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Lean Six Sigma - Black Belt Upgrade

Length 5 days
Inclusions Exam voucher

Course overview

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Why study this course

Already have your Green Belt? Looking to upgrade to Black Belt? This course is for you!

The IASSC Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt™ (ICBB™) is for professionals who are involved in complex improvement projects and require an expert level of understanding of all aspects of the Lean Six Sigma Method and demonstrate a high level of competency in the phases of Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control (DMAIC) as defined by the IASSC Lean Six Sigma Body of Knowledge™.

The Lean Six Sigma (LSS) certifications are designed to support organisations in their mission to improve customer satisfaction, boost performance levels, and shorten the time-to-market. Professionals and consultants will benefit from LSS's potential for cross-industry application and increased salary.

Holding a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt shows an understanding on how to implement, perform, interpret, and apply Lean Six Sigma at an advanced level of proficiency.

Examination

This course pricing includes a voucher for the IASSC Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Exam, which is an online proctored exam through PeopleCert.

The exam is:

Four hours (240 minutes) duration
150 questions (multiple choice and true or false)
Pass mark is 105 out of 150 (i.e. 70%)
Closed book

After passing the exam, each student’s certificate will be made available to them via PeopleCert.

It is highly recommended that you spend some time each evening of this course reviewing and consolidating what you’ve learned, to be well prepared for the exam.

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What you’ll learn

After completing this course, you will have learned how to:

Understand and implement the concepts of Six Sigma
Plan projects to achieve maximum process efficiency
Recognise elements of waste and counter them
Measure key aspects of a process to collect relevant data
Create a process map
Identify and measure process capability
Analyse data accurately to find cause-and-effect relationships and identify the root cause of errors
Hypothesis testing knowledge
Improve processes based on analysis
Understand how to use various industry models for process improvement
Control processes
Ensure errors are removed before they can damage a process
Understand capability analysis
Understand and use lean
Control processes, productivity, and waste

Lean at Lumify Work

Lumify Work is an Accredited Training Organization with Gold status for PeopleCert courses and certifications including Lean Six Sigma. Lean focuses on efficiency through the minimisation of waste, errors, and delays, while Six Sigma focuses on quality and consistency, through processes improvement and variation reduction. The combination guarantees cost and time efficient products and services of the highest quality.

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Who is the course for?

The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Upgrade course is ideal for professionals who are certified at Green Belt level and looking to develop their knowledge and understanding to an expert level and are responsible for leading improvement Projects where the highest level of the understanding of the Lean Six Sigma methodology is required to meet the project outcomes.

Course subjects

Brief Review of Modules 1-3

Module 4: Improve Phase

Designed Experiments
- Experiment Objectives
- Experimental Methods
- Experiment Design Consideration
Full Factorial Experiments
- 2k Full Factorial Designs
- Linear and Quadratic Mathematical Models
- Balanced and Orthogonal Designs
- Fit, Diagnose Model, and Centre Points
Fractional Factorial Experiments
- Designs
- Confounding Effects
- Experimental Resolution

Module 5: Control Phase

Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Subgroups, Impact of Variation, Frequency of Sampling
- Centre Line and Control Limit Calculations

Prerequisites

Participants must have already attained IASSC Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.

PeopleCert Exams

All PeopleCert exams are now conducted via online proctoring, with an improved web-based platform released in February 2024. Candidates can schedule their exam for any time within the voucher validity period of 12 months, to be taken anywhere, on any Windows or Mac computer. Live proctors will guide and invigilate the exam process. For full details please see PeopleCert's Guidelines for Web-Based Exam Driver.

To comply with PeopleCert requirements, Lumify Work cannot provide PeopleCert training courses (AgileSHIFT®, ITIL®, Lean Six Sigma, MoP™, M_o_R™, MSP®, P3O®, PRINCE2®, and PRINCE2 Agile®) without the corresponding official exam.

Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.