Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Program
Fisher College of Business presents Six Sigma training designed as the most time-sensitive, value-driven program in existence. Total Quality Management principles identify and eliminate operations inefficiencies in each and every process of a company’s product or service.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training uses time-tested processes to enable your company to increase profits, strengthen market share and improve customer satisfaction.
If you're unsure whether you'd like to pursue a Green Belt or Black Belt, view our comparison chart to see how they're different from one another.
The program includes three parts:
Interactive Conference Calls
Attend eight faculty-led, interactive conference calls which will begin approximately two months prior to the on-campus program. Assignments will be given to complete between calls to prepare you for the on-campus portion.
On-Campus Session
The instructor-led on-campus classroom session provides participants the opportunity to apply knowledge through hands-on activities. The duration of this phase is five days, Monday through Friday.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification
The Black Belt certification process includes:
- Successful completion of a comprehensive 3-hour computer-based exam. Score of 80 percent or higher is required.
- Two Black Belt project reviews that includes phone and email interaction with a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt coach.
- A project charter must be submitted prior to the on-campus session. The early submission is to establish that the project has the necessary scope to demonstrate learning, and to deliver significant bottom-line results. It may be acceptable to combine the elements of two different projects with smaller scopes in order to meet the skill demonstration requirements.
- Complete project documentation must be provided. Sensitive data can be modified in the interest of confidentiality.
- Candidates should plan to complete the project process within 12 months of completing the exam.
- The Fisher College of Business Review Board will provide final approval and award certification.
Program Details
| Who: | This program is ideal for anyone aspiring to learn the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt body of knowledge and is beneficial for any industry, including manufacturing, service, health care, retail, logistics, finance and technology. |
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| Location: | Fisher College of Business, The Blackwell Inn |
| Dates: | Zoom Meetings take place on Wednesdays 12:00-1:00 p.m. EST from April-May, 2027 Exact dates for virtual sessions TBD. On-Campus session: June 21-25, 2027 |
| Cost: | $8,995 Discounts and Promotions:
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| Prerequisites: | None |
| Register: | Registration Deadline: March 1, 2027 |
Faculty:
- Mi Kyong Newsom - Academic Director/ Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Sciences
- Jill Treece - Senior Lecturer, Management Sciences
- John Draper - Clinical Assistant Professor, Management Sciences
Program participants will learn how to:
- Lead teams in applying the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology to attack waste
- Prioritize improvement activities for greatest organizational impact
- Define improvement projects to satisfy customer requirements and reduce variability
- Measure inputs and outputs to provide meaningful data
- Analyze data to identify the root cause of variability, including the use of Design of Experiments
- Control the process to prevent backsliding and consolidate the gains
- Analyze quality cost
- Improve the process to reduce variability
Cancellation/Transfer Policy
All cancellations and transfers must be received in writing. Submit your request via email to Jennie McAndrew with the name of the program, followed by “cancellation” or “transfer” in the subject line.
- Cancellations made before the start of the 1st interactive video conference call will incur a $1,000 flat fee.
- Withdrawals on or after the first interactive video conference call are subject to forfeiture of the total cost of the program.
- All transfers made before the 1st interactive video conference call will incur a $500 transfer fee.
- One transfer per registrant to a subsequent offering within 12 months is allowed.
- A transfer request followed by a subsequent cancellation will be subject to the applicable cancellation fees noted above.