Lean Six Sigma
Black Belt
Practical Project Certification
Lean Six Sigma
Next:
28th May 2026
Where:
Online Classroom
Learn remotely with our instructor in our virtual classroom
8 days learning
Upcoming Courses
28, 29 May, 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19 June
Location:
Online Classroom
Learn remotely with our instructor in our virtual classroom
Course Description Syllabus Instructor FAQ
About This Course
Course Description (expand)
The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt course adds more statistics and problem solving tools to the structured approach of continuous improvement projects found in Green Belt.
In addition to the DMAIC project roadmap, this course includes the statistical tools of confidence interval, hypothesis testing and correlation. It will also include a review of the teamwork and leadership aspects of being a Black Belt and a practical course on using failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) for problem solving in business processes.
This course will focus on practical learning by doing in small groups and emphasises making this simple and approachable so you can use the power of these tools and the software used easily.
It will develop your knowledge of the teamworking tools and your ability to lead the team in achieving a goal regardless of whether the project is in an operational or manufacturing context or a transactional or business process.
As a Black Belt you would be expected to lead projects in any part of a business, from one end to the other. Your familiarity with all of the tools and readiness to lead projects enables you to become an ambassador of Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement.
Awards
On completion of this course you will be awarded:
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training Certification
On delivery of your certification project you will be awarded:
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Full Certification
Course Syllabus
Lean Practitioner (expand)
Two days introduction and practice with Lean thinking.
The Lean methodology is the practice of organisational efficiency in minimizing waste and maximizing customer value.
Module Syllabus
- Five Steps + Eight Wastes of Lean
- Customer Value, Value Stream Mapping
- Calculating Process Lead Time + Process Cycle Efficiency
- Achieving Process Flow, Reduction of Inventory
- Calculating Takt Time, Line Balancing and Workplace Layout
- Standard Work and SOPs
- Kanbans, Visual Management, Mistake Proofing
- 5S Methodology Workplace Management
- Streamlined Changeovers & Single-Minute Exchange of Die
- Standups and Teamwork Co-ordination
Six Sigma DMAIC
Two days introduction to the basics of Six Sigma.
Six Sigma is a structured approach to increase customer satisfaction and reduce costs in business processes.
Module Syllabus
- DMAIC project process: Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control
- Problem Statement, Project Charter, Process Mapping, SIPOC diagram
- Process Capability Analysis, Pareto Charts, Affinity Diagrams
- Benefit Effort Matrix, Failure Mode Analysis
- Managing Change & Communication
Six Sigma Basic Stats
Two days of practice with the tools for basic analysis of data and sample statistics for Six Sigma.
In this module we will demonstrate and practice the more analytical tools used in Six Sigma projects.
Module Syllabus
- Data sampling techniques and the errors of sampling
- Sample statistics using mean and standard deviation
- Simple graphical tools to display and evaluate data samples
- Capability metrics Cp, Cpk and Sigma Level and evaluation using simple software tools
Six Sigma Black Belt Tools
Two days of more advanced tools and statistics for Black Belt level Six Sigma.
There will be lots of practice with these tools on more analytical example projects.
We will also discuss the expectations on Black Belts for leading larger projects and mentoring others in Six Sigma.
Module Syllabus
- Confidence intervals
- Hypothesis testing
- Correlation
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
- Expectations and Mentoring
Certification Project Coaching
Portfolio Project Coaching Through to Delivery
One-on-one coaching with your instructor to deliver your first professional quality Lean Six Sigma project, via our online classroom.
How Long Will it Take?
We expect you to spend roughly 10% of your work day for a maximum of three months working on your certification project.
The likelihood is the project will be part of your work and the only extra effort will be documenting it to support your certification.
Meet the Instructor
Martin Hayden
Martin qualified as a Six Sigma Master Black Belt in 2002 with Air Academy, Colorado Springs, USA. He has trained over 1200 students and taught courses across the USA, Europe, and Asia.
Martin worked at global Life Sciences company Perkin-Elmer until 2014 and delivered projects for various domains from business process to scientific instrument manufacture.
FAQ
How are your courses taught?
We use small class sizes to allow lots of interaction with the instructor, as well as allowing us to make the course tailored and relevant to your specific interests.
There will also be quite a few breakout sessions of smaller teams of students and instructors to test and practice the tools.
We like participation! We think as students you learn most by questioning, challenging and testing what you hear.
How do I join the classroom?
We use Zoom Workplace for all teaching and breakout sessions. It's free to download and use. A laptop or desktop computer with a camera and a headset with microphone will work best in class.
The course notes and teaching examples will be distributed via a public One Drive folder for you to download your own local copies.
What time does teaching take place?
Weekdays, from 9am until 4pm UK time, with plenty of breaks in between!
A typical day usually goes as follows but these standard times can be adjusted to accommodate schedule conflicts (including different time zones!). Let us know at the start of the class and we’ll work it out with agreement of the class at the time.
- 9:00 – 10:00
- Morning session
- 10:00 – 10:30
- Break
- 10:30 – 12:30
- Mid-morning session (with a short mid-session break)
- 12:30 – 14:00
- Break for lunch
- 14:00 – 16:00
- Afternoon session (with a short mid-session break)
What software will I need?
For Six Sigma modules only:
We will use the statistics package JASP, which is free to download and use. Simply download and install it before the class starts.
This is supported by a number of universities and institutions lead by the University of Amsterdam.
It is a port of SPSS from IBM. It has all the capabilities and functionality that we need right up to the expert analyst level.
It is easy to use and it has excellent reporting formats for your project documentation.
It is important that we all have access to the same tools for classwork and breakouts and JASP is a great choice for all of our stats analysis needs.
You will easily transfer the knowledge gained using JASP to any of the other proprietary stats tools used in your business.
Will I be recorded?
No. We don't record any of our live teaching with students.
Can I defer partway through a course?
Yes, of course. Don't worry!
If at any point the demands of your job or your personal plans change and conflict with the schedule you can always defer to a later cycle and pick up where you left off.
How can I protect my privacy?
No problem.
Firstly, we don't record any of our live teaching.
We also don't required you to give your full name when you sign into the classroom.
Before joining the class you will also be able to set up a background blur to obscure things that might be in view behind you.
Can I get course notes?
We will send you a copy of all the slides and all the training examples before the start of the class.
We think it is important that you have access and are able to make notes on the material as you learn.
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