CS412/610 Six Sigma & Software Management – May II, 2009

Contents

• General information
• Course Materials
• Topic Schedule
• Assignments
• Grading
• Communication
• Lecture Notes (Ask the instructor for the UserId/Passwd)

General Information

Instructor:

Jiang B. Liu, jiangbo@bradley.edu

        Professor of Computer Science & Information Systems
        Phone: (309) 677-2386
Prerequisites:
        CS121 Introduction to Data Structures
        or Consent of  Instructor
Lecture:
        Apr
Office Hours:
        By Appointment

Course Materials

• Required
• The Six Sigma Handbook - Revised and Expanded by Pyzdek.

Topic Schedule

This is a topic course in software management series. The goals of the course are to provide students with a understanding of software quality management using six sigma methodology and to experience and implement basic six sigma practices. The project assignments will be in software management areas.

Unit 1	Introduction to Six Sigma and Software Management - Six Sigma history and philosophy  - Six Sigma infrastructure - Implement Six Sigma	Ch. 1 Lecture Notes
Unit 2	Six Sigma Metrics - Sigma performance - Six Sigma measurements - Process performance metrics	Ch. 2 Lecture Notes
Unit 3	Six Sigma Process - Software process management - Software Quality Assurance - Six Sigma project and process management	Ch. 3 Lecture Notes
Unit 4	Six Sigma Training & Teams - Master black belts - Black belts - Green belts	Ch. 4-5 Lecture Notes
Unit 5	Six Sigma Projects - Select & Tracking Six Sigma Projects	Ch. 6 Lecture Notes
Unit 6	Six Sigma DMAIC - Imrpovement model	Ch 7 Lecture Notes
Unit 7	Six Sigma DMAIC - Define	Ch 8 Lecture Notes
Unit 8	Six Sigma DMAIC - The Measure Phase	Ch. 9, 10 Lecture Notes
Unit 9	Six Sigma DMAIC - The Analyze Phase (SPC, PCA)	Ch. 11, 12, 13, 14 Lecture Notes
Unit 10	Six Sigma DMAIC - The Improve Phase	Ch. 15, 16, 17 Lecture Notes
Unit 11	Six Sigma DMAIC - The Control Phase	Ch. 18 Lecture Notes
Unit 12	Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)	Ch. 19 Lecture Notes

Assignments

There will be three project assignments.

• Assignment 1: Six Sigma Web Sites
• Assignment 2: Six Sigma Applications: Case Studies
• Assignment 3: Six Sigma in Software Engineering

All assignments are due at the class on the due day. Later homework will have 10% subtracted from the score for each late day.

Grading

· Assignments:70%

· Final Report:  30%
(100-90 A; 89-80 B; 79-70 C; 69-60 D; below 60 F)

Communication

This home page will be used to post assignments. You are also encouraged to send me email about your questions related to the course or share related information with the class.

jiangbo@bradley.edu