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ASQ CSSBB – Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (Exam Preparation)

Preparation for the ASQ CSSBB exam: organisation-wide deployment, team management, advanced statistics, DOE and Design for Six Sigma, with mock exams.

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At a glance

Duration
  • 10 days
LevelAdvanced
Program typeCertification Prep
LanguageEnglish / Arabic
DeliveryIn-house · Public · Online

Who it's for

  • Experienced Green Belts and project leaders
  • Quality and excellence managers
  • Candidates for the ASQ CSSBB exam

Learning objectives

  • Cover the ASQ CSSBB Body of Knowledge
  • Lead Six Sigma deployment and teams
  • Apply advanced statistics, DOE and DFSS
  • Pass timed mock exams with confidence

Detailed content

01Deployment and leadership
  • Organization-wide deployment
  • Team leadership and change
  • Business case and project selection
02Advanced statistics
  • Hypothesis testing and ANOVA
  • Regression and multivariate tools
  • Measurement system analysis
03DOE and DFSS
  • Full and fractional factorial designs
  • Response surface basics
  • DFSS and DMADV
04Mock exams
  • Exam strategy and BoK review
  • Timed practice questions
  • Review of weak areas

Day-by-day agenda

A typical schedule. In-company versions are tailored to your processes, data and timing.

01Day 1
  • Deployment and leadership
02Day 2
  • Practical workshop applying the tools to participants' cases
03Day 3
  • Advanced statistics
04Day 4
  • Group project work and coaching
05Day 5
  • Practical workshop applying the tools to participants' cases
06Day 6
  • DOE and DFSS
07Day 7
  • Group project work and coaching
08Day 8
  • Mock exams
09Day 9
  • Practical workshop applying the tools to participants' cases
10Day 10
  • Group project work and coaching
  • Mock exam, review of weak areas and exam strategy

Practice, tools and assessment

Hands-on practice

  • Catapult or paper-helicopter simulation run through all DMAIC phases
  • Write a project charter and SIPOC for a real process from your workplace
  • Analyse a real data set in Minitab/Excel: capability, hypothesis tests and regression
  • Build and interpret X-bar/R, I-MR and p-charts from plant data

Tools and templates you keep

  • Project charter and SIPOC templates
  • DMAIC tollgate checklist
  • Control plan and response plan template
  • SPC chart selection guide

How learning is assessed

  • Diagnostic test on day one to focus study time
  • Chapter quizzes and a full timed mock exam in the official format
  • Personal study plan until your exam date

Built on these standards and bodies of knowledge

  • ASQ Six Sigma Body of Knowledge
  • IASSC Lean Six Sigma Body of Knowledge
  • ISO 13053-1/-2 (Six Sigma quantitative methods)

Certificate

Participants who complete the program and its assessment receive a certificate from The Excellence Center, which can be verified online.

Prerequisites: Green Belt knowledge and basic statistics; laptop with Minitab

The exam is set and the credential awarded by ASQ. The Excellence Center provides preparation; it does not award ASQ credentials.

This program prepares for a certificate from a body on the Saudi HRDF (Hadaf) Professional Certificates list. Saudi citizens may be able to claim a fixed reimbursement of the certificate cost from HRDF: up to two certificates per person, after passing the exam, if the certificate is on HRDF's current list and the employer did not pay for it. HRDF approves the certificate, not the training provider. Check the HRDF website before enrolling. All HRDF-listed programs · Enrol in Saudi Arabia with our partner Elm E · HRDF

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How it is delivered

  • Public courses in Cairo, in-company programs and live online training
  • Practical exercises, case studies and examples from your sector
  • Can also run as Train & Stay in Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada or Cairo

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What participants say

“When I started the course I was a quality specialist; after it I was promoted to quality team leader. Six Sigma changed a lot for me. Very comprehensive – I'd suggest it 100%.”
Quality team leader, Tabby (promoted after the program)
“The course teaches you to take hold of a problem logically and solve it scientifically. The explanation was simple, and this way of thinking matters for life as a whole.”
Section Head, Quality — Six Sigma participant
“What I gained most: I never imagined how much money projects can lose. We ran a small cost project on our site and found mistakes we can now avoid.”
Engineer — Six Sigma participant
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How long is ASQ CSSBB – Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (Exam Preparation)?

The program runs 10 days. In-company versions can be adapted to your needs.

Is the course taught in Arabic or English?

Sessions are usually delivered in Arabic with English technical terms and materials. Full English delivery is available for in-company groups.

Can you run it inside our company?

Yes. In-company programs use exercises built on your own processes. Tell us the group size and preferred timing and we will send a proposal.

Will I receive a certificate?

Participants who complete the program and its assessment receive a certificate from The Excellence Center, which can be verified online.

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