Certified Master Black Belt 6 Sigma

Certified Master Black Belt
Quality excellence to enhance your career and boost your organization’s bottom line

Certification from ASQ is considered a mark of quality excellence in many industries. It helps you advance your career, and boosts your organization’s bottom line through your mastery of quality skills. Master Black Belts have outstanding leadership abilities, are innovative, anddemonstrate a strong commitment to the practice and advancement of quality and improvement. Becoming certified as a Master Black Belt confirms your commitment to quality and the positive impact it will have on you and your organization.

Certified Master Black Belt

The Certified Master Black Belt is aimed at individuals who possess exceptional expertise and knowledge of current industrypractice. Master Black Belts have outstanding leadership ability, are innovative, and demonstrate a strong commitment to the practice and advancement of quality and improvement. Obtaining an ASQ Master Black Belt is acceptance and recognition from your peers. Examination
Each certification candidate is required to pass a written examination that consists of multiple-choice questions that measurecomprehension of the Body of Knowledge. The Master Black Belt certification is a five-hour examination that has two assessment components, a 100-item multiple-choice test, and a performance-based assessment that includes situation-specific materials that candidates will be directed to evaluate and respond to. It is offered in English only.

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Portfolio Review

Required Experience
Tobecome certified as an ASQ MBB, a candidate must successfully meet all requirements. To be eligible to apply for the MBB examination, a candidate must hold a current ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)* certificate. In addition, a candidate must have either of the following experience levels. 1) At least 5 years of experience in the role of a SSBB or MBB. OR 2) Completion of 10 Six Sigma BlackBelt projects. Candidates must be able to meet these minimum eligibility requirements to have their portfolio reviewed.

*For those applicants whose ASQ CSSBB certificate has expired, ASQ will waive the requirement of holding a “current” ASQ CSSBB through December 31, 2011. After that date, all applicants will be required to hold a current CSSBB.

Once a candidate has met the eligibilityrequirements, the next step in the process is a portfolio review of the candidate’s body of SSBB or MBB work. When the review panel approves a candidate’s portfolio, the candidate will be eligible to register for and take the MBB examination. Only after successfully completing all requirements and passing the examination will candidates receive MBB certification.

The Master Black Belt also requiresa Portfolio application. Visit http://www.asq.org/certification/ docs/mmb-portfolio-app-w-fillable-fields.pdf to acquire this application Your Portfolio must include the following topics to be reviewed by a panel of expert MBBs showing evidence of: teaching, coaching, mentoring, occupational experience and responsibility, technical experience, and innovation. Candidates must meet the minimumscoring requirements for each of the three key performance indicators.

• Teaching, Coaching, Mentoring • Occupational Experience and Responsibility • Technical Experience/Innovation The portfolio evaluation process will be conducted by a panel of subject matter experts who are Master Black Belts themselves. This panel will operate independently but under the guidance of ASQ. The panel will haveultimate responsibility for judging the quality and appropriateness of the material and evidence presented in the portfolio.

Candidates who meet the required minimums for each section of the portfolio will receive an approval letter from the review panel stating that they are eligible to take the MBB examination. Candidates who do not achieve the necessary points will receive feedback from the...