Lean Six Sigma
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
A ten-day intensive (delivered as two consecutive weeks or four 2.5-day blocks) for senior LSS practitioners advancing to the Black Belt level. Full DMAIC body of knowledge at Black Belt depth — including DOE, regression, hypothesis testing, and the Lean tools — plus program leadership and a live Black Belt project with 90 days of post-bootcamp coaching. Aligned to both IASSC ICBB and ASQ CSSBB.
- Format
- Live virtual, in-person, or private on-site
- Duration
- 10 days
- Level
- Advanced
- From
- $4995.00
About this course
Course overview
The senior practitioner credential — taught with the project, not in place of it.
Most Black Belt programs make the same mistake: they teach the body of knowledge in a vacuum and leave learners to figure out what to do with it. This bootcamp does the opposite. Every learner brings a real Black Belt project on Day 1, works on it across the ten days alongside the curriculum, and leaves with 90 days of instructor coaching to bring the project home. By the time you sit for IASSC ICBB or ASQ CSSBB, you're not just exam-ready — you have a completed Black Belt project that's already moved a real metric.
Days 1–2 cover Define and Measure. Days 3–4 go deep on the Black Belt statistical core (hypothesis testing, regression, DOE) — the depth that distinguishes a Black Belt from a Green Belt. Days 5–6 cover Improve plus the Lean tools at depth. Days 7–8 cover Control and Black Belt project leadership. Days 9–10 integrate everything with mock exams, capstone presentations, and the 60-day exam-prep + project-completion plan.
Learning outcomes
What you'll learn
Every module is tied to an outcome you can bring back to your team the next day.
- Define a Black Belt project — charter, business case, voice of customer, scope, deliverables, success criteria — that survives executive review
- Build a measurement plan, validate measurement systems (MSA), establish baseline performance, and calculate process capability
- Apply hypothesis testing, regression analysis, design of experiments, and ANOVA at the Black Belt depth distinguishing senior from intermediate practitioners
- Design and execute pilots, optimize via DOE, and select the right improvement strategy from the combined Lean and Six Sigma toolkit
- Build control plans, statistical process control charts, mistake-proofing systems, and the sustaining mechanisms that prevent regression
- Apply Lean tools at Black Belt depth: VSM (current and future state), takt-time analysis, line balancing, SMED, 5S, kanban, kaizen events
- Lead a Black Belt project portfolio: project selection, charter approval, Champion engagement, MBB coaching, change management
- Sit for the IASSC ICBB or ASQ CSSBB exam after a 60-day post-bootcamp study + project plan, with instructor coaching for the 90-day project window
Audience
Who it's for
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belts ready to advance to Black Belt with a real project to drive
- Operations leaders, continuous-improvement managers, and process-excellence directors building a Black Belt portfolio
- Quality, manufacturing, and engineering leaders responsible for measurable process improvement
- Senior project and program managers integrating LSS into their delivery practice
- Internal-LSS-program leaders preparing to coach Belts inside their own organizations
Course structure
Syllabus
A structured path from core concepts to applied practice.
Days 1–2 — Define and Measure
- Black Belt project selection, charter writing, business-case construction
- VOC, CTQ, CTB translations; SIPOC, stakeholder mapping, Champion conversation
- Measurement system analysis (MSA), gauge R&R, attribute agreement
- Data-collection planning, sampling, operational definitions
- Process capability (Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk) and baseline establishment
Days 3–4 — Analyze (Black Belt Statistical Core)
- Hypothesis testing: null/alt, type I/II error, p-values, t-tests, ANOVA, chi-square, non-parametric
- Regression: simple and multiple linear regression, correlation, residual analysis
- Design of experiments: full factorial, fractional factorial, Taguchi approach
- Workshop: hypothesis testing, regression, DOE on each learner's real project data
Days 5–6 — Improve (DOE Application + Lean Tools)
- Improvement strategy: solution generation, FMEA screening, controlled-pilot playbook
- Optimization via DOE, response-surface methodology, Monte Carlo basics
- Lean tools: VSM (current/future state), takt time, line balancing, SMED, 5S, kanban, kaizen
- Theory of constraints fundamentals; choosing between Lean-led and Six-Sigma-led approaches
Days 7–8 — Control + Black Belt Leadership
- Control plans, SPC charts (X-bar/R, p, c, u), out-of-control rules, poka-yoke
- Visual management, sustaining mechanisms, transition-to-process-owner playbook
- Black Belt portfolio leadership: project selection, MBB coaching, Champion engagement
- Change management within Black Belt projects: stakeholder, resistance, communication
Days 9–10 — Integration, Mock Exams, and Project Closure
- End-to-end project review with peer + instructor coaching
- Mock exams for both IASSC ICBB and ASQ CSSBB body-of-knowledge formats
- Item-by-item debrief, weak-topic identification, rationale walk-through
- 60-day study + project plan; 90-day post-bootcamp coaching commitment
- Final Q&A and exam-application walk-throughs (IASSC + ASQ)
Public cohorts
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