Lean Six Sigma Green & Black Belts
with 1-on-1 Project Coaching
Earn Your Lean Six Sigma Green and Black Belts
Holding a Lean Six Sigma Belt validates your expertise in minimizing waste and providing premium quality products and services. This 100% online course will prepare you to qualify for and pass the Lean Six Sigma Green and Black Belt certification exams. You will also receive personalized coaching on your Black Belt project from a Master Black belt.
Job Outlook for Lean Six Sigma Professionals
As organizations of all sizes emphasize productivity gains as strategic advantages, more and more are adopting Lean Six Sigma methodology to streamline operations.
According to PayScale.com, professionals with Lean Six Sigma credentials earn $84,000 per year on average.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) expects job growth across the Management Analyst category to grow by 14% over the coming decade. This is almost triple the growth rate expected for all jobs.
“The course information was good and worked well for learning the system. There were a variety of examples of real world uses and most were generic enough to adapt to our needs.”
P.S., Excelsior College
Course Objectives
Prerequisites and Requirements
There are no prerequisites to take this course. However, you must complete your Black Belt project at your current place of employment.
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Curriculum
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
INTRODUCTION TO GREEN BELT TRAINING
Overview of Lean Six Sigma, the 8 Wastes and DMAIC
DEFINE PHASE – HOW TO DEFINE THE PROBLEM
Creating the project charter, understanding the current state and develop project
communication
MEASURE PHASE – HOW TO MEASURE THE CURRENT PROCESS
Select measures, planning and collecting baseline data
ANALYZE PHASE – HOW TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM
Conducting data and process analysis; brainstorming, developing and validating root causes
IMPROVE PHASE – HOW TO IMPLEMENT AND VERIFY THE SOLUTION
Crafting, filtering and determining solutions; conducting risk management
CONTROL PHASE – HOW TO MAINTAIN THE SOLUTION
Creating monitoring and response plans, project documentation
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
INTRODUCTION TO BLACK BELT TRAINING
Overview of Black Belt training, project selection, and building leadership skills
DEFINE PHASE
Conducting process walks, strengthening leadership skills, and defining your Black Belt
project
MEASURE PHASE
Laying statistical groundwork, testing your measurement system, and sampling the data
ANALYZE
Laying hypothesis testing groundwork; testing correlation, discrete data, continuous normal
and non-normal data
IMPROVE
Designing experiments and strengthening leadership skills
About Your Black Belt Project
CONTROL
Select control charts and creating visual management
Instructors
Tracy O'Rourke
Tracy O'Rourke is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 20 years of experience as a facilitator, trainer and presenter. Her clients include the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the State of Washington, Cisco, DC Shoes, GE, and Motorola. She holds a BA in English Literature from San Francisco State University and an MBA with an emphasis in Leadership and Managing Organizational Change from Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University.
Elisabeth Swan
Elisabeth Swan is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with over 20 years of experience consultant, designer, and executive coach. Her expertise lies in training, process-based organization design, problem-solving, and change management. Her clients include Amazon, Charles Schwab, Burt's Bees, Microsoft, and Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. She holds a BA in English Literature from Barnard College.
FAQs about Lean Six Sigma Green and Black Belts
WHAT IS LEAN SIX SIGMA?
"Six Sigma" describes a series of process improvement techniques designed to reduce errors and improve
quality in an organization's products and services. "Lean" is a management discipline that seeks to
reduce waste and minimize associated costs. "Lean Six Sigma" represents the blending of the two
philosophies into an operating system that maximizes quality while minimizing costs.
WHAT DOES A "GREEN BELT" IN LEAN SIX SIGMA INDICATE?
A Lean Six Sigma Green Belt improves productivity by focusing on the tools, methodologies and principles
of Lean Six Sigma. Lean Six Sigma Green Belts are expected to design, implement and manage productivity
improvement projects and campaigns.
WHAT JOB TITLES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEAN SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT?
Lean Six Sigma Green Belts may serve in one or more of the following capacities: Process Engineer,
Manufacturing Engineer, Continuous Improvement Specialist and many more. Lean Six Sigma Green Belts
often become Six Sigma Consultants, as well.
WHAT DO LEAN SIX SIGMA GREEN BELTS DO?
The Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma is considered a hands-on credential. Green Belts commonly review
processes, develop and deploy improvements using the Lean Six Sigma methodology and then manage the
improved processes.
WHAT DOES A "BLACK BELT" IN LEAN SIX SIGMA INDICATE?
Black Belts are a change agent in the organization. A Black Belt will be the project owner of an
organizational quality improvement process. As project owner, they allocate team member responsibilities
and resources, effectively overseeing a team of Green and Yellow Belts.
WHAT DO LEAN SIX SIGMA BLACK BELTS DO?
A Six Sigma Black Belt professional is an expert in these Six Sigma principles:
DMAIC
Design of experiments
Analysis of variance
Hypothesis testing
Probability distribution
Black Belts use support tools such as Voice of the Customer (VOC), Lean, failure mode and effects
analysis, and statistics. As a Six Sigma Black Belt, you will be responsible for initiating projects and
directing the efforts of company quality improvement teams.
WHAT JOB TITLES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEAN SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT?
Lean Six Sigma Black Belts may serve in one or more of the following capacities: Lean Six Sigma Leader,
Project Management & Agile Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, Director of Lean/Six Sigma, or simply
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.