Lean Six Sigma: Black Belt
About Lean Six Sigma: Lean Six Sigma is a business and data-driven, disciplined approach to reducing waste and minimizing defects in any type of process (be it manufacturing or services). Lean Six Sigma focuses on reduction of waste, increased profitability, and customer satisfaction. It is a method of integrated management used by organizations to more effectively and efficiently meet the needs of their customers and other interested parties.
The Role of Black Belts: Black Belts are experienced and well trained Lean Six Sigma professionals who provide project management, statistical analysis, financial analysis, meeting facilitation, and project prioritization for the organization. The typical Black Belt leads several projects, coaches and mentors Green Belts and understands how to define a problem in order to quickly drive towards a solution. Black Belts often manage Lean Six Sigma projects full time and are the liaison between the staff and the project sponsors and managers. (90 hours classroom, 30 hours practicum)
Course Content: The Black Belt Certification program is designed for experienced practitioners with a Green Belt Certification (or equivalent process improvement experience) who wish to achieve the pinnacle of Lean Six Sigma training by developing critical skills for leadership in enterprisewide deployment. LSS Black Belts are professional problem solvers. As such, they provide mentoring to green belts and others who need to improve or optimize performance. With this in mind, instructors take great care to transfer all the necessary skills that future Black Belts will need to become leaders and mentors and, in some cases, fill management positions.
This course will be an instructor lead blended course in which participants will spend 90 hours in the classroom and 40 hours in the field applying the Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Students will be provided with the established Lean Six Sigma body of knowledge, the experience to implement it in the workplace through a group project and the credentials to be a Lean Six Sigma leader within their organization. This course is limited to 10 participants.
Admission Requirements: Participation in this program is open to all Lean or Six Sigma practitioners with Green Belt Certification (or evidence of equivalent process improvement experience). This program requires a $50 application fee and application form, a typed resume and letter documenting your Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification or equivalent experience (250 words max). (Application fee/resume/letter requirement waived for UW Tacoma Green Belt graduates)
Black Belt Certification Subject Matter:
| Lean Six Sigma | 50 Hours |
| Leading in a Lean Environment | 12 Hours |
| Communicating with Data | 12 Hours |
| Green Belt Team Facilitation | 8 Hours |
| Lean Transformation | 8 Hours |
| Practicum | 30 Hours |
| Total | 120 Hours |
Upon successful completion of the program students earn a Black Belt Certificate and 12.0 CEUs (120 contact hours) from the University of Washington Tacoma.
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FALL QUARTER |
- Required textbooks for this class
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Besaw, John (2009). RapidLeanSixSigma: Kick-Starting your Continuous Improvement Process Workbook.
Lean Six Sigma Consortium, University Place, WA.
ISBN: 978-0-9842400-0-5
This book is only available online at www.lulu.comBridges, William. Transitions.
Perseus Books, Cambridge, MA.
ISBN: 978-0-7382-0904-3George, Michael L. (2002). Lean Six Sigma: Combining Sigma Quality with Lean Speed.
McGraw-Hill, New York.
ISBN: 0-07-138521-5George, M.; Rowlands, D.; Price, M. and Maxey, J. (2005). Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook.
McGraw-Hill, New York.
ISBN: 0-07-144119-0George, Mark O. (2010). The Lean Six Sigma Guide to Doing More With Less.
Wiley, New Jersey.
ISBN: 978-0-470-53957-6Schwarz, Roger M. The Skilled Facilitator.
Josey-Bass, San Francisco.
ISBN: 1-55542-638-7
| FALL QUARTER Class meets: Mon/Fri, 09/09/13 - 12/06/13 from 12 - 5:00 p.m. (No classes 11/11 and 11/29) Location: Olympia/Lacey Instructor: Wendy Fraser, Ph.D. Course Code: 13FTLSB02001 Fee: $4,990 Credit/Contact hours: 120 Clock or Contact Hours or 12.0 CEUs |
- Required textbooks for this class
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Bens, Ingrid (2005). Advanced Facilitation Strategies: Tools and Techniques to Master Difficult Situations.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, California
ISBN: 978-0-7879-7730-6George, M.; Rowlands, D.; Price, M. and Maxey, J. (2005). Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook.
McGraw-Hill, New York.
ISBN: 0-07-144119-0George, Mark O. (2010). The Lean Six Sigma Guide to Doing More With Less.
Wiley, New Jersey.
ISBN: 978-0-470-53957-6Kotter, John P. (2012) Leading Change.
Harvard Business Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
ISBN: 978-1422186435
| Class meets: Mon/Wed, 7/01 - 8/28/13 from 5 - 10:00 p.m. (and 20 hours arranged) Location: Tacoma - UW Tacoma, Room TBA Instructor: John Besaw, Ph. D. Fee: $4,990 Credit/Contact hours: 120 Clock or Contact Hours or 12.0 CEUs |
- Required textbooks for this class
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Besaw, John (2009). RapidLeanSixSigma: Kick-Starting your Continuous Improvement Process Workbook.
