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Build an Applied Black Belt Project

Move from a project charter and baseline to root-cause analysis, improvement planning, and sustained results. Use weekly project guides and prepare your final A3.

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Connect Data to Operational Decisions

Strengthen your use of measurement, statistical thinking, and Excel to evaluate processes and communicate business impact.

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Follow a Clear Eight-Week Path

Study online with a downloadable syllabus, video lessons, weekly project activities, required discussions, and peer-review opportunities.

Turn Learning Into a Practical Improvement Project

Designed for professionals, aspiring operations leaders, veterans, and transitioning service members, this self-paced program connects Lean Six Sigma tools with practical project work. Follow the DMAIC approach—Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control—to develop an improvement project and communicate your recommendations. Your eight-week path: Week 1: Select your project and develop the project charter. Week 2: Map the process and establish a measurement baseline. Week 3: Analyze root causes and identify improvement opportunities. Week 4: Develop improvements and a pilot plan; complete the Operations Management examination. Week 5: Plan to sustain the gains and work with cost analysis and Excel. Week 6: Explore deeper Black Belt concepts and document business impact. Week 7: Connect Scrum, Agile, and leadership recommendations to your project. Week 8: Review your work and submit your final A3 project. Expect weekly project activities, required discussions, and peer-review work. Review the course requirements and project rubric in the opening modules, and follow the assessment and submission instructions throughout the program. Enroll to begin with your syllabus and course orientation.

Meet Your Instructor: Dr. Zachary A. Cleghorn

Dr. Zachary A. Cleghorn is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and President of Star Global College. His teaching connects process improvement, operational leadership, and workforce development. In this program, he guides learners through project selection, measurement, root-cause analysis, improvement planning, and the final A3 presentation.

Curriculum

24 Chapters · 72 Lessons

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      Syllabus Overview

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      Download Your Self-Paced Course Syllabus

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      Earn 95 PDU's

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      Welcome to your program.

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      Start Here: Download Your 8 Week Syllabus:

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      Course Requirements

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      Welcome to the lean six sigma black belt course

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      BLACK BELT A3 Video

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      Project Submission FAQ

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      Blackbelt Project Submission Guide

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      Ideas for Project

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      Does my project have this? Project Rubrics

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      Black Belt A3

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      What is a Project Champ?

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      🎥YouTube Class Discussion Join This Week’s Discussion: Week 1, Project Charter

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      Download Week 1 Project Activity

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      Week 1 Project guide

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      Choosing Your Projects

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      Video: Good and Bad Project Examples

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      Peer Support Review Post: Please follow Directions

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      Black Belt Measurement Phase

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      Download Week 2 Project Activity

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      Week 2 Project guide

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      Video: Good and Bad Project Examples in the measurement phase

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      Peer Support Review Post: Please follow Directions

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      🎥 Youtube Join the Classroom Discussion: Week 2, Process Map and Baseline

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      15 Analyze Phase Tool That Work

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      SMED

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      🎥 You Tube Join the Classroom Discussion: Week 3, Root Cause

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      Download Week 3 Project Activity

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      Week 3 Project guide

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      Video: Good and Bad Project Examples in the Analyze phase

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      Peer Support Review Post: Please follow Directions

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      Operations Management Examination

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      Types of Distributions

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      Copy of If P is Low, the Ho must Go.

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      Copy of Confidence Interval Recap

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      Z Scores Made Easy

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      Copy of Hypothesis Testing Practice

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      Video: Understanding T. Test

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      Anova Analysis

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      Download Week 4 Project Activity

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      Week 4 Project Guide Video

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      Video: Good and Bad Project Examples

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      Peer Support Review Week 4 Post: Please follow Directions

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      🎥 You Tube Join the Classroom Discussion: Week 4, Improve and Pilot

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      Download Functions of Excel Student Workbook

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      Copy of Meet Your Instructor

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      Cost Analysis and Functions of Excel

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      Download Week 5 Project Activity

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      Week 5 Project Guide Video

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      Video: Good and Bad Project Examples

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      Peer Support Review Post: Please follow Directions

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      🎥 You Tube Join the Classroom Discussion: Week 5, Sustain the Gains

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      Measure Phase Statistic Deep Dive Video

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      Cp and CPK

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      🎥 You Tube Join the Classroom Discussion: Week 6, Business Impact

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      Download Week 6 Project Activity

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      Week 6 Project guide

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      Video: Good and Bad Project Examples

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      Peer Support Review Post: Please follow Directions

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      Take Your Scrum Master Certification Exam

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      🎥 Join the Classroom You Tube Discussion: Week 7, Leadership Recommendation

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      Download Week 6 Project Activity

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      Week 7 Project guide

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      Video: Good and Bad Project Examples

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      Peer Support Review Post: Please follow Directions

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      UPLOAD THEIR INFORMATION TO AN A3

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      Project Checklist

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      Military Credit

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      TBDCheck out and review your Peers assessment

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      UPLOAD YOUR A3 CHARTER

How to Get the Most From Your Program

Use these four habits to keep your weekly learning connected to your final improvement project.

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Choose a focused problem, define the project scope, and use the rubric to guide your work.
Focus Your Project

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Complete the required discussions and peer-review activities, and apply the weekly project guides to your own work.
Participate Each Week

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Establish your baseline, investigate root causes, and connect recommendations to measurable business impact.
Use Your Data

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Bring your charter, analysis, improvements, and control plan together in a clear final project submission.
Prepare Your Final A3

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Start Your Black Belt Journey

Build your project step by step with Star Global College. Enroll for $495, open your syllabus, and begin your course orientation.

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