Lean & Six Sigma#2706
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training Course
Introduces the basics of Lean and Six Sigma, including the eight wastes, process mapping and the DMAIC phases, so staff can join improvement projects.
5 Days·Classroom
Lean Six Sigma Champion & Sponsor Training Course
Prepares Champions and Sponsors to steer Lean Six Sigma work, secure resources, remove barriers and keep projects tied to strategy and results.
LSS · Lean & Six SigmaAll Levels#2904ClassroomEnglish , Arabic
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Sectors:Quality Management & Operational ExcellenceCategories:Lean & Six Sigma
Course Overview
Lean Six Sigma Champion and Sponsor roles are essential to ensuring that improvement initiatives deliver measurable business results and remain aligned with organizational strategy. While project teams focus on analysing processes and implementing solutions, Champions and Sponsors provide strategic direction, secure resources, remove organizational barriers, and maintain leadership accountability throughout the improvement lifecycle. This course examines the leadership responsibilities required to govern Lean Six Sigma programmes effectively, from identifying high-value improvement opportunities and selecting projects to monitoring performance, managing risks, and sustaining achieved benefits. Participants will explore the Lean Six Sigma DMAIC methodology, project selection and prioritization, business case evaluation, governance structures, resource allocation, change management, and performance measurement. The programme emphasizes the distinction between executive sponsorship, programme championing, and technical project execution. Through practical exercises and business case studies, participants will develop the skills to evaluate improvement proposals, establish clear project mandates, support Green Belt and Black Belt teams, resolve escalation issues, and verify the realization of financial and operational benefits. The course equips leaders with a structured approach to building an improvement portfolio, strengthening cross-functional accountability, and embedding Lean Six Sigma into organizational performance management.
Learning Objectives
- Explain the strategic principles of Lean Six Sigma and the responsibilities of Champions and Sponsors.
- Align improvement initiatives with organizational objectives, customer requirements, and business priorities.
- Identify, evaluate, and prioritize projects based on business impact, feasibility, risk, and strategic value.
- Establish governance structures, project mandates, decision rights, and escalation procedures.
- Apply DMAIC concepts to review project progress and challenge improvement assumptions.
- Develop business cases and assess expected financial and operational benefits.
- Allocate resources and remove organizational barriers affecting project delivery.
- Support project leaders through stakeholder engagement, coaching, and change management.
- Monitor project performance, risks, milestones, and benefits realization.
- Develop a Lean Six Sigma deployment roadmap with clear accountability and measurable outcomes.
Who Should Attend
Senior executives and business unit leaders.
Lean Six Sigma Champions and programme Sponsors.
Department heads and functional managers.
Operational excellence and continuous improvement directors.
Quality and process improvement managers.
Finance professionals involved in validating project benefits.
Project portfolio and programme managers.
Green Belt and Black Belt programme coordinators.
Change management and organizational development leaders.
Managers responsible for performance improvement, productivity, cost reduction, and service quality.
Learning Outcomes
- Distinguish the responsibilities of Lean Six Sigma Champions, Sponsors, project leaders, and technical specialists.
- Evaluate improvement opportunities against strategic objectives and business performance requirements.
- Select and prioritize projects using structured criteria and portfolio-level considerations.
- Define project charters, governance arrangements, decision rights, and escalation pathways.
- Review DMAIC project progress and challenge the validity of analysis, proposed solutions, and control plans.
- Assess business cases, financial assumptions, expected savings, and operational benefits.
- Identify resource constraints, stakeholder conflicts, and organizational risks that could affect delivery.
- Apply leadership and change management practices to strengthen project adoption.
- Establish performance reviews and benefits verification mechanisms.
- Develop a governance and deployment plan that supports sustainable Lean Six Sigma implementation.
Course Outline
Lean Six Sigma Strategy and Leadership Responsibilities
- Lean Six Sigma principles, business value, and organizational applications.
- The relationship between Lean, Six Sigma, customer value, process performance, and operational excellence.
- Responsibilities of Champions, Sponsors, process owners, Green Belts, and Black Belts.
- Executive sponsorship versus programme championing and project execution.
- Aligning improvement programmes with strategic objectives and customer requirements.
- Establishing leadership commitment, accountability, and an improvement-oriented culture.
- Practical Exercise: Review a business improvement scenario and define the responsibilities of the Sponsor, Champion, process owner, and project team.
Project Selection, Prioritization, and Business Case Development
- Identifying improvement opportunities through performance gaps, customer feedback, cost analysis, and operational risks.
- Establishing project selection criteria based on strategic alignment, expected impact, feasibility, and complexity.
- Applying prioritization matrices and portfolio-level project evaluation.
- Developing project charters, problem statements, objectives, scope, and success criteria.
- Building business cases and estimating financial, operational, and customer benefits.
- Evaluating project dependencies, constraints, assumptions, and implementation risks.
- Practical Exercise: Evaluate a portfolio of proposed Lean Six Sigma projects, prioritize the strongest candidates, and develop a business case for one selected initiative.
DMAIC Governance and Project Oversight
- Understanding the Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, and Control (DMAIC) methodology from a leadership perspective.