Lean Six Sigma Consortium, University Place, WA.
ISBN: 978-0-9842400-0-5
This book is only available online at www.lulu.comBridges, William. Transitions.
Perseus Books, Cambridge, MA.
ISBN: 978-0-7382-0904-3George, Michael L. (2002). Lean Six Sigma: Combining Sigma Quality with Lean Speed.
McGraw-Hill, New York.
ISBN: 0-07-138521-5George, M.; Rowlands, D.; Price, M. and Maxey, J. (2005). Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook.
McGraw-Hill, New York.
ISBN: 0-07-144119-0George, Mark O. (2010). The Lean Six Sigma Guide to Doing More With Less.
Wiley, New Jersey.
ISBN: 978-0-470-53957-6Schwarz, Roger M. The Skilled Facilitator.
Josey-Bass, San Francisco.
ISBN: 1-55542-638-7
Registration
Fees and Tuition: Tuition is payable on a term-by-term basis. Tuition for the entire program is $4995 excluding application and registration fees and textbooks. There is a $50 non-refundable application fee to apply to this program and a $10 non-refundable registration fee for each term. First-term tuition and $10 registration fee are due three business days before class begins.
The university’s tuition exemption policy does not apply to this program. Fees and tuition are subject to change.
Payment Policy: Tuition for classes and $10 registration fee are due by 5 p.m. three days before each term begins. Accepted students who do not pay by the due date will be assessed a $50 late fee.
Refund Policy: Students must make a request to withdraw in writing. Written requests can be sent to keypdc@uw.edu or mailed to the address below. Students withdrawing by 5 p.m. 24 hours BEFORE the program begins, are eligible for a full refund of all tuition except the $50 application fee and $10 processing fee. There is no refund for withdrawals after the first day of class.
Withdrawal Policy: If you are not planning to continue in the certificate program or course, please send a written request to withdraw to keypdc@uw.edu or to:
University of Washington Tacoma
KeyBank Professional Development Center
1900 Commerce St.
Tacoma, WA 98402-3100
Cancellations and Changes: UW Tacoma reserves the right to cancel programs or classes with low enrollment. Please note: Course, application, and registration fees are subject to change.
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About the Instructors
John Besaw, Ph.D.
Business Degree, University of Wisconsin; M.A., Adult Education, University of Southern California; Ph.D., Education with Secondary in Business, University of Washington Seattle; Post-Doctoral work, Organizational Leadership, Lean Six Sigma
Besaw has been a leadership and organizational development coach for more than 20 years to many corporations and government agencies in the United States and abroad. He has in-the-trenches experience helping senior-level executives and key influencers question their assumptions, understand the dynamics of change, and apply that understanding to transform the workplace. Besaw’s primary expertise is in the design and delivery of experiential leadership development programs targeted to improve Leadership’s ability to “take care of people” and facilitate change. He is a former U.S. Army Infantry Officer. Besaw teaches marketing and business development classes for UW Tacoma’s Milgard School of Business.
Wendy Fraser, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Human and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate University; M.S., Human Resource Management, Chapman University; M.A., Organizational Leadership, Chapman University; M.A., Human and Organizational Development, Fielding Graduate University; BA, Management and Finance, Saint Martin's University.
Wendy provides leadership and coaching in strategic planning, change management, Baldrige principles, organization development, Lean Six Sigma, and employee engagement practices. She has clients in public, private, education, and not-for-profit sectors in four countries.
While Wendy worked for the Washington State Department of Revenue, they documented over $58 million of additional revenue to the state, saved nearly 150,000 staff hours, saved $1 million of agency funds, and generated $4.2 million for other businesses, citizens and government agencies. She specifically designed the infrastructure and training so these savings could be documented.
Nathan T. Narvarro
M.B.A, University of Phoenix Bellevue Washington ground campus; Business Degree, University of Phoenix San Antonio Texas ground campus; Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt certification, University of Washington Tacoma Washington.
Nathan has over 12 years of practical hands-on-experience in initiating and implementing successful process improvement programs for both military and commercial organizations within The Boeing Company. As a program manager, Nathan is considered a senior specialist and process improvement consultant to executive leaders, managers, customers, employees, and work teams. In addition to teaching the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt course for the University of Washington Tacoma, Nathan teaches Effective Team Building, Work Team Facilitation, and Basic Business curriculum for The Boeing Company. Moreover, Nathan has taught High Performance Management, Root Cause Analysis, and Lean for the Office at Everett and Cascade Community College.
