Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

The 8-day ILSSI or CSSC International Accredited Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt course is designed for a professional who has had no previous Lean Six Sigma training and requires an in depth understanding of the Lean Six Sigma Methodology. The exam is a 4 hour 150 question proctored exam.

Course Learning Objectives

The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt 8-day training course provides the detailed understanding of the methodologies, tools and techniques of Lean and Six Sigma necessary for leading teams and coaching and mentoring other employees for reduction in costs, cycle-times, improved quality, and elimination of waste. The student will complete the course with the tools and understanding of Lean Six Sigma methodology necessary to make both tactical and strategic decisions and consider the impacts of projects and changes at both an operational and an enterprise level.
The training emphasises a disciplined and data-driven decision making approach for leading problem-solving projects. The course presents all the key concepts to prepare student for the IASSC Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification exam.

Course Prerequisites

Students are expected to have a basic knowledge and understanding of mathematics and have worked in project teams in a work or educational environment. It is not required that students hold a certificate in Six Sigma Green or Yellow Belt prior to taking this 8-day Black Belt course. Those students already with Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training and certification are advised to sign-up for the 3-day Black Belt course instead of the 8-day course.

• Course content

  Day 1

  Lean Fundamentals
  Six Sigma Fundamentals
  Voice of the Customer
  SIPOC
  Introduction to Value and Value Stream Mapping
  Identifying Waste
  Introduction to Flow and Pull
  Root Cause Analysis
  5S

  Day 2

  DMAIC methodology
  Introduction to Six Sigma Statistics
  Measurement System Analysis
  Introduction to Statistical Process Control (SPC)

  Day 3

  Introduction to SigmaXL
  Pareto Charts and 80/20 rule
  Kano Analysis
  Six Sigma Statistics
  Measurement System Analysis

  Day 4

  Process Capability
  Inferential Statistics
  Correlation and Regression Analysis
  Intro to Hypothesis Testing
  Design of Experiments
  Mock exam practice

  Day 5

  Review of mock exam and final exam preparation
  Final Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Exam

  Day 6

  The Role of a Black Belt
  Advanced use of DMAIC
  Risk Analysis for Black Belts
  Change Management
  Hypothesis Testing Non-Normal Data
  Advanced Regression Analysis

  Day 7

  Advanced Design of Experiments
  Fractional Factorial Experiments
  Response Surface Method RSM
  Binomial and Poisson Distribution
  Prep Black Belt exam #2

  Day 8

  Review of mock exam and final exam preparation
  Final Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Exam