- Reviewing project charters, process baselines, measurement plans, and root cause analysis.
- Evaluating proposed solutions, pilot results, and implementation readiness.
- Establishing phase-gate reviews, approval criteria, and escalation mechanisms.
- Identifying weak project assumptions, scope expansion, delays, and performance risks.
- Supporting evidence-based decisions while maintaining appropriate technical and management oversight.
- Practical Exercise: Review a simulated DMAIC project at a phase-gate meeting and determine whether it should proceed, be revised, or be escalated.
Resource Management, Change Leadership, and Benefits Realization
- Allocating resources and balancing improvement projects with operational responsibilities.
- Removing organizational barriers and resolving cross-functional conflicts.
- Engaging stakeholders and communicating the business case for change.
- Supporting project teams through coaching, decision-making, and escalation.
- Managing resistance and preparing operational teams for new processes.
- Validating financial savings, productivity improvements, service gains, and other business benefits.
- Practical Exercise: Develop a Sponsor intervention plan for a delayed improvement project, including resource decisions, stakeholder actions, risk responses, and benefits verification.
Performance Monitoring and Sustainable Deployment
- Establishing programme governance, reporting structures, and leadership review routines.
- Monitoring project milestones, delivery risks, financial outcomes, and operational performance.
- Verifying realized benefits with Finance and relevant process owners.
- Developing project closure criteria, control ownership, and sustainability checks.
- Building a balanced Lean Six Sigma project portfolio and deployment roadmap.
- Embedding continuous improvement into organizational strategy, performance management, and leadership accountability.
- Practical Exercise: Prepare a Lean Six Sigma deployment and governance roadmap with project priorities, executive responsibilities, review milestones, performance indicators, and benefits-tracking mechanisms.
Upcoming Dates
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Marbella · 16 – 20 Nov 2026 · Classroom
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| City | Dates | Price per Participant | Early Bird | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MakkahScheduled | 2 – 6 Nov 2026 | €4,200 | — | |
ManamaScheduled | 9 – 13 Nov 2026 | €4,700 | — | |
MarbellaScheduled | 16 – 20 Nov 2026 | €5,400 | — | |
MuscatScheduled | 16 – 20 Nov 2026 | €5,300 | — | |
OnlineScheduled | 22 – 26 Nov 2026 | €1,700 | €1,530until 2 Nov | |
AbujaScheduled | 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2026 | €5,100 | €4,590until 9 Nov | |
AccraScheduled | 7 – 11 Dec 2026 | €5,100 | €4,590until 16 Nov | |
AmmanScheduled | 13 – 17 Dec 2026 | €3,100 | €2,790until 23 Nov | |
AmsterdamScheduled | 21 – 25 Dec 2026 | €5,400 | €4,860until 30 Nov | |
BakuScheduled | 28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027 | €4,800 | €4,320until 7 Dec | |
BarcelonaScheduled | 4 – 8 Jan 2027 | €5,400 | €4,860until 14 Dec | |
BangkokScheduled | 4 – 8 Jan 2027 | €6,100 | €5,490until 14 Dec | |
BeirutScheduled | 10 – 14 Jan 2027 | €4,000 | €3,600until 21 Dec | |
BerlinScheduled | 18 – 22 Jan 2027 | €5,800 | €5,220until 28 Dec | |
CairoScheduled | 24 – 28 Jan 2027 | €3,300 | €2,970until 4 Jan | |
Cape TownScheduled | 1 – 5 Feb 2027 | €5,100 | €4,590until 11 Jan | |
CasablancaScheduled | 8 – 12 Feb 2027 | €4,300 | €3,870until 18 Jan | |
DammamScheduled | 14 – 18 Feb 2027 | €4,200 | €3,780until 25 Jan | |
DohaScheduled | 21 – 25 Feb 2027 | €4,400 | €3,960until 1 Feb | |
ErbilScheduled | 28 Feb – 4 Mar 2027 | €3,100 | €2,790until 8 Feb | |
DubaiScheduled | 28 Feb – 4 Mar 2027 | €4,400 | €3,960until 8 Feb | |
GenevaScheduled | 8 – 12 Mar 2027 | €6,300 | €5,670until 15 Feb | |
IstanbulScheduled | 15 – 19 Mar 2027 | €4,700 | €4,230until 22 Feb | |
JeddahScheduled | 21 – 25 Mar 2027 | €4,200 | €3,780until 1 Mar | |
KigaliScheduled | 29 Mar – 2 Apr 2027 | €5,100 | €4,590until 8 Mar | |
Kuala LumpurScheduled | 5 – 9 Apr 2027 | €4,400 | €3,960until 15 Mar | |
LisbonScheduled | 5 – 9 Apr 2027 | €5,400 | €4,860until 15 Mar | |
LondonScheduled | 12 – 16 Apr 2027 | €5,600 | €5,040until 22 Mar | |
MadinahScheduled | 19 – 23 Apr 2027 | €4,200 | €3,780until 29 Mar | |
MadridScheduled | 26 – 30 Apr 2027 | €5,400 | €4,860until 5 Apr |
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