Can I Skip My Green BeltSix Sigma trained key contributor and team leader, a part-ti... and Go Straight to Black?
I get calls and emails asking the question “Can I Skip my Green Belt Project, take my Green and Black BeltExperienced, recognized Six Sigma expert and project leader,... together and only complete my Black Belt Project?”
My answer is always “it depends.”
When asked this question, I immediately think to myself “Does this person want to learn and grow as a practitioner of Lean Six Sigma, or are they trying to short cut the processConsists of input, value-add, and output. Learn More...?”
Over 92% of our students who combine both the Green Belt and Black Belt courses and opt to complete the Black Belt project find it too early overwhelming. They ask to complete their Green Belt levelThe value of an input in an experimental run. project first, audit the Black Belt course again and then complete a Black Belt project.
When you ask “Can I Skip my Green Belt Project, take my Green and Black Belt together and only complete my Black Belt Project?”, I will respond …
“It Depends … Can you?”
Luckily, our strict certification process will ensure that when you earn your Six Sigma Black Belt certification, you will have knowledge and experience of a Six Sigma Black Belt.
Executing as a Six Sigma BB means one is capable of achieving company goals, often as determined by a corporate MBB Champion. Skipping any portions of SS training that contributes to BB competency would be doing a future employer (and one’s self) a disservice.
IOW, a person who is willing to skip some parts of GB training in order to get their SSBB ticket punched is risking achieving less than satisfactory BB project results on behalf of an employer and may, directly or indirectly, cause unintended and costly consequences for that employer.
There is another issue- completing a SSGB course as it is outlined gives the beginner a chance to see how they execute as a Change Agent. Assuming there are real-time, live GB projects to be completed, a student has the opportunity to be groomed as a Change Agent/Leader/Coach/Mentor and if this is an area that needs additional attention, it shows up in a ‘safe’ environment where little damage can be done by a student who lacks leadership skills.
What is not often discussed is how projects are completed and metrics/goals achieved but at the cost of additional waste and expense. Training to standards helps to insure a student is given every opportunity necessary to iron out and polish his/her execution skills.