Green Belt

Green Belt Black Belt
Training and Experience for

Six Sigma Green Belts becoming
Six Sigma Black Belts
By Sion Weaver
CLSSMBB, CSSBB, CSSGB

The Lean Six Sigma Way
A Pathway to Quality
Once on the path of quality it takes continuing education and

professional development, expanding your portfolio of tools. Some
people may go into other fields to expand their knowledge, for those who
continue in Quality, CSSBB is great certification to work toward.
Note: A motivated individual can go straight to Black Belt. It takes more

effort and a longer period of time. Green to Black Belt is a natural
progression. We will concentrate on Green going to Black Belt.

Coming from Green you are
already halfway to Black Belt.
GBs are already familiar with Lean Six Sigma:

History of Lean, Six Sigma, and Quality Improvement
Six Sigma DMAIC IDOV DMADV
Six Sigma Tools FMEA Ishikawa Process Capability
SPC Control Charts
Lean Kaizen Events
Lean Tools Process Flow and Mapping
Why, what can Lean Six
Sigma accomplish?
Lean Six Sigma has made significant impacts in:

Manufacturing Automotive Cellular Phones
Business Management Office Processes
Software and Hardware Cellular Switching Medical Equip.
Government Logistics Facilities Operations
Hospitals and Healthcare Patient Care Supply Chain Mgmt

Who is interested and is engaged in LSS?
ASQ Enterprise Roundtable Members

3M DCMA (Defense Contract Kimberly-Clark
Abbott Management Agency) Kohler Co.
Alcoa Deere & Company Kraft
Dow Chemical L-3
Barclays PLC
DuPont Lockheed Martin
Baxter Intl Mattel
FedEx
Becton Dickinson Ford Motor Company Northrop Grumman
Bechtel General Electric Raytheon
Boeing General Motors
Research in Motion
Booz Allen Hamilton Genpact
Goodrich Siemens
Caterpillar Hewlett-Packard TATA Group
Cisco Honeywell International Textron
Coca-Cola Ingersoll Rand UnitedHealth Group
Cummins Intel Corporation
Xerox

ASQ Enterprise Roundtable
members are some of the most
successful corporations.
Roundtable Members include many pioneers in Quality and

Lean Six Sigma. The organizations value ASQ and they
value people who strive to better themselves and pursue
quality.
Ford
Honeywell
General Electric
Boeing
Ratheon
Xerox
I know of no more encouraging fact than the
unquestionable ability of man to elevate his
life by a common endeavor.
Henry David Thoreau
People are generally at the start of their Six Sigma/Quality

journey when first working toward Green Belt. A Green
Belt is over half way home when starting work toward
Black Belt.
Start Green Belt Black Belt

Start Black Belt

Be the change you want to see in
the world. Mahatma Ghandi
Someone who has been a Green Belt for sometime may be

much higher in their Lean Six Sigma Proficiency.
If you are Black Belt trained too, you are moving right
along.

Project Leaders
Green Belts may lead Lean Six Sigma projects. This is

hands on experience that reinforces the tools you have
learned which will add to your knowledge of Six Sigma.
Result oriented projects make improvements for

people and bring bottom line results to your
organization.

Black Belt Achievement Formula
Black Belt training to cover the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Body of Knowledge (BOK).
Complete Lean Six Sigma Projects with verifiable results.
ASQ BB Written Exam Pretest to determine areas to

concentrate.
Certification Refresher to improve your level of proficiency.
ASQ Black Belt Certification Exam.

Experience
When going for ASQ Black Belt certification, you must

be able to show you have project experience.
To apply and be accepted to sit for the ASQ CSSBB

exam and certification you must have either
completed two projects, or completed one project
with at least three year prior experience in the ASQ Six
Sigma Black Belt Body of Knowledge.

Experience & Courses
Projects and courses offer good opportunities to gain

and reinforce experience and knowledge.
It is important for Green /Black Belts and even

Seasoned Belts to take a preparation course to refresh
ones experience with the wide range of tools.

Continuous Practice
Black Belts must undergo training to learn the many

tools and methodologies that are applicable to the job.
However, it is the continued practice that reinforces

what people learn.

Helpful Experience
Mentoring other Six Sigma Green Belts or project team

members is good experience.
And you get to help people learn while doing so.
Mentoring is excellent learning for both Mentee and

Mentor, and is a very rewarding experience.

Change Agent
The Six Sigma Black Belt:
Is a major organizational change agent
Leads cross-functional and complex projects
Provides training and coaching to GBs and SMEs
Is a technical expert to Project Sponsors

Motivated Professional
A Black Belt is a professional who leads and champions

process and product improvement initiatives in small
organizations on up to multinational corporations. A
project leader in cross-functional projects in service,
industrial, healthcare, manufacturing, or government
organizations.

Multi Talented
The CSSBB is able to focus and work on multiple projects at

the same time in leadership roles.
You may have to lead or mentor project teams on location

or virtually across the country.

Force Multiplier
CSSBBs must be able to motivate and evaluate staff,

manage projects and human resources, analyze financial
situations, determine and evaluate risk and employ
knowledge management tools and techniques in resolving
organizational challenges.

People Skills
Soft Skills are a necessity to work with teams and

customers. These are the type of skills central to gaining
the confidence of workers and buy in from stake holders
(your customers and top decision makers).

Project Works
Black Belts must become used to being a project leader and

or mentor.
How do you get used to leading or working on projects- by

leading or working on projects.

