Anyone receive the Six Sigma Black Belt certification and have advice on best way to go about it? Seems like there’s a lot of programs you can do as well as self study

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As a general rule of thumb for certs, leveraging a program is always recommended. The program will give you structure/focus/discipline and more importantly it will teach you techniques on how to handle questions.

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Make sure to master the imanari roll

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There isn’t an official gold standard for black belt, most people do it through their company in industry.

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I have a LSSBB cert. There are very many programs but like KPMG 1 stated. It’s important to go with a program so you have the practical experience vs. just the knowledge. Some good ones are ASQ and Purdue School of Engineering. Also, you may need lean project attestation. I am curious though why you’re interested in LSSB in 2020, it’s not as hot and sexy as it used to be.

I need a certification and it seems like the most applicable

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Hi fishes,

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