Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Pre- qualification Requirements
Black Belt certification for at least 3 years
3 x operational excellence projects in which you have taken a leadership role, documented as A3 reports or similar format
Reference from a manager or director who worked with you while a Black Belt

Qualification as a Master Black Belt is testimony to your mastery in organisational improvement.

It will mark you out from the crowd.

It is an external, independent confirmation and validation of what you have achieved in your career in operational excellence so far.

During the course of the assessment programme, the candidate may be tested on any of the following subject matters:

Strategic Planning / Hoshin Kanri
Six Sigma (DMAIC)
Design for Six Sigma
Lean (PDCA, Kaizen)
Theory of constraints
Problem-solving methods
Project identification
Project qualification
Stakeholder management
Risk Management
Change Management
Measurement System Analysis
Process Capability
Multi-Vari Analysis
Classes of Distributions
Inferential Statistics
Understanding Inference
Sampling Techniques
Hypothesis Testing
Risk: Type 1 & Type 2
Types of Hypothesis Test
Hypothesis Testing (Non-Normal Data)
Regression Analysis
Correlation and Coefficients
Designed Experiments
Experiment Design
Fractional Factorial Designs
Full Factorial Experiments
Taguchi Designs,
Confounding Effects
Data Collection for SPC
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
CumSum and EWMA Charts
Control Charts

The Master Black Belt Certification Programme is designed to assess existing Lean Six Sigma Black Belts in their leadership, coaching, communication, knowledge and problem-solving skills.

The programme is designed to test both the interpersonal and technical skills of the candidates that are essential to be a successful Master Black Belt.

To succeed as a Master Black Belt, you need to be competent when wearing many different hats…

You need to be a problem solver
You need to be a master of situational leadership
You need to be confident and convincing across many audiences and circumstances
You need to be a teacher

MBB Accreditation Board Interview:

• Demonstrate leadership experience and coaching and mentoring skills
• Deliver a15-minute presentation about one of your Black Belt projects to a live panel of peers
• Answer questions from a live panel of Master Bla

International Lean Six Sigma Institute (ILSSI) Master Black Belt Certificate

MBB Application Phase 1:
Once we are sure that you are the right fit for this program, your 3 project documents will be reviewed by our panel of Master Black Belts and we will schedule you to take the Master Black Belt exam.

MBB Application Phase 2:
Having successfully passed Stage 1, we invite you to attend a certification board of ILSSI Master Black Belts. You will also be required to make a presentation to the board about a project or a topic related to Lean Six Sigma.
Once our certification board is sufficiently confident that you meet the standards required of a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt you will be awarded your ILSSI Master Black Belt certification.