Lean Six Sigma: Black Belt Course

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The MetaPM Lean Six Sigma: Black Belt course is an advanced Lean Six Sigma training program designed to provide extensive knowledge in Lean and Six Sigma principles, and includes a comprehensive component of Change Management principles. The program provides participants with the skills to manage, champion and influence the outcomes of large strategic projects.

Participants will:

• Gain an extensive knowledge base of the Six Sigma DMAIC 15-step process, including DMAIC for new product implementation
• Develop a thorough understanding of the Lean concepts and tools, and how to practically apply them in facilitating a Lean Action Workout
• Acquire the skills to facilitate an extensive Value Stream Mapping session
• Gain a strong understanding of Change Management principles and acquire the skills to engage stakeholders
• Develop the skills needed to manage large strategic projects and mentor team members and Green Belts

This program will take a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt through to Lean Six Sigma: Black Belt level skills.

This course is suitable for:

• Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belts
• Quality & business improvement team members
• Senior managers

This course has proven to be equally relevant to manufacturing and service/transactional environments.

Lean Six Sigma Practitioner – Black Belt certification will be issued to program participants who have successfully:

• Passed the Black Belt knowledge test
• Completed two large scale, cross functional business improvement projects using Lean Six Sigma framework and tools in the workplace

Lean Six Sigma: Black Belt course is a 10-day intensive course exploring advanced aspects of the Lean Six Sigma methodology.

Elements covered in the course include:

Six Sigma Rigour

• Six Sigma DMAIC 15-step process
• Define: critical to quality customer requirements, managing project expectations
• Measure: product characteristics and data
• Advanced Measure: graphical analysis and MINITAB or SigmaXL, Measurement System Analysis
• Advanced Analyse: current process capability, sources of process variation
• Advanced Analyse: graphical distributions, hypothesis testing and MINITAB or SigmaXL
• Advanced Improve: design of experiments, piloting proposed solutions within acceptable tolerances, risk analysis and management
• Advanced Control: control charts, control management strategy
• DMAIC for new products: new product implementations using Six Sigma

Lean Framework

• Advanced Lean principles and foundation
• Understanding value and creating flow within a process
• Value Stream Mapping – facilitating a VSM session
• Establishing a Lean Measurement System and delivering financial business benefits
• Creating a Future State
• Standard Work
• Creating efficient work cells
• Mistake proofing
• Advanced 5S and Visual management and control
• Kaizen and Continuous Improvement

Implementing Change

• The Change transfer function
• The Change Management process
• Change Management toolkit
• Managing stakeholders and influencing change
• Sustaining the Change
• Managing a Lean Action Workout
• Managing a DMAIC Six Sigma project
• Championing a Lean Six Sigma project

• Lean Six Sigma: Black Belt courseware folder
• Lean Six Sigma: Black Belt Quick Reference Guides
• Black Belt knowledge test
• Completion certificate
• Lean Six Sigma: Black Belt certification (project coaching not included)
• Refreshments
• Experienced instructors

Upcoming course dates are listed on the right of this page.

Or, view our course complete course schedule here: Course Schedule

Individual and multiple attendee registrations can be made online.

To enquire about in-house courses please contact Melanie Holland, Practice Director – MetaPM Learning, on 1800 800 436 or email mholland@metapm.com.au