Becoming a Six Sigma Black Belt

Overview

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Black Belts operate under Master Black Belts to apply Six Sigma methodology to specific projects. This learning path gives you the training you need to operate as a Six Sigma Black Belt.

Review foundational Six Sigma course work.
Explore and practice Six Sigma Black Belt content.
Demonstrate your mastery of Six Sigma principles, philosophies, and related tools by becoming a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

Syllabus

Course 1: Operational Excellence Foundations

Use the principles of operational excellence to deliver more value; improve processes, products, and services; and increase and sustain your competitive advantage.

Course 2: Six Sigma Foundations

Learn how to use Six Sigma to drive improvements in the performance of your processes, products, and services.

Course 3: Lean Six Sigma: Define and Measure Tools

Learn what you need to know to be an effective team member on a Lean Six Sigma project team. Explore key tools and techniques in the Define and Measure phases of the DMAIC.

Course 4: Lean Six Sigma: Analyze, Improve, and Control Tools

Learn essential skills to be an effective team member on a Lean Six Sigma project team. Explore key tools and techniques in the analyze, improve, and control phases of the DMAIC.

Course 5: Operational Excellence Work-Out and Kaizen Facilitator

Learn how to plan, lead, and facilitate Lean Six Sigma Work-Outs, Kaizen, or rapid improvement events to achieve operational excellence.

Course 6: Statistics Foundations: 2

Get practical, example-based learning of the intermediate skills associated with statistics: samples and sampling, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.

Course 7: Statistics Foundations: 3

Complete your mastery of statistics. Get an advanced understanding of concepts such as t-distribution, degrees of freedom, chi-square testing, regression testing, and ANOVA.

Course 8: Learning Minitab (2016)

Discover Minitab for statistical analysis and data-driven decision-making. Learn about the charts, graphs, descriptive and inferential statistics features, and reports in Minitab.

Course 9: Six Sigma: Green Belt

Learn what you need to operate as a Six Sigma Green Belt. This course covers measurement system analysis, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, experiment design, and more.

Course 10: Leading Productive Meetings

Discover how to get the most from your meetings—turning them into productive avenues for communicating, connecting, and accomplishing real work.

Course 11: Project Management Foundations: Teams

Explore tools leaders can use to assess the character traits of team members and manage the development of teams.

Course 12: Project Management Foundations: Communication

Learn communication strategies to help you keep your projects on track. See how to create a communication plan, effectively manage project meetings, and write concise reports.

Course 13: Driving Measurable, Sustainable Change

Learn how to measure and drive change by establishing the right metrics, leveraging processes capable of supporting the change, and transforming mindsets and behaviors.

Course 14: Six Sigma: Black Belt

Get the training needed to operate as a Six Sigma Black Belt. This course goes beyond the Six Sigma: Green Belt course, covering statistics and other advanced project tools.

Taught by

Dr. Richard Chua, Dr. Richard Chua, Dr. Richard Chua, Dr. Richard Chua, Dr. Richard Chua, Eddie Davila, Eddie Davila, Dr. Richard Chua, Dr. Richard Chua, Dave Crenshaw, Daniel Stanton, Doug Rose, Dr. Richard Chua and Dr. Richard Chua