Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt |Smart

Overview

Why Attend

Join the elite club of Six Sigma experts who can lead significant improvement projects at their organizations. Six Sigma is an industry-standard methodology for process improvement and business transformation. Our Black Belt course is well recognized for its comprehensive and robust content aligned with the international Body of Knowledge (BOK) by ASQ and IASSC. This course will help you become a subject matter expert building on your Green belt training to improve the quality of your organization operations by adopting a data-driven approach and provide you with the skills necessary to work on projects to benefit all types of processes and businesses. Participants will become experts at the different phases of Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC) and learn how to scope and implement a project. Additionally, participants will become experts in deploying quality and statistical tools to achieve lower defect levels and cost.

Course Methodology

Through the combination of interactive lectures, group, and individual presentations, the course will present participants with the chance to practice the skills acquired through exercises and case studies. Additionally, videos will be shown on real-life companies which implemented the Six Sigma methodology. Real-life examples and case studies will be used throughout the training to illustrate the usage of various tools.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Lead and manage Six Sigma teams
Improve processes using the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC) Six Sigma methodology (variation removal) and Lean approach (waste removal)
Analyze how Six Sigma concepts relate to the overall business mission and objectives of a unit or an organization.
Collect and analyze data appropriately using various tools in Minitab
Apply advanced tools used in a Six Sigma project

Target Audience

Managers, supervisors, and professionals who wish to utilize the Six Sigma approach in their organizations, gain professional certification or become subject matter experts in Six Sigma.

Target Competencies

Deploying Six Sigma
Problem-solving skills
Change management
Leadership
Team management
Using applied statistics
Lean tools

Note

Note1: Your Six Sigma Black Belt will include pre-class work/reading, and self-study assignments to reinforce what you have learned.

Note 2: Included in the course: A rich workbook that contains the slides and material, +40 useful Six Sigma templates.

Note 3: Participants who attend all sessions will be awarded a Smart certificate of completion after the training. Certification option (included in the fees) can be obtained by submitting an approved Six Sigma project within 6 months of the training completion. Two hours of free coaching (by email) with an experienced Six Sigma Master Black Belt trainer for your project will be provided.

Note 4: Mandatory prerequisite for this course is the attendance of Smart Green Belt Training or an accepted Green Belt certification

Course Outline

Leading and managing a Six Sigma project
- Review of Green belt BOK
- Fundamentals of Six Sigma and Lean methodologies
- Six Sigma, lean, and continuous improvement methodologies
- Relationships among business systems and processes
- Selecting the correct projects for Six Sigma
- Developing the Project scope, charter, and problem statement
- Voice of the customer / Critical to Quality (CTQ)
  - Customer identification
  - Customer data collection
  - Customer requirements
- Project performance measurement
- Project planning, risk assessment, and project launch
- Team creation, RACI, and communications planning
- Project Management, planning, risk assessment, and project launch
- Analytical tools: using Pareto for project scoping
Six Sigma organizational-wide deployment
- Organization-wide Considerations
- Strategic planning and deployment for initiatives
- Leadership
- Roles and responsibilities
- Organizational roadblocks and change management
- Team Management
  - Team Formation
  - Team Facilitation
  - Team Dynamics
  - Team Training
- Impact on Stakeholders
- Benchmarking
  - Business Measures
  - Performance Measures
  - Financial Measures
Measuring performance
- Data collection
- Types of data
- Measurement scales
- Data measurement plans and methods
- Inferential Statistics
- Measuring and modeling relationships between variables
- Correlation coefficient
- Linear regression
- Multivariate tools
- Point and interval estimates
- Tests for means variances, and proportions
- Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
- Goodness-of-fit (Chi-square) tests
- Contingency tables
- Nonparametric tests
- Advanced Measurement systems analysis and Gauge R&R
- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
Analyzing and Improving processes
- Advanced graphing
- Process modeling regression
- Advanced process modeling
- Introduction to hypothesis testing
- Design of Experiments (DOE)
  - Design principles
  - Planning experiments
  - One-factor experiments
  - Two-level fractional factorial experiments
- Six Sigma control plans
- Evaluating and selecting solutions
- Sustain improvements
- Lessons learned
- Documentation
- Ongoing evaluation
Lean Thinking
- Lean thinking principles
- Types of waste (MUDA)
- Lean methods
- Waste elimination
- Lean Toolbox
- Total productive maintenance (TPM)
- The visual factory and 5 S
- Mistake proofing - Poka Yoka
- Lean vs Six Sigma

Schedule & Fees

2026 Schedule & Fees

4 - 8 Oct, 2026

English

Per participant USD 2,900

4 - 8 Oct, 2026

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Oct, 2026

English

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Oct, 2026

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

2027 Schedule & Fees

3 - 7 Jan, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

3 - 7 Jan, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

24 - 28 Jan, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

24 - 28 Jan, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

4 - 8 Apr, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

4 - 8 Apr, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Apr, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Apr, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

4 - 8 Jul, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

4 - 8 Jul, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Jul, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

25 - 29 Jul, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

3 - 7 Oct, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

3 - 7 Oct, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900

24 - 28 Oct, 2027

English

Per participant USD 2,900

24 - 28 Oct, 2027

Arabic

Per participant USD 2,900