Protect Your Investment
Sharpening the Saw
Certification programs with maintenance requirements are far more valuable than those without.
Protect your investment by tracking and reporting your activities at “sharpening the saw” to keep your skills current and effective.
Our certification maintenance program rewards you for accomplishments in three categories:
- Continuing Education
- Improvement Projects
- Giving Back
For each certification, you need to build a total of 150 points every 5 years. You need at least 50 points in each of the three categories, with a maximum of 5 occurrences for each item.
Certified Lean Practitioner
Continuing Education – 50 point minimum:
- Take a class – 25 points for each class
- Attend a conference – 25 points for each conference
- Read or listen to a book – 15 points for each book
- Attend a workshop – 10 points for each workshop
- Tour an organization using lean or six sigma – 10 points for each tour
- Watch a webinar – 5 points for each webinar
- Listen to a podcast – 5 points for each podcast
Improvement Projects – 50 point minimum:
- Be the project manager for a lean project – 50 points for each project
- Serve as a team member on a lean project – 25 points for each project
- Serve as the problem solver on a problem solving project – 25 points for each project
- Provide expert advice to a lean project team – 25 points for each project
Giving Back – 50 point minimum:
- Teach a class – 50 points for each class
- Write an article – 25 points for each article
- Give a presentation – 25 points for each class
- Conduct a tour – 25 points for each tour
- Record a video – 25 points for each video
- Record a podcast – 25 points for each podcast
- Be a guest instructor – 25 points for each event
Submit Your Maintenance Application
Certified Lean Expert
Continuing Education – 50 point minimum:
- Take a class – 25 points for each class
- Attend a conference – 25 points for each conference
- Read or listen to a book – 15 points for each book
- Attend a workshop – 10 points for each workshop
- Tour an organization using lean or six sigma – 10 points for each tour
- Watch a webinar – 5 points for each webinar
- Listen to a podcast – 5 points for each podcast
Improvement Projects – 50 point minimum:
- Be the project manager for a lean project – 50 points for each project
- Serve as a team member on a lean project – 25 points for each project
- Serve as the problem solver on a problem solving project – 25 points for each project
- Provide expert advice to a lean project team – 25 points for each project
Giving Back – 50 point minimum:
- Teach a class – 50 points for each class
- Write an article – 25 points for each article
- Give a presentation – 25 points for each class
- Conduct a tour – 25 points for each tour
- Record a video – 25 points for each video
- Record a podcast – 25 points for each podcast
- Be a guest instructor – 25 points for each event
Submit Your Maintenance Application
Certified Lean Master
Continuing Education – 50 point minimum:
- Take a class – 25 points for each class
- Attend a conference – 25 points for each conference
- Read or listen to a book – 15 points for each book
- Attend a workshop – 10 points for each workshop
- Tour an organization using lean or six sigma – 10 points for each tour
- Watch a webinar – 5 points for each webinar
- Listen to a podcast – 5 points for each podcast
Improvement Projects – 50 point minimum:
- Serve as project champion for a lean project – 50 points for each project
- Coach someone through a problem solving project – 50 points for each project
- Be the project manager for a lean project – 50 points for each project
- Provide expert advice to a lean project team – 25 points for each project
Giving Back – 50 point minimum:
- Teach a class – 50 points for each class
- Write an article – 25 points for each article
- Give a presentation – 25 points for each class
- Conduct a tour – 25 points for each tour
- Record a video – 25 points for each video
- Record a podcast – 25 points for each podcast
- Be a guest instructor – 25 points for each event
Submit Your Maintenance Application
Certified Lean Champion
Continuing Education – 50 point minimum:
- Take a class – 25 points for each class
- Attend a conference – 25 points for each conference
- Read or listen to a book – 15 points for each book
- Attend a workshop – 10 points for each workshop
- Tour an organization using lean or six sigma – 10 points for each tour
- Watch a webinar – 5 points for each webinar
- Listen to a podcast – 5 points for each podcast
Improvement Projects – 50 point minimum:
- Lead the annual “looking back” assessment of your lean program – 50 points for each assessment
- Provide annual update on your lean program to entire organization – 50 points for each update
- Serve as project champion for a lean project – 50 points for each project
- Coach someone through a problem solving project – 50 points for each project
Giving Back – 50 point minimum:
- Teach a class – 50 points for each class
- Write an article – 25 points for each article
- Give a presentation – 25 points for each class
- Conduct a tour – 25 points for each tour
- Record a video – 25 points for each video
- Record a podcast – 25 points for each podcast
