EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Upon completion of the certificate series course material, you will work one on one with a mentor—either in your organization or with an assigned faculty member from the University of Wisconsin-Madison—to identify an improvement project at your organization. This will be your independent project, which you must complete as the last step in becoming Six Sigma Green Belt certified. You will apply tools and concepts introduced in the classroom to your project. Once the project is complete, you will report out to the important stakeholders. You will then have completed all of the requirements of the Six Sigma Green Belt certification through the University of Wisconsin-Madison and become one of over 300,000 people worldwide who call themselves alumni of the university.

Note that only one independent project needs to be submitted, and it is part of the Six Sigma Green Belt series; there is no independent project required to earn the Six Sigma Black Belt. There is no fee to complete this independent project—it is simply part of the series benefits. If you feel you do not need mentoring by a university faculty member, some of the forms and application information provided on the resources tab (see above right) will not be required. Please contact the program director or program coordinator with any questions or concerns; their contact information can be found at right.

Benefits of the independent faculty-mentored project:

• Gives employer great ROI on training investment—average project savings to date is $112,000 per project
• Showcases skills learned in an applied manner
• Improves quality of products and services
• Increases efficiency and innovation
• Lowers production costs
• Grants you a competitive edge