Become a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Holding a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt demonstrates your expertise in minimizing waste and providing premium quality products and services. This 100% online course will prepare you to qualify for and pass the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification exam.

Course Objectives

• Learn the Lean Six Sigma roles and principles and the 8 Wastes of Lean Management.

• Master the DMAIC methodology (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control)

• Learn to collect data and track the success of projects

• Complete a real-world Lean Six Sigma project

• Prepare to take and pass the Lean Six Black Belt certification exam

Prerequisites and Requirements

There are no prerequisites to take this course.

Curriculum

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
 

• Introduction to Black Belt Training
  Overview of Black Belt training, project selection and building leadership skills
• Define Phase
  Conducting process walks, strengthening leadership skills and defining your Black Belt project
• Measure Phase
  Laying statistical groundwork, testing your measurement system and sampling the data
• Analyze
  Laying hypothesis testing groundwork; testing correlation, discrete data, continuous normal and non-normal data
• Improve
  Designing experiments and strengthening leadership skills
• Control
  Select control charts and creating visual management

Instructors

Tracy O'Rourke

Tracy O'Rourke is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 20 years of experience as a facilitator, trainer and presenter. Her clients include the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the State of Washington, Cisco, DC Shoes, GE, and Motorola. She holds a BA in English Literature from San Francisco State University and an MBA with an emphasis in Leadership and Managing Organizational Change from Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University.

Elisabeth Swan

Elisabeth Swan is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 20 years of experience consultant, designer, and executive coach. Her expertise lies in training, process-based organization design, problem-solving, and change management. Her clients include Amazon, Charles Schwab, Burt's Bees, Microsoft, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. She holds a BA in English Literature from Barnard College.