Program Overview

Green Belt Program

Overview

The Green Belt training course is an essential component of the Lean Six Sigma approach to continuous improvement within an organization. Participants will learn to successfully launch a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt project by refining a project charter, leading a project team, garnering support for the project from process stakeholders, and ensuring a common understanding of the process across all project participants and stakeholders.

Duration and Description

The course spans 6 days (3 x 2 full days) plus mentoring. This 6-day course will enable participants to demonstrate the training learning outcomes by delivering a substantial process improvement project.

Target Audience

This course is intended for front-line staff with previous knowledge of the theory and/or practice of Lean Six Sigma, as well as team leads.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will:

• Have a good understanding of a variety of graphical and team-based problem-solving tools and the manner in which these are combined in the process of solving well-defined and narrowly scoped business problems
• Have a good understanding of basic statistical concepts while recognizing limits of current knowledge
• Be able to apply well-established technical and creative tools to solve well-defined and narrowly scoped process problems
• Be able to participate in the planning and management of well-defined and narrowly scoped process engineering projects
• Be able to employ an investigative and data-driven approach to establish the source of well-defined process engineering problems
• Be able to identify, and plan for effective implementation of, solutions to a variety of well-defined process engineering problems
• Be able to work effectively as a leader of a cross-functional problem-solving team, taking responsibility for the work of team members
• Have a good appreciation of the importance of effective communication in managing organizational change
• Demonstrate, through successful completion of a narrowly scoped process engineering project, that the learner understands the discipline of the DMAIC approach and can deliver meaningful financial (target 30k p.a.) and/or customer benefit for the learner's employer

University Information

The program is associated with University College Dublin, located in Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.