Lean Six Sigma training at a glance
| What we offer | |
|---|---|
| Belts | Yellow Belt 2 days, Green Belt 5 days, Black Belt 10 days in two blocks, Master Black Belt 5 days, and a 1 day session for leaders. |
| Lean workshops | Lean fundamentals, value stream mapping and Kaizen, on their own or with a belt. |
| Format | Private classes for your company, live online in your working hours or on site at your premises. |
| Class size | Up to 25 people, each working on a real process or project. |
| Certification | Optional. Everyone receives an Agile Visa Certificate of Completion, and independent exams are added when you need them. |
| Where | Teams in the Americas, the UK and Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. See where we deliver. |
| Malaysia | HRD Corp claimable for eligible employers, subject to HRD Corp approval. See Lean Six Sigma training in Malaysia. |
| Price | Quoted per group on request, with any exam fee on its own line. |
What is Lean Six Sigma?
Lean removes waste and delay from a process: waiting, rework, extra steps and needless handovers. Six Sigma cuts errors and variation using data, so results become predictable. Lean Six Sigma uses both.
Projects follow five steps, known as DMAIC: Define the problem, Measure how the process performs today, Analyse the real causes, Improve the process and test the change, and Control it so the gain lasts.
Belts show the depth of skill. Yellow Belts improve their own work and join projects. Green Belts lead projects alongside their day job. Black Belts lead complex projects and coach Green Belts. Master Black Belts run the whole improvement programme and teach the others.
Lean Six Sigma programmes
Each runs as a private class for your company, on its own or combined with a belt.
| Programme | Length | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt | 2 days / 14 hours | Two hands on days that take a team from the eight wastes to a Kaizen on a real process. |
| Lean Six Sigma Green Belt | 5 days / 35 hours | Five days, one DMAIC phase a day, built around a project each participant brings from their own work. |
| Lean Six Sigma Black Belt | 10 days / 70 hours | Ten days in two blocks of five, with three to four weeks of project work in between, for Green Belts who will lead complex projects and coach others. |
| Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt | 5 days / 35 hours | Five days for experienced Black Belts who will run an organisation's improvement programme: linking projects to strategy, advanced analytics, coaching and mentoring the belts, teaching Lean Six Sigma and leading culture change. |
| Lean Fundamentals and Waste Elimination | 2 days / 14 hours | Lean as a way of seeing work rather than a toolkit. |
| Value Stream Mapping Workshop | 1 day / 7 hours | A hands-on day mapping an end-to-end process. |
| Kaizen and Continuous Improvement Facilitation | 1 day / 7 hours | How to run an improvement event that produces change rather than a list. |
Which belt is right for you?
You can start at Yellow or Green Belt. Black Belt and Master Black Belt build on real project experience.
| Belt | Length | Your role afterwards | Who it is for | Certification options |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Belt | 2 days, 14 hours | Team member: spots waste, joins Kaizens, improves own area | Anyone who improves their own work: production, quality, clinical teams, sales, HR, finance and shared services | Agile Visa certificate, plus the free online 6sigmastudy Six Sigma Yellow Belt exam if you want it |
| Green Belt | 5 days, 35 hours | Project leader: leads DMAIC projects part time, with data | Engineers, supervisors, analysts and managers who will lead projects | Agile Visa certificate, plus an optional independent Green Belt exam |
| Black Belt | 10 days, 70 hours, in two blocks | Programme expert: leads complex, cross site projects and coaches Green Belts | Green Belts with at least two completed projects and measured results | Agile Visa certificate, plus an optional independent Black Belt exam |
| Master Black Belt | 5 days, 35 hours | Programme leader: runs the improvement programme, trains and coaches the belts | Experienced Black Belts who will lead the programme | Agile Visa certificate; external certification on request |
| Leaders and sponsors | 1 day, 7 hours | Sponsor: chooses projects and clears blockers | Managers who sponsor improvement projects | Agile Visa certificate |
Moving up: Yellow to Green after contributing to at least one Kaizen, with a project idea and a sponsor. Green to Black after at least two completed projects with measured results. Black to Master Black Belt after leading several projects and coaching Green Belts.
