Establishing and map core processes and relationship to key business measures • Monitoring overall organization and core process performance