@Andy, I plan to follow your 16-week plan. I like the idea of crunching through Statistics first. Question: Is there a risk of not following the normal DMAIC flow? Meaning that my study will not represent the waterfallish step-by-step of DMAIC.
That's a great question - and you're right in that studying them out of order might not provide the same context in terms of the overall flow of DMAIC. Within the body of knowledge though is the concept of DMAIC, and hopefully when students learn about DMAIC, it'll help bring together that context that they need to see how the individual tools fit into the bigger picture. Great comment!!