What each belt covers, day by day
We tailor the examples and exercises to your industry.
Yellow Belt agenda: 2 days, 14 training hours
Hands on, with a Kaizen on a real process. Course page: Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.
| When | Focus | What is covered |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1, morning | Lean Six Sigma basics and the eight wastes | DMAIC, belts and roles, the cost of poor quality, the voice of the customer, and a factory simulation that makes waste visible in hospitals, offices and production. |
| Day 1, afternoon | Flow, 5S and defining the problem | Flow, pull, 5S and visual management, then a project charter, a SIPOC and a value stream map of a real process. |
| Day 2, morning | Measure and analyse | Data collection plans, check sheets, Pareto and run charts, then fishbone, 5 Whys, basic FMEA and understanding variation. |
| Day 2, afternoon | Improve, control and a Kaizen | Mistake proofing, standard work and control plans, then a Kaizen on a real process written up as a one page A3. |
Green Belt agenda: 5 days, 35 training hours, one DMAIC phase a day
Each participant works on a real project all week, and each day ends with a tollgate review. Course page: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
| When | Focus | What is covered |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Define | Six Sigma fundamentals, choosing the right project, the voice of the customer, SIPOC, Lean, 5S and value stream mapping. Tollgate: a signed project charter. |
| Day 2 | Measure | Process maps, cause and effect, statistics for decisions, measurement system analysis and process capability. Tollgate: a trusted baseline. |
| Day 3 | Analyse | Patterns of variation, confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for normal and non-normal data. Tollgate: a root cause proven with data. |
| Day 4 | Improve | Correlation and regression, designing solutions, mistake proofing, standard work and safe pilots. Tollgate: a tested solution. |
| Day 5 | Control | Lean controls, Kanban and visual management, statistical process control, control plans and handover, and a timed practice exam. Tollgate: a control plan. |
Black Belt agenda: 10 days, 70 training hours, two blocks of 5 days
Two blocks of five days with 3 to 4 weeks of project work in between, so each participant brings real data to block 2. Course page: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
| When | Focus | What is covered |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Leading improvement | Deployment and roles, choosing projects that matter, the business case and financial benefits, stakeholders and change. |
| Day 2 | Define and Lean in depth | Voice of the customer, CTQ trees, value stream analysis, flow and pull, quick changeover and total productive maintenance. |
| Day 3 | Measure | Data collection plans, measurement system analysis for continuous and attribute data, and capability for normal and non-normal data. |
| Day 4 | Analyse 1 | Hypothesis tests, ANOVA, non parametric tests, multi vari studies, sample size and power. |
| Day 5 | Analyse 2 | Correlation, simple and multiple regression and an introduction to logistic regression. Tollgate: project review before block 2. |
| Day 6 | Designed experiments 1 | Planning experiments, full factorial designs, main effects and interactions. |
| Day 7 | Designed experiments 2 | Fractional factorials, screening, blocking, and confirming the results. |
| Day 8 | Improve | Generating and choosing solutions, FMEA, mistake proofing, piloting and managing risk. |
| Day 9 | Control | Statistical process control for every data type, control plans, standard work and sustaining the gain. |
| Day 10 | Leading the programme | Coaching Green Belts, running tollgate reviews and presenting results to leadership. Tollgate: final project review. |
Master Black Belt agenda: 5 days, 35 training hours, for experienced Black Belts
For the person who will run your improvement programme, coach the belts and teach. Course page: Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
| When | Focus | What is covered |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Strategy and governance | Linking projects to strategy, building the project portfolio, roles, governance and tracking benefits. |
| Day 2 | Advanced analytics | Advanced designed experiments, regression in depth, and choosing the right tool for messy, real world data. |
| Day 3 | Coaching and mentoring | Coaching Black and Green Belts, running tollgate reviews and rescuing projects that have stalled. |
| Day 4 | Teaching Lean Six Sigma | Designing training, teach back practice, assessing projects and setting your internal certification standard. |
| Day 5 | Leading culture change | Building a continuous improvement culture, measuring programme results and a capability roadmap for your organisation. |
Is Lean Six Sigma certification included?
