CSSBB study plan
CSSBB · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Organization-Wide Planning and Deployment & Organizational Process Management and Measures
Confirm that all eight domains carry equal 12.5% weight and re-sequence study order by content density rather than point value
Map each of the eight domains to the specific tools it owns, so no tool is filed under the wrong phase
Draft an enterprise deployment outline that names the strategic alignment, readiness assessment, infrastructure roles, and top three deployment barriers
Calculate and interpret rolling throughput yield, DPMO, and cost of poor quality from a provided process dataset
Build a personal glossary of 20 deployment and process-measurement terms written in your own words
Your checkpoint
A two-page deployment-and-metrics summary sheet containing five worked calculations and a self-scored confidence ranking of all eight domains
Team Management & Define
Convert a vague customer complaint into a measurable problem statement with a baseline, a target, and a stated gap
Write a full project charter covering business case, problem statement, goal statement, scope boundaries, team roles, and milestone schedule
Translate three voice-of-customer inputs into CTQs with operational definitions and specification limits
Build a stakeholder analysis and RACI matrix for the charter project and flag the two highest-risk stakeholders
Diagnose three team dysfunctions using a named team-development model and write one countermeasure for each
Your checkpoint
A completed project charter plus stakeholder/RACI matrix, self-scored against a 12-point charter quality checklist
Measure
Classify 15 given data points as continuous or discrete and assign the correct measurement scale and resolution to each
Write a data collection plan for the charter project specifying operational definitions, sampling method, sample size rationale, and stratification factors
Compute percent contribution and number of distinct categories from a Gage R&R variance table and state an accept/reject conclusion
Calculate Cp, Cpk, Pp, and Ppk from summary statistics and justify which indices to report when the data fail a normality test
Select between variables and attributes sampling plans for three stated scenarios and defend each choice
Your checkpoint
A measurement-systems and capability worksheet with three fully worked MSA/capability problems and a finalized data collection plan
Measure & Analyze
State the null and alternative hypothesis for six business questions and identify the correct test family for each
Calculate and interpret a one-sample and a two-sample test statistic by hand, including the p-value decision and the practical-significance caveat
Run a multi-vari study on a provided dataset to separate within-unit, between-unit, and temporal variation
Explain how sample size, effect size, and power trade off, and compute the required n for one stated effect size
Distinguish type I from type II error in two concrete project decisions and name the cost of each
Your checkpoint
A hypothesis-testing problem set of 30 items scored at 80% or better, with every miss re-worked in writing
Analyze
Build and interpret a simple and a multiple regression model, reporting R-squared, adjusted R-squared, and residual diagnostics
Run a one-way ANOVA and a chi-square test on provided data and state the conclusion in plain business language
Select a nonparametric alternative for three datasets that violate normality or use ordinal scales
Construct a cause-and-effect diagram, a 5-why chain, and a Pareto chart for the charter defect, then verify the suspected root cause with data rather than opinion
Separate correlation from causation in two provided scenarios and name the confounder in each
Your checkpoint
A root-cause analysis package containing the verified root cause, its supporting statistical evidence, and a rejection note for at least one plausible-but-unproven cause
Improve
Design a two-factor, two-level full factorial with a center point and state its resolution, aliasing, and the interaction you can estimate
Screen eight candidate process inputs down to three using an FMEA risk ranking plus a Pareto of pilot results
Write an improvement pilot plan with success criteria, sample size, duration, and an explicit rollback trigger
Select and justify one lean countermeasure (standard work, 5S, kanban, or poka-yoke) for the charter's critical defect
Validate that the chosen solution addresses the verified root cause rather than a symptom
Your checkpoint
An improvement package containing a DOE run sheet, an FMEA excerpt with RPN ranking, and a pilot plan with written go/no-go criteria
Control
Build a control plan listing each critical X, its specification, monitoring method, frequency, owner, and reaction plan
Construct an Xbar-R chart and a p-chart from provided data and apply the standard run and trend rules to detect out-of-control signals
Compute process capability after improvement and compare it to the pre-improvement baseline
Write two standard operating procedures and a training-and-communication plan for handoff to the process owner
Close the project by verifying achieved versus target sigma level, documenting lessons learned, and stating the financial validation method
Your checkpoint
A complete control plan plus two annotated control charts and a one-page project closure report
Organization-Wide Planning and Deployment & Organizational Process Management and Measures & Team Management & Define & Measure & Analyze & Improve & Control
Complete two full-length timed practice exams and log every miss by domain and failure mode
Re-drill the two weakest domains to 80% or better on a targeted 40-question set
Recite the decision logic for choosing among hypothesis tests, control charts, and DOE designs from memory without notes
Rebuild a one-page formula sheet covering capability indices, control limits, sample size, and sigma-level conversion
Re-read every flagged glossary term and rewrite any definition you cannot restate cleanly
Your checkpoint
A categorized error log, a handwritten one-page formula sheet, and a practice-exam report showing at least 75% overall with no domain below 65%
Milestones
Week 2: Charter passes the 12-point checklist with no more than one gap, and the problem statement contains a number, a baseline, and a target
Week 4: Score 80% or better on the 30-item hypothesis-testing set and correctly complete all three MSA/capability problems without reference to the answer key
Week 6: Root cause is verified by data, and the improvement package names a specific DOE design and a rollback trigger
Week 8: Two timed practice exams completed; overall score at least 75% with no single domain below 65%, and every miss mapped to a named failure mode