ASQ: Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB)

CERTIFICATION exam PREP

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

In today’s highly competitive global market, organizations across a wide range of industries are striving to achieve near-perfect product quality, optimize cost structures, and become faster and more responsive to customers. They need Six Sigma Black Belt Certification to achieve these goals.

Six Sigma Black Belt is a data-driven improvement strategy that views all activities within an organization as processes. Using Six Sigma principles, process inputs can be controlled and adjusted to effect significant improvements in process outputs. Six Sigma Black Belt makes use of a rigorous, systematic methodology known as DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control), as well as several qualitative and quantitative tools. Its goal is to drive process, product, and service improvements for reducing variations and defects.

Certification

This course fully prepares students to take the Six Sigma Black Belt Certification certification exam.

In order to achieve the professional designation of IASSC Certified Black Belt (IASSC-CBB™) from the International Association for Six Sigma Certification, candidates must sit for the IASSC Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Exam and achieve a minimum score of 70%.

There are no prerequisites required in order to sit for the IASSC Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Exam.

TUITION: $799

Duration: 56 Hours

Students have full access to the program for 1 year.

Includes e-books, and test review questions.

Prerequisites: HS diploma/GED, basic computer skills and familiarity with the internet

Occupational Objectives: Project Manager, Manager of Office and Administrative Support Workers

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Course Breakdown

    • Fundamentals of Lean and Six Sigma and their Applications

    • Project Selection, Roles, and Responsibilities

    • Strategic Planning and Deployment

    • Impact on Stakeholders and Benchmarking

    • Using Business and Financial Measures

    • Team Dynamics, Roles, and Success Factors

    • Team Facilitation and Leadership

    • Team Dynamics and Training 

    • Determining Requirements by Listening to the Voice of the Customer

    • Business Case, Project Charter, and Tools

    • Process Flow Metrics and Analysis Tools

    • Data Types, Sampling, Collection, and Measurement

    • Measurement Systems and Metrology

    • Using Basic Statistics and Graphical Methods

    • Probability and Probability Distributions

    • Determining Process Performance and Capability

    • Measuring and Modeling Relationships between Variables

    • Basics of Hypothesis Testing and Tests for Means

    • Tests for Variances and Proportions, ANOVA, and Goodness-of-fit

    • Multivariate Tools and Nonparametric Tests

    • FMEA and Other Non-statistical Analysis Methods

    • Understanding DOE and Planning Experiments

    • Designing, Conducting, and Analyzing Experiments

    • Lean Improvement Methods and Implementation Planning

    • Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Control Charts

    • Using Lean Control Tools and Maintaining Controls

    • Sustaining Improvements

    • Common DFSS Methodologies, Design for X, and Robust Designs