Define Phase
Voice of the Customer

Project Charter
SIPOC
Communication Plan
Stakeholder Analysis
Quality Function Deployment

Define Phase
What are your plans for the new year?

How is your company doing financially and productivity…
How can we help you to be more productive?
Partner with the customer….
Partner with the suppliers….

Define Phase
This is the key to quality- fulfilling customer needs and

wants.
Producing the right things at the right time.

Define Phase
Project Charter
Problem Statement for products and/or processes

Determine what is in scope
Team Members assigned and their Roles
Sponsor- Process Owner Responsible for Implementation

Define Phase
SIPOC
Suppliers
Inputs
Processes
Outputs
Customers

Define Phase
Communication Plan
Member 1st and 3rd Phone Contact/ Best Times to Email

Wednesday contact
Mike Available M/W/F 703-555-1212 @mail

M/W 1-3
Bill Available T/TH/F 703-555-1212 @mail
T/W/F 11-3

Exercise for Fun
We have some really talented people here, so for anyone

who wants to participate…
Provide the sum of all the numbers from 1 to 100
And show your method

Measure Phase
Current State Map Where you are now

Data Collection For Data Driven Projects
Process Observation Form Collect Data
Pareto
MSA
Capability Analysis Current Performance

Analyze Phase
Critical Xs
Ideal State Map Where you’d like to be
Ishikawa Root Cause Analysis
Regression Analysis
Hypothesis Testing Determining Statistical Difference
ANOVA Analysis of Variance
5Y
FMEA DFMEA Used in Quality Safety Reliability

Improve Phase
Brain Storming Needs to be Brain Performing

Force Field Analysis Team Work Tool
Ishikawa Optimizing
Design Of Experiments
Future State Map Where you will be
Process Capability The Improved Capability
Hypothesis Tests
5S Great Way to Improve
Control Phase
Control Plan
Communication Plan
Training Plan
Statistical Process Control
Project Documentation
Integration into production processes
Metrics & Financial Validation
Project Closeout

Moving Along
The ASQ Practice Exam is great to find out your current readiness for
the CSSBB exam.
Project BB Exam Refresher

GB Work Exam
Training Pretest Training

CSSBB Pretest
The ASQ Practice Exam is great to find out your current

readiness for the CSSBB exam.
Use your reference materials
Use a pencil
Time your pretest

Refresher Training
Enterprise Deployment Find your strong and weak areas.

Process Management
Team Management Place emphasis to work on the
Define weak areas while you continue to
Measure Data review your strong areas.
Measure Statistics
Analyze Explore the best references and
Improve prepare them in advance.
Control
Design For Six Sigma Work on strategy & timing.
Study Groups
They can be helpful, being able to discuss and work on

knowledge areas. Quality people are involved in
Quality. They are some of the most helpful and reliable
people I know. ASQ people want to help.

Certification Exam
Be sure to get plenty of rest the night before the exam

Reference books and other material prepared
Relax- this can be challenging
The most important is to put on a good attitude
Remember that you are prepared

Related Certifications
Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Certified Quality Engineer
Certified Reliability Engineer
Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence

Questions?

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Green Belt Black Belt

Training and Experience for

Green Belt Black Belt

Once on the path of quality it takes continuing education and

Note: A motivated individual can go straight to Black Belt. It takes more

Green Belt Black Belt

GBs are already familiar with Lean Six Sigma:

Lean Six Sigma has made significant impacts in:

Green Belt Black Belt

ASQ Enterprise Roundtable Members

Green Belt Black Belt

Roundtable Members include many pioneers in Quality and

People are generally at the start of their Six Sigma/Quality

Start Green Belt Black Belt

Green Belt Black Belt

Someone who has been a Green Belt for sometime may be

Green Belt Black Belt

Green Belts may lead Lean Six Sigma projects. This is

Result oriented projects make improvements for

Green Belt Black Belt

Complete Lean Six Sigma Projects with verifiable results.

ASQ BB Written Exam Pretest to determine areas to

Certification Refresher to improve your level of proficiency.

ASQ Black Belt Certification Exam.

When going for ASQ Black Belt certification, you must

To apply and be accepted to sit for the ASQ CSSBB

Green Belt Black Belt

Projects and courses offer good opportunities to gain

It is important for Green /Black Belts and even

Green Belt Black Belt

Black Belts must undergo training to learn the many

However, it is the continued practice that reinforces

Green Belt Black Belt

Mentoring other Six Sigma Green Belts or project team

And you get to help people learn while doing so.

Mentoring is excellent learning for both Mentee and

Green Belt Black Belt

The Six Sigma Black Belt:

Is a major organizational change agent

Leads cross-functional and complex projects

Provides training and coaching to GBs and SMEs

Is a technical expert to Project Sponsors

Green Belt Black Belt

A Black Belt is a professional who leads and champions

Green Belt Black Belt

The CSSBB is able to focus and work on multiple projects at

You may have to lead or mentor project teams on location

Green Belt Black Belt

CSSBBs must be able to motivate and evaluate staff,

Green Belt Black Belt

Soft Skills are a necessity to work with teams and

Green Belt Black Belt

Black Belts must become used to being a project leader and

How do you get used to leading or working on projects- by

Green Belt Black Belt

Voice of the Customer

Green Belt Black Belt

Voice of the Customer

What are your plans for the new year?