Six Sigma Black Belt

Course details

Lean Six Sigma Black Belts are highly trained professionals in Quality improvement methodology, who are able to apply Six Sigma principles to business processes and lead a quality improvement initiative. They are well versed in the Six Sigma Methodology and can skilfully lead and assume full responsibility for large scale quality improvement projects. They are competent in the use of six Sigma tools and techniques and standard ;Black belts typically demonstrate their skills through significant financial improvement and customer benefits on multiple projects. Black belts may be utilized as team leaders responsible for measuring, analyzing, improving, and controlling key processes that influence customer satisfaction and/or productivity growth.

Why choose lean six sigma?

• Globally recognised and endorsed 
• Tools and techniques to improve business processes 
• Six sigma can be used across all industries 
• It provides a great addition to your CV and will help to improve your career prospects

Course Objectives
At the end of this course you will: At the end of this course you will: 

• Will understand how to deploy Six Sigma within a project.
• Will be able to implement tools and techniques to deploy strategic directions for initiatives. • Will understand the roles and responsibilities for Six Sigma projects and how each group influences project deployment, and will be able to support communications about the project deployment.
• Will be able to apply operational change management techniques within their defined scope or domain. Organizational Process Management and Measures
• Will be able to define various types of benchmarking.
• Will be able to describe various types of performance measures, and select an appropriate financial measure for a given situation and calculate its result. Team Management
• Will understand the components and techniques used in managing teams, including time management, planning and decision-making tools, team formation, motivational techniques and factors that demotivate a team, and performance evaluation and reward.
• Will be able to describe elements that can result in a team's success.
• Will be able to use appropriate techniques to overcome various group dynamics challenges. Define
• Will be able to select data collection methods and collect voice of the customer data, and use customer feedback to determine customer requirements.
• Will understand the elements of a project charter (problem statement, scope, goals, etc.) and be able to use various tools to track the project progress. Measure
• Will be able to define and use process flow metrics and analysis tools to indicate the performance of a process.
• Will be able to develop and implement data collection plans, and use techniques in sampling, data capture, and processing tools.
• Will be able to define and describe measurement system analysis tools.
• Will apply basic probability concepts and understand various distributions.
• Will be able to calculate statistical and process capability indices. Analyze
• Will be able to analyze the results of correlation and regression analyses.
• Will be able to define multivariate tools.
• Will be able to perform hypothesis tests for means, variances, and proportions, and analyze their results.
• Will understand the components and concepts for ANOVA, chi square, contingency tables, and nonparametric tests.
• Will understand the elements and purpose of FMEA and use root cause analysis tools.
• Will be able to identify and interpret the seven classic wastes.
• Will be able to use gap analysis tools.
• Will be able to define and apply design of experiments (DOE) principles, and distinguish among the various types of experiments. • Will be able to apply various lean tools and techniques to eliminate waste and reduce cycle time.
• Will understand how to implement an improved process and how to analyze and interpret risk studies.
• Will be able to apply, use, and analyze the various statistical process control (SPC) techniques.
• Will understand total productive maintenance (TPM) and visual factory concepts.
• Will be able to develop control plans and use various tools to maintain and sustain improvements.
• Will understand common DFSS and DFX methodologies, and elements of robust designs.

Course Content (as defined by the American Society for Quality's, Book of Knowledge)


*This Belt will include all the topics included in the Green Belt plus advanced topics as highlighted in the list below

Organization-Wide Planning and Deployment

• Organization-wide Considerations
• Leadership

Organizational Process Management and Measures

• Impact on Stakeholders
• Benchmarking
• Business Measures

Team Management

• Team Formation
• Team Facilitation
• Team Dynamics
• Team Training

Define

• Voice of the Customer
• Business Case
• Gantt charts
• Toll-gate reviews
• Work breakdown structure (WBS)
• RACI model (responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed)
• Affinity diagrams
• Tree diagrams
• Matrix diagrams
• Prioritization matrices
• Activity network diagrams

Measure

• Process Characteristics
• Data Collection
• Measurement Systems
• Basic Statistics
• Probability
• Process Capability

Analyze

• Measuring and Modelling Relationships Between Variables
• Hypothesis Testing
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Additional Analysis Methods

Improve

• Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Lean Methods
• Implementation

Control

• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Other Controls
• Maintain Controls
• Sustain Improvements

Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) Framework and Methodologies

• Common DFSS Methodologies
• Design for X (DFX)
• Robust Designs

  Updated on 30 April, 2019