You have to figure out how the various adjustments affect the distance the ball flies. After all, the goal is to launch the ball onto some target a random distance away. ![]() There are many adjustments you can make to it. There’s the tension pin, the stop pin, the pullback angle, the rubber band connection point on the arm and the cup that holds the ball on the arm. Two things need to be tackled with the Catapult experiment. I was in Black Belt and Master Black Belt Training and we were using the Catapult to learn about various statistical techniques. I am, by nature, super competitive so I wanted to win the competition that was set up between the various teams. That meant putting the most balls on target and then presenting out your findings (your learning experience) to the teams at the end.įor those of you not familiar with the catapult, it is essentially, a very small catapult that fires pingpong balls. It has a bunch of adjustments on it. Here’s a picture of it: ![]() One of the things that Six Sigma is all about is data driven decision making. This seems like a good thing to do intuitively, but some people skip it anyway because getting the data is difficult a lot of time.Ī powerful and a challenging game to show how Six Sigma tools are really effective to predict the desired performance of your process is the Catapult experience.Ĭatapult it is not dangerous weapon but it is a really a practical and unbelievable experiment.
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