Green Belt to Black Belt Upgrade – Denver

Learning Objectives

This course develops Lean Six Sigma Green Belts into Black Belts who can solve more challenging problems and lead improvement teams across a wider spectrum of processes in any environment, including transactional, service, manufacturing, healthcare, and financial.

Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative methods from the complementary domains of Lean and Six Sigma, this course prepares Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Black Belts for their role as change agents in training and mentoring Green Belts and other resources, facilitating and leading projects, supporting broader performance excellence efforts, and serving as internal consultants.

A differentiating aspect of this course is the inclusion of creative-thinking modules that can be used when out-of-the-box solutions are needed, as well as a focus on change leadership skills to drive and facilitate change.

Throughout the course, expert instructors with real-world experience vigorously challenge candidates. They transfer knowledge and skills through interactive lectures, group exercises, process and tool simulations, and individual exercises and the application of learning to a real improvement project in the workplace.

Lean Methods Group master instructors are available via phone and email throughout the course to provide individualized coaching and mentoring as you apply the tools and skills in your organization.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Apply such Lean concepts as 5S, waste reduction, process mapping, value stream mapping and mistake proofing.
• Define, scope, and execute DMAIC projects.
• Apply a variety of DMAIC tools to business issues and transition projects from phase to phase.
• Apply basic and more advanced statistical analyses to determine the relationship between key inputs and process outputs.
• Effectively manage team dynamics and understand how to work with multiple levels of leadership to remove barriers and achieve project success.
• Close projects and hand over control to process owners.
• Present projects to instructors, peers, and managers.

Pre-requisites

Green Belt status with basic knowledge of Lean and Six Sigma concepts and techniques. Recommended reading

Who Should Attend?

• Green Belts who want to upgrade their skills and become Black Belts

Certification

Requirements for Certification:

• Proficiency of at least 70% on exams
• Submission and acceptance of Black Belt project
• Active participation in the classroom

Certificates Received:

• Upon completing the training course, students will receive a certificate of completion for “Lean Six Sigma Black Belt”
• Upon meeting the certification requirements above, students will receive a certificate of “Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification”

**Students seeking certification through IASSC must successfully sit for and pass the IASSC exam.  Lean Methods Group’s Black Belt course, quizzes, and exams prepare the student for the IASSC exam based on their Body of Knowledge.  Lean Methods Group’s exams are included in this course, so students have the opportunity to certify through both institutions.