- We are independent. Agile Visa is a training provider. We are not accredited by, or a partner of, any exam body. Each exam body sets its own exam and issues its own certificate.
- Our certificate. Every participant who completes a course receives an Agile Visa Certificate of Completion. Many companies train without exams and track results through real projects instead.
- Yellow Belt exam. After the course you can take the free online Six Sigma Yellow Belt (SSYB) exam on the 6sigmastudy website. 6sigmastudy runs the exam and issues the certificate. It has 40 multiple choice questions in 60 minutes, you need 28 correct answers to pass, and it is not supervised.
- Green Belt and Black Belt exams. After the course you can sit an independent, closed book certification exam, taken online with remote supervision. The exam body marks it and issues the certificate, not Agile Visa. We can arrange the exam for you, quoted as a separate line.
- Master Black Belt. Few exam bodies certify Master Black Belts, so we discuss the options with you before the programme starts.
- No shortcuts. You do not need our course, or any course, to sit these exams, and finishing a course does not by itself make you certified.
Source for the Yellow Belt exam: 6sigmastudy, Six Sigma Yellow Belt. Checked 15 October 2026.
From classroom to workplace
The first 90 days after the training, so the certificate comes with a real result.
| When | Yellow Belts | Green Belts |
|---|---|---|
| Training week | Two days of training and a Kaizen in class | Five days of training, project started |
| Week 2 | Optional online exam | Optional exam |
| Day 30 | A Kaizen in their own area, reviewed by the manager | Charter and baseline approved by the sponsor |
| Day 60 | A second improvement, shared with the team | Root cause proven at the Analyse review |
| Day 90 | Results shown at a Kaizen showcase | Results and control plan presented to leadership |
How we measure success
Reaction
Did people value it? End of course feedback from every participant.
Learning
Did they learn it? Daily quizzes, the Kaizen A3, tollgate reviews and exam results where you choose exams.
Behaviour
Do they use it at work? Kaizens and projects completed at the 30, 60 and 90 day check points.
Results
Did the business improve? Measured gains in time, errors, complaints or cost.
A day for leaders and sponsors
Projects succeed or stall on sponsorship. This one day session shows managers how to choose projects that matter, set clear goals, run short reviews at the end of each DMAIC step and clear the blockers their Green Belts meet. It works best in the week before a Green Belt class starts.
Where Lean Six Sigma pays off
Manufacturing and electronics
Yield, scrap, changeover time and on time delivery. See manufacturing training.
Healthcare
Waiting times, patient flow, errors and cancelled sessions. See healthcare training.
Banks, insurers and shared services
Error rates, rework and turnaround times in operations and back offices. See banking and financial services training.
Government and public sector
Service times, backlogs and handoffs between agencies. See public sector training.
Logistics and supply chain
On time in full, picking errors, inventory and warehouse flow.
Energy and utilities
Reliability, maintenance planning and safe, repeatable work.
Where we deliver Lean Six Sigma training
Live online for teams anywhere in the world, and on site at your premises for company groups.
The Americas
United States · Canada · Mexico
Live online in Eastern, Central and Pacific working hours, or on site. Cities include New York, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Toronto, Vancouver, Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara.
UK and Europe
United Kingdom · Ireland · Germany · Europe · Azerbaijan
Live online in UK and Central European hours, or on site. Cities include London, Manchester, Dublin, Cork, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris and Baku.
Middle East
UAE · Dubai · Abu Dhabi · Sharjah · Saudi Arabia · Qatar
Live online in Gulf hours, or on site. Cities include Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Doha.
Africa
Egypt · Nigeria · South Africa · Kenya
Live online in East, West and South African hours, or on site. Cities include Cairo, Lagos, Abuja, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Nairobi.
