Online Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Program

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt online course structure

The 10-week Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course is designed to provide working professionals with an introduction to data-driven process improvement that aligns with the American Society of Quality Lean Six Sigma standards. At the end of the course, participants who pass the cumulative exam with a 75% or higher will receive a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification from the Kelley School of Business Executive Education Programs.

The course will meet online two evenings a week for 10 weeks, with each session lasting one and a half hours. Sessions will be recorded, and work will include a series of practice quizzes leading up to the comprehensive final exam. Participants will be encouraged to apply these tools to real-world projects, but project completion is not a requirement for Green Belt Certification.

Upcoming dates and certificate overview

Upcoming dates:
February 4 to April 10, 2025
Twice weekly (more details coming soon)
6 to 7:30 p.m. ET
Duration: 10 weeks
Delivery: Online
Price: $2,550

Curriculum aligned with the American Society for Quality

The curriculum of the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt professional certificate program from the Kelley School is completely aligned with the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Green Belt Body of Knowledge. It also offers the only online courseware that has been reviewed and approved by ASQ.

Showcase your new skills with a Lean Six Sigma digital badge

In addition to earning a professional certificate upon completion of this program, you will also earn a digital badge to showcase your skills on platforms like LinkedIn. These credentials show your network the concrete and in-demand skills you earned from taking this Kelley program.

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Professional Certificate: Key takeaways

Our digital badge is for individuals preparing for leadership roles within the operations arena, those desiring to advance their professional development by building process improvement skills and capabilities, or experienced leaders who want to develop firsthand knowledge of process improvement practices.
By completing this course of study, you will become proficient in all of the basic analytical tools necessary to execute Lean Six Sigma process improvement projects. You will also learn team leadership and project management skills to make you an effective program manager.

Integrated business curriculum

Introduction to Lean Six Sigma

Learn about Lean Six Sigma concepts and language and the Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) roadmap for improvement.

Project initiation

Discover a process for selecting improvement projects and tracking those projects, as well as tools to lead teams and manage change.

Voice of the customer

Learn a systematic process to collect voice-of-the-customer information, analyze that information, fully develop customer requirements, and translate those requirements into specifications.

Mapping the process

Explore tools to investigate the process of interest by creating visual maps of process flow, including suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, and customers (SIPOC) maps, process flow charts, value-added flow charts, and value stream maps.

Measurements & basic statistics

Learn about measurement fundamentals, including types of metrics, as well as basic statistical terms and forms of graphical analysis.

Measurement system analysis

Gain tools to collect sample data, evaluate the reliability of those measurements, and establish baseline process performance.

Charting process behavior

Explore statistical process control—a method to evaluate process stability over time, identify process shifts, and differentiate between normal variation and true process changes.

Identifying potential root causes

Discover several tools and methods used to identify potential root causes of a problem of interest. Gain tools to evaluate statistical correlation between process inputs and outputs.

Testing hypotheses

Learn statistical methods to test hypotheses, often used to ascertain whether or not there are real differences between various treatments or processes.

Improvement

Learn about tools used to implement improvements, including Lean methods to eliminate waste and improve process flow.

Control

Explore the Control phase of a DMAIC project, where ongoing process management becomes the focus after completing the project work.

Certification exam

Participants must score 80% or higher on the cumulative exam to earn certification through the Kelley School of Business.

Course materials

Textbook: ASQ Certified Six Sigma Handbook Third Edition
Roderick A. Munro, Govind Ramu, Daniel J. Zrymiak
Hardcover, 636 pages, Published 2022
ISBN: 9781636940298

While many software tools are available, we will use the Sigma XL Excel Add-In for statistical analysis. Participants are encouraged to download the trial version of this software, use it during the class, and decide after the trial period if the software is useful. If you have access to or prefer to use another software package, that will not impede your ability to complete the certification.

SigmaXL Version 10.0 data analysis software

Meet the instructors

Carl M Briggs

Clinical Professor of Operations and Decision Technologies

Carl Briggs is a clinical professor of operations and decision technologies and codirector of the Business Operations Consulting Workshop. During his 30 years with the Department of Operations and Decision Technologies at the Kelley School of Business, he has been recognized for his innovative approach to management education, receiving teaching awards and accolades in the United States, Asia, and the European Union. He currently holds active academic appointments in the United States, Germany, China, and South Korea.

Carl directed Kelley’s Supply Chain Management Academy. His areas of expertise are project management, process improvement, and strategic sourcing. He has trained hundreds of business professionals in areas including project management, process improvement, Lean Six Sigma, value analysis/engineering, supply base rationalization, total cost of ownership, inventory management, and effective contract management.

Though Carl routinely travels around the world teaching, lecturing, and working with corporations in pursuit of supply chain excellence, he enjoys his Bloomington home, which he shares with his wife Annette and their children, Mariah, Ben, and Emily.

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