Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Build upon your Black Belt skills and become a sought-after Lean Six Sigma expert
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt training
The Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt training is an extension to the Black Belt training, not only providing you with new skills but also preparing you to assume an expert role, capable of carrying out successful projects with measurable results for your business.
You will be able to both solve critical and complex quality challenges and take on a strategic leadership role in the organisation.
There are two archetypal Master Black Belt profiles:
- The specialist who has significant expertise in conducting Lean Six Sigma projects.
- The organisational leader, who functions as part of the management level with a focus on organisational implementation and operation.
Who is the course intended for?
The typical Master Black Belt student often has worked as a Black Belt for some years, accruing solid experience in developing, leading, and carrying out complex, interdisciplinary and cross-organisational DMAIC projects.
With this extension, competencies are bolstered, and further emphasis is placed on organisational and strategic leadership skills. You naturally become part of the management level with a focus on organisational implementation and operation. Additionally, you will play a central role in the training of other employees in the method e.g., teaching, training and coaching new Green Belts and Black Belts.
Content of the Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt training
Duration: Typically 9-11 days (planned individually)
At eye4improve, we tailor our Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt education to each candidate and their company/organisation. There can be significant differences in role distribution and responsibilities from one candidate to another. Therefore, we believe it makes sense to adapt the content of the education to each student, enabling the best possible competency development according to their already gained experiences.
We thus offer a course that is tailored to your needs. We analyse your experiences and consider your career goals when we organise the course, so it can develop and strengthen you, while also meeting the highest standards for certification.
The education period typically extends over 1-2 years. The number of physical teaching days will vary according to each candidate, but will amount to about 9-11 sessions. In addition, there will be several practical tasks that you must simultaneously perform in your organisation. These tasks will both help to develop your coaching skills and ensure that you acquire the necessary skills described in the education standards.
You conclude the course with a written project assignment, and a verbal defence of this. The assignment should be completed a maximum of 2 years after the start of the course.
The Practical
Teaching: Approximately 9-11 days of physical teaching (planned individually)
Duration: The course typically extends over 1-2 years, during which you will carry out a series of practical tasks in your own organisation to acquire the right skills to be certified.
Teaching method: The teaching takes place as 1:1 either physically or online.
Project, Exam & Certification
Project
To become certified as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, you must have completed two DMAIC projects in your own organisation. The project result must show improvement in a key performance measure for the organisation's strategy.
The projects should be completed within 24 months from the start of your training and conclude with the submission of a project report and a verbal defence of the task.
The report is a detailed dissertation that includes reflections on the process and the results you have achieved. In addition, you should be able to document the use of various Lean Six Sigma problem-solving tools.
Coaching
To become certified as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, you must also conduct coaching of Green Belts and Black Belts in your own organisation. You are the expert who can guide them during their training and advise them on their practical projects.
Naturally, you will also receive continuous sparring and guidance from our Lean Six Sigma coaches with extensive practical experience and insight into implementing Lean Six Sigma projects. Your coach assists you in ensuring progress in your projects and advises regarding your own coaching tasks.
You have 3-4 hours of personal coaching per DMAIC phase, where you receive targeted help for your specific issue (the hours cannot be accumulated, but must be used continuously). With this valuable support, it is easier for you to maintain the thread through the phases and create the best possible project output.
Certification
The certification is based on your completed projects and coaching tasks. The certification is an acknowledgment that you have proven your ability to convert theory into practice and create significant results. Please be aware that there is no guarantee of passing. But we will not recommend you for the examination until we believe you are ready.
Examination, presentation, and celebration
You should present the final project report to your teacher and an examiner. Your leader and project group are very welcome to participate, for certification is also a small celebration, where your and the project's results are celebrated and acknowledged. This is a milestone in your career!
Outcome – What competences does it provide?
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt provides extensive experience in organising and leading complex Six Sigma projects.
As a Master Black Belt, you will often have a strong focus on the organisation’s operations, and therefore change management and organisational understanding are central competencies.
You become the expert who can train others in the method. For example, you can teach and train Green Belts and Black Belts, as well as coach and spar with them about their projects.
This involves for example:
- Responsibility for larger organisational Six Sigma initiatives and implementations
- Leading Lean Six Sigma at the corporate level
- Teaching and training Green Belts / Black Belts, as well as serving as mentor and professional support on their projects
- Assisting with advanced statistical analyses and data-driven problem solutions
- Responsible for the ongoing optimisation work to ensure robust products, processes, and services to the customers
- Functioning as a strategic sparring partner for the management in relation to Lean Six Sigma projects
Our other Lean Six Sigma training courses
We can educate and train you and your organisation at all belt levels. Read more about the individual courses below.
White
Belt
Get a brief yet thorough introduction to Lean Six Sigma and the associated tools, so you have an awareness and understanding of how a DMAIC project works.
Duration: 1 day of teaching
Yellow
Belt
Gain insight into the fundamental principles of Lean Six Sigma, so you can become an active team member in DMAIC projects, and assist Green Belts and Black Belts.
Duration: 3 days of teaching
Green
Belt
Acquire great practical insight and become capable of leading and conducting improvement projects within your own field or department. Green Belts often spend about 25% of their working time on this.
Duration: 15 days of teaching + work with own practical project
Black
Belt
Achieve expert level and become capable of conducting complicated cross-organisational improvement projects to ensure greater robustness in products, services, and processes. Typically, a 100% resource.
Duration: 20 days of teaching + work with two specific projects
Why choose eye4improve
We deliver not just Six Sigma understanding and knowledge in our courses. We educate practitioners who can deliver business results!
Our Green Belt, Black Belt and Master Black Belt students often generate substantial savings for their respective companies (already during the course). There have even been examples of savings amounting to eight-figure sums.
- Skillful and experienced instructors
- You gain skills you can use in the real world
- We alternate between theory and practical exercises, so you are involved in the teaching
- The complex material is served in an easy-to-understand way with plenty of examples and exercises
- We customise the teaching material, so it becomes professionally relevant for you and your company.
- You get a high academic level
- We provide you with tools that you can take home and use immediately.
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