- Be a guest instructor – 25 points for each event
Submit Your Maintenance Application
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt
Continuing Education – 50 point minimum:
- Take a class – 25 points for each class
- Attend a conference – 25 points for each conference
- Read or listen to a book – 15 points for each book
- Attend a workshop – 10 points for each workshop
- Tour an organization using six sigma or lean – 10 points for each tour
- Watch a webinar – 5 points for each webinar
- Listen to a podcast – 5 points for each podcast
Improvement Projects – 50 point minimum:
- Be the project manager for a six sigma project – 50 points for each project
- Serve as a team member on a six sigma project – 25 points for each project
- Serve as the problem solver on a problem solving project – 25 points for each project
- Provide expert advice to a six sigma project team – 25 points for each project
Giving Back – 50 point minimum:
- Teach a class – 50 points for each class
- Write an article – 25 points for each article
- Give a presentation – 25 points for each class
- Conduct a tour – 25 points for each tour
- Record a video – 25 points for each video
- Record a podcast – 25 points for each podcast
- Be a guest instructor – 25 points for each event
Submit Your Maintenance Application
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
Continuing Education – 50 point minimum:
- Take a class – 25 points for each class
- Attend a conference – 25 points for each conference
- Read or listen to a book – 15 points for each book
- Attend a workshop – 10 points for each workshop
- Tour an organization using six sigma or lean – 10 points for each tour
- Watch a webinar – 5 points for each webinar
- Listen to a podcast – 5 points for each podcast
Improvement Projects – 50 point minimum:
- Serve as project champion for a six sigma project – 50 points for each project
- Coach someone through a problem solving project – 50 points for each project
- Be the project manager for a six sigma project – 50 points for each project
- Provide expert advice to a six sigma project team – 25 points for each project
Giving Back – 50 point minimum:
- Teach a class – 50 points for each class
- Write an article – 25 points for each article
- Give a presentation – 25 points for each class
- Conduct a tour – 25 points for each tour
- Record a video – 25 points for each video
- Record a podcast – 25 points for each podcast
- Be a guest instructor – 25 points for each event
Submit Your Maintenance Application
Certified Lean Apprentice
Continuing Education – 50 point minimum:
- Take a class – 25 points for each class
- Attend a conference – 25 points for each conference
- Read or listen to a book – 15 points for each book
- Attend a workshop – 10 points for each workshop
- Tour an organization using lean or six sigma – 10 points for each tour
- Watch a webinar – 5 points for each webinar
- Listen to a podcast – 5 points for each podcast
Improvement Projects – 50 point minimum:
- Be the project manager for a lean project – 50 points for each project
- Serve as a team member on a lean project – 25 points for each project
- Serve as the problem solver on a problem solving project – 25 points for each project
- Provide expert advice to a lean project team – 25 points for each project
Giving Back – 50 point minimum:
- Teach a class – 50 points for each class
- Write an article – 25 points for each article
- Give a presentation – 25 points for each class
- Conduct a tour – 25 points for each tour
- Record a video – 25 points for each video
- Record a podcast – 25 points for each podcast
- Be a guest instructor – 25 points for each event
Submit Your Maintenance Application
Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Continuing Education – 50 point minimum:
- Take a class – 25 points for each class
- Attend a conference – 25 points for each conference
- Read or listen to a book – 15 points for each book
- Attend a workshop – 10 points for each workshop
- Tour an organization using six sigma or lean – 10 points for each tour
- Watch a webinar – 5 points for each webinar
- Listen to a podcast – 5 points for each podcast
Improvement Projects – 50 point minimum:
- Be the project manager for a six sigma project – 50 points for each project
- Serve as a team member on a six sigma project – 25 points for each project
- Serve as the problem solver on a problem solving project – 25 points for each project
- Provide expert advice to a six sigma project team – 25 points for each project
Giving Back – 50 point minimum:
- Teach a class – 50 points for each class
- Write an article – 25 points for each article
- Give a presentation – 25 points for each class
- Conduct a tour – 25 points for each tour
- Record a video – 25 points for each video
- Record a podcast – 25 points for each podcast
- Be a guest instructor – 25 points for each event
Submit Your Maintenance Application
More Coming
Our certification advisory board is working to enhance the information on this page and build in features to help you track your maintenance points.
Watch for announcements in the Transformance Communiqué.
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References
Top 5 Reasons To Earn A Certification by Thom Mandl.