Black Belt Training and Certification
The Internationally Accredited and 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 3 hour 150 question exam.
Each Student is provided with a Lifetime license of SigmaXL Statistical Analysis software used in the class exercises.
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 emphasizes 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 CSSC or ILSSI 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 can sign-up for the 3-day Black Belt course instead of the full 8-day course.
TEACHING OUTLINE
DAY 1
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Lean Fundamentals
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Six Sigma Fundamentals
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Voice of the Customer and CTQs
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SIPOC
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Introduction to Value and Value Stream Mapping
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Identifying Waste
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5S
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Introduction to Flow and Pull
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Cost of Poor Quality​
DAY 2
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Visual Workplace
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Poka Yoke
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Standardised Work
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Kaizen
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PDCA
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Root Cause Analysis
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Fishbone
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Pareto
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DMAIC methodology
DAY 3
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The Define Phase
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The Measure Phase
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Introduction to SigmaXL
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Process Discovery and X-identification tools
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Six Sigma Statistics
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Measurement System Analysis
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Process Capability
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The Analyze Phase
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Correlation
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Introduction to Regression Analysis
Day 4
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Introduction to Design of Experiments ( DOE )
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Inferential Statistics
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Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
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The Improve Phase
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Tools for Improvement
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Smart Technology and Digital Transformation
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Implementation strategy
Day 5
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The Control Phase
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The Control Plan
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Statistical Process Control ( SPC )
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Control Charts
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Prep Black Belt exam #2 ( equivalent to Green Belt )
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Day 6
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Black Belt Skills and Behaviour
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DMAIC for Black Belts
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Strategic Planning / Strategic Deployment : Hoshin Kanri
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DFSS Design for Six Sigma
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Advanced Design of Experiments
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DAY 7​​
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Inferential Statistics
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T-Distributions and T-tables
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Sample Size Calculations
- Multiple Regression Analysis
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Day 8
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Monte Carlo Analysis
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Binomial and Poisson Distribution Calculations
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Exam prep
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Final ILSSI or CSSC Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Exam (3 hours)
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DOWNLOAD THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE OF YELLOW, GREEN and BLACK BELT HERE:
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REQUIRED MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
A Windows laptop computer is required for this class to run SigmaXL. Check for the minimum system requirements here.
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