Lean Six Sigma

Green

to Black Belt Training

Advance from Green Belt to Black Belt level

During the Green Belt to Black Belt program, you deepen your existing Lean Six Sigma knowledge and progress to the highest certification level within our organization. You learn to design and manage complex improvement programs, enabling you as a Black Belt to achieve sustainable process improvements and successfully guide strategic change initiatives.

For whom is the Green Belt to Black Belt training intended?

The Green to Black Belt program is specifically designed for professionals who have successfully completed their
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
and have already gained practical experience as a project leader in process optimisation.

You have demonstrated that you can effectively improve processes and achieve results within your organisation.
Now you are ready for the next step in your career and want to develop into a strategic Black Belt, equipped with the skills and knowledge to make high-level impact, lead complex improvement projects, and play a key role in organisation-wide improvement initiatives.

This programme is perfect for anyone who wants to elevate their expertise and grow into a leadership role in continuous improvement.

The Green to Black Belt program
is available in three formats

As a participant, you choose the route that best fits your background and development goals.
Each module deepens your knowledge in a specific area and prepares you step-by-step for the responsibility
and strategic insight required for the Black Belt role. All variants combine theory with practice,
allowing you to apply your new skills directly within your own organisation.

Advanced Lean, 2 days

Masterclass Advanced Lean: Lean offers many techniques to analyse and improve even the most challenging processes.
In this module, we explore these methods in depth, including how Value Stream Mapping can be used to analyse processes.

Agile & Scrum, 2 days

Part of the Lean Agile curriculum

Background of
Agile
and
Scrum:
Learn a project-based way of working that enables you to achieve results quickly. Discover how Agile combines with Lean
management through practical cases. Agile coaching and self-organisation are key components.

Coaching Green Belts and Integration, 2 days

Masterclass Black Belt: As a Black Belt, you guide the projects of Green Belts. Guiding or coaching projects is a skill in itself —
but one that can be learned. Using the Coaching Kata, we teach participants how to effectively coach Green Belts.

During the final part of this module, exam preparation will take centre s

The program: What you will be working on

With our Green to Black Belt programme, both your statistical knowledge and your Lean Agile Six Sigma techniques are expanded and deepened within 8–10 days. You will also learn how to coach Green Belts within your organisation and how to support them with statistics.

In broad terms, the programme consists of the following:

Policy Deployment, 2 days

Masterclass Policy Deployment and Operational Management: This advanced module focuses on the question, “How do we roll out process improvement across an organisation, and what does that require?” Step by step, you will design an improvement programme for your own organisation. Techniques such as Scrum, Lean Leadership, OGSM, and the Change Map are covered.

Advanced Six Sigma, 2 days
Part of the Lean Six Sigma curriculum

Masterclass Advanced Six Sigma: In this module, participants learn to analyse data using the Six Sigma method. Topics include hypothesis testing, process performance analysis, and measurement system analysis. No abstract statistics—just practical examples and real application.

Practical information

The total duration of the Green Belt to Black Belt programme is 8–10 days, divided across multiple modules over the course of several months. Training hours are from 09:00 – 17:00.

Between the modules, you will work on assignments that allow you to apply the theory directly in your own work environment. Expect to spend approximately 1 to 2 half-days on this, depending on your experience and the complexity of your improvement project.

After completing the training, you can take the Black Belt theory exam. Preparation time varies per participant, but on average, around 12 hours of study is needed to successfully pass the exam.

Coaching

During the programme, you will work toward coaching and guiding Green Belts within your organisation. To help you practise this effectively, we support you with two personal coaching sessions led by an experienced Master Black Belt.

During these sessions, we discuss your improvement projects, data analyses, and any questions you may have about guiding others. Coaching takes place via Teams, phone, email, or, if possible, on location.

Would you also like to become practically certified as a Black Belt? In that case, we will guide you in carrying out and completing your practical assignment, enabling you to demonstrate that you can independently lead complex improvement programmes.

The value of a Lean Six Sigma
Black Belt certificate

Lean Six Sigma Groep is accredited by LCS, IASSC, CRKBO, NRTO, and CEDEO. This means we meet internationally recognised standards and requirements, guaranteeing the quality of our training programmes. After completing this training, you will receive a Black Belt certificate.

Upon completion of the programme, you will receive an LCS Lean Six Sigma Groep certificate of participation. In addition, it is also possible to become fully certified in practice as a Black Belt. The following requirements apply:

1. Certificate of participation: Awarded after completing the full training programme. A maximum of one training day may be missed.
2. Theory exam: This exam consists of both multiple-choice and open questions.
3. Practical assignment: As the project leader of an improvement team, you will complete a Lean Six Sigma project within an organisation. This assignment demonstrates that you can analyse a process and implement improvements with measurable results.
4. The practical assignment is assessed by a Black Belt from Lean Six Sigma Groep. Upon successful completion of the project, you will receive a full LCS Lean Six Sigma Groep Black Belt Certificate.

Your new competencies as a Black Belt

After completing the programme, you will be able to lead organisation-wide improvement initiatives and translate complex challenges into measurable results. You will combine Lean, Six Sigma, and Agile techniques at a strategic level and ensure improvements are sustained.

As a Black Belt, you can:

– Design and lead strategic improvement programmes
– Perform advanced data analyses, including hypothesis testing and process performance analysis
– Understand and optimise complex processes using techniques such as Value Stream Mapping
– Combine Lean and Agile to help teams achieve results more quickly
– Coach and guide Green Belts in their projects
– Implement changes sustainably and create organisational buy-in