The Certification Board of Directors made a sincere effort to create a viable “application ability assessment”; or, what is commonly referred to in the industry as a “project requirement”.

The issues for project acceptability were: defining “minimum qualifying tools application”, minimum key metric improvement, minimum standards for improvement sustenance as well as a number of other metrics applicable to a Lean Six Sigma project. A method of validating compliance with each key metric could not be established. Therefore, as is foundational to Six Sigma, if the Measurement System cannot be established to an acceptable degree of accuracy and precision, then nothing of value can be said about the issue.

In addition to these concerns were the potential, and likely, proprietary nature of the information contained in a LSS project and the sponsoring firm’s reluctance to allow such projects to be submitted in a format whereby their substance could be assessed. While acceptance of a Project Summary or a Project Affidavit were considered, it was concluded there is no viable means of assuring the validity of such a submittal therefore IASSC could make no definitive statement as to the candidate’s competency based on such a submittal.

With all these issues considered, the Board decided IASSC, and anyone else for that matter, is capable of commenting solely on one’s knowledge relative to the LSSBOK™ and not on their ability to apply such knowledge. That will have to be assessed through other mechanisms.

The ILSSBOK is a document, developed by the industry and organized by IASSC, that defines the knowledge requirements of a Lean Six Sigma exam.

The ILSSBOK is continually updated to ensure that it maintains an accurate alignment with industry standards.

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