Industry Standards
Built to the standard — not just built fast.
Sensei Elite is architected around the two international standards for Lean Six Sigma: ISO 13053 for method and tools, and ISO 18404 for the competencies of your people and the governance of your deployment. Most AI tools can fill in a charter. Sensei Elite makes sure it’s done right — and that your team learns why.
Pillar 1 — ISO 13053: the method is right
ISO 13053 defines the DMAIC roadmap, the tools used at each phase, and the tollgate discipline that keeps a project honest. Sensei Elite is that roadmap:
- A hard-coded Define → Measure → Analyze → Improve → Control path (plus a Kaizen-event lifecycle) — the interface enforces the method.
- The full tool set, phase by phase: Charter, VOC/CTQ, SIPOC and process maps, Fishbone / 5 Whys / FMEA, Pareto / Run / Histogram / Box Plot / Capability, 1-3-9 solution prioritization, pilots, Control Plan and 30/60/90 audits.
- Phase-exit gates — you can’t skip ahead with half-finished work. No methodology drift between phases.
Pillar 2 — ISO 18404: your people and governance are capable
ISO 18404 is about the human element — practitioner competency and organizational governance. This is where an auto-fill tool can’t follow:
- A Master Black Belt AI that coaches — Socratic guidance that builds your belts’ capability instead of doing the thinking for them.
- You stay accountable — the AI proposes and flags; you decide. Competence, not automation.
- Gated, sponsor-approved progress and a complete Vault trail of every artifact — a defensible portfolio of standardized work, project after project.
Alignment at a glance
| What the standard asks | What Sensei Elite does | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| DMAIC roadmap + tollgates (13053) | Hard-coded phases + required phase-gate reviews | No scope creep, no methodology drift |
| Root-cause + analysis tools (13053) | Fishbone, 5 Whys, FMEA, Pareto, SPC, capability | Fixes verified causes, decisions on data |
| Control + sustainment (13053) | Control Plan, 30/60/90 audit, financial verification | ROI that lasts after rollout |
| Practitioner competency (18404) | Coached MBB AI; human-decides workflow | Capable belts, not just documents |
| Deployment governance (18404) | Phase gates + sponsor approval | Controlled, accountable improvement |
| Evidence & portfolio (18404) | Vault artifact trail + close-out report | Audit-ready record for every project |
Fast and defensible. Sensei Elite gives you board-ready deliverables that stand up to a tollgate review — built to ISO 13053 and ISO 18404, the way a Master Black Belt would run it.
Sensei Elite is architected around and supports conformance to ISO 13053 and ISO 18404. Sensei Elite is not a certification body and does not certify organizations or individuals against these standards.