Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

In this module, you develop the leadership, facilitation, and change competencies necessary for successful transformation projects.

The Role of the Black Belt

• You sharpen your understanding of your role as a change project leader
• You professionally represent your project to executives and stakeholders

Successful Teamwork & Communication

• You manage group dynamics and conflicts within the project
• You apply targeted facilitation and feedback techniques

Managing Change

• You build acceptance and commitment for your project
• You embed changes sustainably within the system

In this module, you systematically analyze your process and identify the root causes of existing problems.

Analyze

• You visualize your process and analyze it purposefully along workflows, interfaces, and information flows
• You identify sources of waste and systematically examine value-added activities within the process
• You analyze lead times, process times, and efficiency potential based on value and time analysis
• You identify capacity constraints and bottlenecks and assess their impact on overall performance
• You structure and segment data to make patterns and root causes more visible

In this module, you work data-driven to verify root causes and learn to apply statistical methods specifically for decision-making and process optimization.

Advanced Analyze (Focus: Data analysis)

• You translate real-world problems into statistical questions and select the appropriate test to answer them
• You conduct hypothesis tests to systematically verify suspected root causes
• You analyze differences between groups using analysis of variance (ANOVA)
• You examine relationships and effect sizes using correlation and regression analyses
• You plan and structure experiments to systematically identify and optimize influencing factors
• You apply Design of Experiments approaches to efficiently investigate multiple variables simultaneously

In this module, you take your project from statistical root cause verification through sustainable implementation and anchoring.

Improve

• You develop and structure solutions based on verified root causes using Lean and best-practice methods
• You finalize an implementable solution concept and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of your measures
• You plan piloting and implementation and manage execution using appropriate project management approaches

Control

• You document the new process and establish clear standards for implementation (e.g., SOPs)
• You set up KPI-based monitoring with response mechanisms for sustainable control
• You ensure sustainability through handover to the process owner, structured audits, and documented lessons learned

• Supplementary e-learning courses for self-study (5 days)
  You deepen and review your acquired knowledge through self-study with our e-learning formats: before, during, or after the respective training modules
• Final Exam: You validate your knowledge across all modules
  Project Work: You work on an improvement project and apply the newly learned tools and methods