LeanSigma^® Black Belt Certification

Week 1   Define/Measure/Analyze

Day 1

• Introduction
• Overview
• Project Definition/Selection
• Voice of the Customer
• Value Chain Mapping
• Financial Quantification
• Define the "Y"
• Team Exercise - Standard Operations
• Minitab Overview

Day 2

• Basic Statistics
• Process Mapping
• Quality Mapping
• Enhanced Spaghetti Chart
• Business Process Mapping
• Process Performance

Day 3

• Process Performance – cont.
• Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
• Continuous Data MSA
• Attribute Data MSA
• Kaizen Methodology

Day 4

• Cause and Effect Diagram
• Comparative Analysis

Day 5

• Measure Review
• Case Study
• Expectations
• QC Tools
• Time Based Strategy

Week 2   Sigma Kaizen Event

Day 1

• Review Host Site’s Project Charter
• Perform Gemba Walk

Day 2

• Hands-on application of Quality Mapping
• Enhanced Spaghetti Mapping, Review of Historical Data
• Attend Team Leader Meeting

Day 3

• Assess Measurement System
• Determine Process Capability and Collect Live Data
• Attend Team Leader Meeting

Day 4

• Application of Basic Quality Tools
• Construct a Cause and Effect Diagram and Comparative Analysis
• Attend Team Leader Meeting
• Prepare data Collection Plan

Day 5

• Project Measure Phase Report Out
• Review Sigma Kaizen Process
• Expectations

Week 3   Analyze/Improve/Control

Day 1

• Project Reviews
• Define/Measure/Analyze Review
• Presentation Skills

Day 2

• Regression
• Simple Linear Regression
• Multiple Regression
• Binary Logistic Regression
• Normal Probability Plots
• Kaizen

Day 3

• Analyze Review

Day 4

• Realistic Tolerancing
• Risk Assessment

Day 5

• Case Studies
• Expectations

Week 4   Advanced LeanSigma Skills

Day 1

• Project Reviews
• Analyze/Improve/Control Review
• Autocorrelation

Day 2

• Hypothesis Testing
• One-Sample t-test
• Paired t-test
• Test for Equal Variances
• ANOVA
• Chi-Square
• Kruskal-Wallis Non-Parametric Test
• Power and Sample Size

Day 3

• Mistake Proofing
• Intro to Design of Experiments
• Comparison of methods
• DOE
• Replication
• Full Factorial Designs
• Analysis of Experiments
• Group Exercise

Day 4

• DOE
• Fractional Factorials (Screening)
• Confounding
• Blocking
• DOE Set-up
• Group Exercise
• Managing Change
• SPC

Day 5

• Control Plans
• Case Study
• Expectations