Quality Management - Project Course

Aim

The aim of this project course is to give the participants in-depth practical understanding and experience of quality management tools and techniques. By applying previously gained knowledge in structured and methodical ways students carry out improvement projects in case organizations.

After completing the course the student should be able to:

• plan the project, define the problem and set goals for the improvement project
• choose, motivate and use an appropriate QM principle/method for the project
• collect, and summarise data, qualitatively and quantitatively
• analyse data and suggest improvements
• draw conclusions on the fulfilment of the project goals
• working on a joint QM improvement project in team
• present the project results in written and oral presentations

A completed project will lead to Six Sigma Green Belt certification (Six Sigma projects) or Quality Management Practitioner certification (all other type of projects).

Content

In this course it is possible to conduct different types of Quality Management projects, e.g. Six Sigma projects. To conduct a Six Sigma project at a company it is required that the student has completed the course TMQU04 Six Sigma Quality. To conduct another project the student has to fulfill the prerequisites stated.