Course Scheduling

This is a live class conducted remotely

This course is conducted live over zoom using digital interaction tools, or live face to face at the request of a client. We will schedule and announce the start of each "wave" of this training as the minimum number of participants sign up. Minimum number of student to start: 4 ; Maximum: 10

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • Welcome! We are glad you're here.

    • How to use this course

    • Before we begin...

    • Course Expectations and Pre-Requisites

    • IASSC BOK

    • SigmaXL Installation
  • 2

    Basic Statistics Workshop

    • Data File for this Course

    • What is Hypothesis Testing

    • What are Descriptive Statistics?

    • What do we mean by Inferential Statistics?

    • Data Basics Quiz
  • 3

    Define

    • Introduction to Define

    • Six Sigma Background and History

    • Team Leadership Skills

    • Cost Of Quality Overview

    • DPMO, CPK, oh my!

    • Test your learning about Define
  • 4

    Measure

    • Introduction to Measure

    • 5 Whys Root Cause Tool

    • Cause and Effects Diagram

    • More of what are Descriptive Statistics?

    • Measurement Systems Analysis

    • Process Capability

    • Test your learning on Measure
  • 5

    Analyze

    • Introduction to Analyze

    • Data Files for Analyze Phase Lessons

    • Fault-Tree Background

    • More Inferential Statiscs

    • Regression

    • Designed Experiments

    • Test your learning on Analyze
  • 6

    Improve

    • Introduction to Improve

    • Improve Phase Data Files

    • Monte Carlo Simulator Free Account Signup

    • Modelling Potential Solutions

    • Lean Workshop

    • Simulation

    • Test your learning on Improve
  • 7

    Control

    • Introduction to Control

    • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

    • Statistical Process Control

    • Procedures

    • Control Plan

    • Test your learning on Control
  • 8

    Next steps

    • Copy of IASSC Black Belt Evaluation Exam Voucher

    • Copy of Before you go...

What is included in the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Course

With this comprehensive Black Belt course, you have access to several other courses in the QIP Tutorial Library.

  • On-Demand Workshops for: 5 Whys, Cause and Effects, Fault Tree Diagramming, Cost of Quality, and Failure Modes & Effects Analysis.

  • Live Workshops for: Basic Statistics for Six Sigma, and The Lean Workshop.

  • Three books: The Six Sigma Memory Jogger II, the Toyota Way Fieldbook, and Who Moved My Cheese.

  • Coaching sessions in the weeks between classes.

  • Opportunity to purchase additional coaching sessions for after the course concludes at a discount.

  • A voucher for an IASSC Practice Exam for Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Workshop Approach

A live workshop course, taught 1 week a month for 5 months with plenty of time in between sessions to select and make progress on your project.

  • The "off" weeks we will have a group coaching session to discuss challenges and issues that you are having as you progress through your project.

  • Presented in a mixed media approach of live interactions, pre-recorded lessons, and group or individual exercises.

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Course Overview and Philosophy

Coach

Principal Consultant

James Wells

With over 20 years of leadership experience in Quality, Training and Continuous Improvement, James takes a practical approach to teaching a process or tool. Simplicity and focus on application that allows you to start using what you learn immediately. James has led four Lean Six Sigma Deployments, certified hundreds of Green and Black Belts and accumulated millions of dollars of impact.