Certification: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Goodwin College’s Lean Six Sigma Black Belt course is an advanced Six Sigma program developed for professionals and Certified Green Belt Practitioners. Each applicant will need to submit a minimum of two completed Green Belt - projects for review, to include documentation detailing results achieved and the impact each project sustained on the organization or process affected.

The Black Belt course is 17 weeks long, and combines online work and in-class sessions. This innovative and comprehensive course is equivalent to 160 hours of classroom training. The course is facilitated by highly experienced Master Black Belt Practitioners, which includes instruction, custom-designed class activities and assignments, highly effective proven business simulations, and hands-on practice with numerous tools and techniques. The projects Black Belt candidates undertake during their 17 weeks of training should be high-level Value Stream Analysis Events that will provide a prioritized list of the project and events which will maximize the potential to meet their organization’s goals and objectives or the more complex Rapid Improvement Events that drive significant value in your organization or process.

Our project completion approach involves a Master Black Belt working with each candidate/applicant: prior to class to assist them in defining a project; during the training to complete and sustain the project; and, after the class to close out the project and brief the results to our certifying body.

About the Course

The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt course is based on adult education theory spread over 17 weeks. The Black Belts are required to complete one project such as a Rapid Improvement Event (RIE), Process Development Kaizen, or Value Stream Analysis. 

This program focuses its attention on the tools Black Belts will use most often in their events in order to deliver the highest possible ROI.

Drexel’s Lean Six Sigma Black Belt course includes several extras such as:

• A full day of “Train the Trainer,” including video-taping
• The related philosophies of Crosby, Deming, Juran, etc.
• In-depth study of Lean and Six Sigma and Theory of Constraints tools
• Multiple simulations for real-world practice
• Mid-term and final exams to assess the understanding
• A very comprehensive CAPSTONE exercise

Included in the cost of the blended Black Belt Training Course are three books: “Industrial Design of Experiments,” “Lean Solutions,” and one focusing on the principles of leading successful change management, “Why Don’t You Want What I Want?” This customized course includes full access to Master Black Belt Practitioners who will be available to coach and consult with the each student through the completion of their Black Belt projects and certification, both before and after the Project Review Board.

ASQ Compliance. Since most of our students are interested in pursuing the American Society of Quality (ASQ) Black Belt Certification, we have ensured that our training meets and exceeds 100% of the requirements of the ASQ Body of Knowledge. By meeting or exceeding these requirements, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training prepares applicants to also pass the ASQ certification.

The Learn Six Sigma Black Belt certification program requires the following:

• Completion of 17 weeks of blended on-line and classroom instruction
• Passing two exams with a minimum score of 80%
• Completion of one white paper on how the Black Belt effectively used influence in order to change their organization or their Lean Six Sigma Program
• Successful completion of all homework assignments and in-class exercises
• Coaching and supporting one other Black Belt candidate during their in-class project
• Coaching and facilitating two Green Belts during actual events

Once the Black Belt candidate has completed all of the above and successfully presented their project to the Project Review Board, and all required documentation and paperwork for these events has been received at the home office, Drexel will immediately send the LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt Certification to the student and/or the executive sponsor.

Each trainee receives personal coaching and mentoring from J. R. McGee and Sandra K. Miller. They not only have extensive experience training personnel in these techniques, they are recognized as being among the very best in terms of actually implementing these tools to the benefit of multiple organizations and businesses world-wide.

Course Schedule

Next offering: Spring 2012