Professionals engaged in continuous improvement in their organization or who are selected to lead or participate as an effective member of a Six Sigma project team will benefit from this certificate program.

You will be capable of leading continuous improvement projects by applying the Six Sigma problem solving process and statistical methods.
Specifically, upon completion of the program, you will:

• Explain Six Sigma philosophies and principles
• Have a fundamental understanding of the project management techniques
• Understand the basic elements of define, measure, analyze, improve, and control
• Comprehend the lean concepts for waste elimination
• Calculate the solutions for a variety of statistical methods including sampling plans, statistical process control, probability, process capability, regression, correlation and hypothesis testing
• Understand how to perform a design of experiments
• Identify how team management applies to Six Sigma
• Explain the parts of the quality function deployment model
• Evaluate a failure mode and effects analysis chart

The topics covered include:

• Six Sigma principles and best practices
• Enterprise-wide deployment of Six Sigma
• Enterprise leadership
• Process management
• Performance measures
• Team management
• Decision-making tools
• Planning tools
• DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, control) methodology
• Voice of customer
• Project management
• Probability
• Process capability
• Hypothesis testing
• Failure modes and effects analysis
• Design of experiments
• Lean principles and waste elimination
• Theory of constraints
• Risk analysis
• Statistical process control
• Design for Six Sigma
• ​​​​​​​Robust design

Are textbooks required for this course?
Yes. The required textbook to purchase for the Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate is:

• The Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook, Third Edition by T.M. Kubiak and Donald W. Benbow (ASQ Quality Press) ISBN-13: 978-0873899413