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BMG Integrates Six Sigma eLearning Curriculum into Its ProjX(TM) Enterprise Management Software for Just-in-Time Training; New Feature Provides ProjX Users with Instant Access to Online Tools Training without Leaving the System.


LONGMONT, Colo. -- Breakthrough Management Group (BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health)
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), a global leader in Performance Excellence and Six Sigma Not to be confused with Sigma 6.
Six Sigma is a set of practices originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects.[1] A defect is defined as nonconformity of a product or service to its specifications.
 consulting, training and technology solutions, announced today that it has incorporated its Six Sigma eLearning course material directly into ProjX(TM) program tracking system. ProjX is an enterprise-wide reporting and information management system that captures, manages, tracks and guides the success of an organization's process excellence initiatives. Company executives, process excellence Champions, Lean and Six Sigma Black practitioners use it to improve task manageability, encourage program standardization and simplify financial results tracking across the organization. Adding the eLearning courses to the system provides ProjX customers with the ability to review specific topics, skills and tools they need at the exact moment they need it -- when working on a deliverable.

According to according to
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1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

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 BMG's eLearning product manager Jessica Schneider, "This new feature has the power to dramatically improve the way Six Sigma companies The following companies claim to have successfully implemented Six Sigma in some form or another:

Note: Before adding your company's link, please read and .
  • 3M[1]
  • Advanced Micro Devices[2]
  • Amazon.com Inc.
 conduct project work. Giving practitioners the ability to review specific topics, refresh their skills and get instructions directly within ProjX provides our clients with a stronger continuous learning environment and greater program rigor rigor /rig·or/ (rig´er) [L.] chill; rigidity.

rigor mor´tis  the stiffening of a dead body accompanying depletion of adenosine triphosphate in the muscle fibers.
." Schneider added that the integrated system's on-demand coaching and mentoring capabilities will help companies improve the consistency of their project work across the board.

Users can find the eLearning content inside the ProjX Mentor, an area where clients currently access additional project guidance and materials such as templates, examples and printed training curriculum, in total, a selection of more than 30 eLearning courses can be loaded to the system at a client's request, including these topics:

--Introduction to Minitab

--Six Sigma Project Definition

--Six Sigma Project Scoping

--Introduction to Statistics -- Six Sigma Green Belt Version

--Data Collection

--Process Mapping and C&E Tools

--Understanding Graphs -- Six Sigma Green Belt Version

--Attribute Measurement Systems

--Variable Measurement Systems

--Capability Analysis

--Confidence Intervals

--Intro to Hypothesis Testing hypothesis testing

In statistics, a method for testing how accurately a mathematical model based on one set of data predicts the nature of other data sets generated by the same process.
 

--Basic Tests of Hypotheses

--One-Way ANOVA anova

see analysis of variance.

ANOVA Analysis of variance, see there
 

--Introduction to Design of Experiments

--Basic Factorial Experiments fac·to·ri·al experiment
n.
An experimental design in which two or more series of treatments are tried in all combinations.



factorial experiment

see factorial experiment.
 

--Control Phase Tools & Methods --Six Sigma Green Belt Version

--Introduction to SPC 1. (business) SPC - Statistical Process Control. Something to do with quality management.

2. (body) SPC - Software Productivity Centre.
3. (company) SPC - Software Publishing Corporation.
4.
 

--Constructing Control Charts

--Project Closure

Companies can choose to implement all of BMG's eLearning courses in their entirety or select exact courses based on their specific Six Sigma roadmap. The new system is available to all existing and new ProjX customers through BMG.

About Breakthrough Management Group

BMG is the world's leading provider of training and consulting for performance excellence. Specializing in Lean, Six Sigma and Innovation, BMG works with leading companies around the globe to help "in-source" new capability and develop new core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
  1. It provides customer benefits
  2. It is hard for competitors to imitate
  3. It can be leveraged widely to many products and markets.
. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Longmont, Colo., BMG has developed a loyal clientele that today exceeds 200 active businesses in industries as diverse as biotechnology, health care, finance, telecommunications, manufacturing and energy. BMG has offices in 12 countries and has more than 100 employees worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.bmgi.com.
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