Self-Delivery Workshops

Learning resources to help you deliver excellence

Our Self-Delivery workshops offer an easy and effective way to teach the basics of the tools, techniques and principles of Lean Six Sigma within an organisation. The workshops are available as self-delivered packages for use by trainers when teaching delegates about Lean Six Sigma and business improvment.The material provided is designed by our award-winning Learning Systems team and uses a number of methods to develop delegate skills:

  • Presentation of theory
  • Illustrations in practice
  • Simulations
  • Reflection and feedback
  • Case studies

What workshops are available?

What course material is included?

  • A complete set of presentations slides
  • Tutor notes to accompany the presentation
  • 15 sets of Exercise handouts
  • 15 PMI Process Manager Handbooks
  • 15 Single-User licences for the Essential Tools for Improvement

For subsequent workshops tutors can print off the latest handouts from our Learning Management System (LMS) and purchase further e-Learning licences and Process Manager handbooks at a preferential rate.

Course benefits for the tutor:

  • Access to our tried and tested learning content
  • Fully tested course examples developed over extensive client history
  • Access to updates and revisions through our Learning Management System
  • Networking opportunities via our Alumni network to share knowledge and experience with other course tutors

The Workshops:

How to Map a Process

You begin this workshop by discussing the principles and benefits of process mapping and how to create linear flowcharts. Using a case study your delegates create a linear flowchart, an integrated flowchart and finally an input/ output flowchart.

How to Measure a Process

benefits of measuring a process, the types of measures (including results measures, process measures and lean measures), types of data and how to collect data. There are two activities in which teams demonstrate their understanding.

How to Use Control Charts

In this workshop you will teach your delegates how control charts are used to manage processes. You will explain the importance of ‘variation’ in a process, the two types of variation and their significance, and how to display data and calculate control limits.

How to Identify Waste

At the start of this workshop you discuss what “waste” is and then go on to describe eight types of waste, using the memorable mnemonic ‘downtime’. You then ask delegates to use a process map and categorise the wastes identified as quality concerns.

How to Use Visual Management

The workshop explains how visual management helps people operate and manage processes. Topics covered include the types of visual management, how to operate a visual management system and the regular meetings that will ensure success.

How to Mistake-Proof a Process

Use this workshop to show delegates how to ‘lock-in’ improvements in everyday process management. You will discuss the purpose of mistake-proofing, processes and quality defects, and the mistake-proofing hierarchy. There are also activities in which delegates assess risks and classify risks.

How to Standardise a Process

In this workshop you explain the purpose and principles of ‘standardisation’, the four-step standardisation process, and how standardisation should be implemented. Using a case study, delegates review, improve and standardise a process.