Asia
India · Malaysia · Philippines · Vietnam · Indonesia
Live online in Asian working hours, or on site. Cities include Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Jakarta.
Australia and New Zealand
Live online in Australian and New Zealand hours, or on site. Cities include Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland and Wellington.
How the programmes run
- Private classes. Every programme runs for one company at a time, quoted per group rather than per seat, with examples from your industry.
- Live online or on site. Live online with the trainer in your working hours, wherever your team is, or at your premises for company groups. Travel for on site classes is quoted separately.
- Class size. Up to 25 people, so everyone works on a real process or project. Larger groups run as several classes.
- Language. Delivered in English.
- Malaysia. Programmes delivered by Agile Visa Sdn Bhd are HRD Corp claimable for eligible employers, subject to HRD Corp approval. See Lean Six Sigma training in Malaysia.
Who leads the training?
Programmes are led by founder Prashant Shinde, with more than 20 years of training and coaching and 75,000+ professionals across 140+ countries trained by Agile Visa. He earned the 6sigmastudy Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Six Sigma Green Belt in 2016.
Frequently asked questions
What is Lean Six Sigma, in simple words?
A practical way to improve work. Lean removes waste and delay, Six Sigma uses data to cut errors and variation, and projects follow five steps: Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control.
Which belts do you offer?
Yellow Belt (2 days), Green Belt (5 days), Black Belt (10 days in two blocks) and Master Black Belt (5 days), plus a one day session for leaders and sponsors, and Lean, value stream mapping and Kaizen workshops.
Which belt should I start with?
Yellow Belt if you want to improve your own work and support projects. Green Belt if you will lead projects. Black Belt once you have led at least two projects with measured results.
Can I go straight to Green Belt?
Yes. The exam bodies we prepare people for set no prerequisite for Green Belt, and day 1 of the course covers the basics.
Is certification included?
Certification is your choice. Every participant receives an Agile Visa Certificate of Completion, and we can add an independent exam for Yellow, Green or Black Belt. The Yellow Belt exam from 6sigmastudy is free.
Is Lean Six Sigma certification recognised internationally?
There is no single official body for Lean Six Sigma anywhere in the world. Employers look at who issued the certificate, whether the exam was independent and supervised, and whether the person completed a real project. Our courses give you a real project and an Agile Visa certificate of completion, and an independent exam when you want one.
Can we take Lean Six Sigma training online?
Yes. Every belt runs live online with the trainer, in your working hours. On site classes work best for Kaizens and process walks, and we run those at your premises for company groups.
Do you run Lean Six Sigma training in our country?
Yes, for teams in the Americas, the UK and Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand: live online anywhere, or on site at your premises. See where we deliver.
How much does Lean Six Sigma training cost?
We quote each programme on request, per group rather than per seat, with any exam fee on its own line. Tell us the belt, the number of people and whether you want it online or on site.
How long does it take to become a Green Belt?
The Green Belt course is 5 days. If you choose the exam, you can sit it soon after the course. A first project usually shows results in about 90 days.
Does Lean Six Sigma work outside manufacturing?
Yes. Hospitals, banks, shared service centres, logistics companies and government agencies use it to cut waiting times, errors and rework. We tailor the examples to your industry.
How many people can join one class?
Up to 25, so everyone works on a real process or project. Larger groups run as several classes.
Can our company use a training levy or fund?
In Malaysia, programmes delivered by Agile Visa Sdn Bhd are HRD Corp claimable for eligible employers, subject to HRD Corp approval: see Lean Six Sigma training in Malaysia. Elsewhere, companies usually pay from their training budget, and we provide the quotation, invoice and attendance records your own approval process needs.
Do I need Minitab or strong statistics?
No for Yellow and Green Belt: Excel is enough, and the statistics are taught step by step. Black Belts benefit from Minitab or similar software, which we use if your company has it.
Plan Lean Six Sigma training for your team
Tell us the belt, the number of people and where they are. We reply with an agenda, the certification options and a quote.
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