Green Belt Certification

Level up your Lean Six Sigma (LSS) expertise with our Green Belt Certification, offered in partnership with UC San Diego Extended Studies!

Winter 2024 Cohort

  • Date: Thursdays, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., January 30 - March 6 (online)
  • Final Presentations: Tentative date set for May 22 (in-person, Oakland)
  • Format: Virtual with a final project presentation in Oakland.

Empower your career and drive positive change at UCOP through this project-based Green Belt certification.

Program Highlights

  • Deepen your LSS knowledge: Gain a comprehensive understanding of advanced LSS tools and techniques
  • Collaborate with peers: Work together on a UCOP process improvement project
  • Earn a valuable certification: Add the Green Belt certificate to your resume
  • In-person capstone: Showcase your project and network with fellow LSS professionals at the final presentation in Oakland

Limited to 20 UCOP staff. Cost: $2,900-$3,500 per participant (depends on enrollment).

Ready to take your LSS journey to the next level? Contact oe.coe@ucop.edu to learn more and register!

Resources

Guidelines for Selecting Your LSS Green Belt Project

Choosing the right project is crucial for your success in the LSS Green Belt certification.  Here's what you need to know:

Ideal Project Attributes

  1. High-Impact Focus: Address existing problems or opportunities that can greatly improve customer satisfaction or long-term performance
  2. Quality and Waste Reduction: Target issues such as defects, cycle time, over-processing, excess motion/transportation, wait time, or variability
  3. Scope and Timeline: Choose a project within your job scope that's quantifiable, measurable and completable within 12 weeks (3 months)
  4. Data Availability: Ensure sufficient data can be obtained in a reasonable timeframe
  5. Financial Impact: Aim for an expected impact of at least $40K in hard or soft savings for UCOP
  6. Stakeholder Support: Secure endorsement from your supervisor and other critical stakeholders before applying
  7. Sustainable Improvement: Implement control systems that allow the process owner to manage the improved process

*All UCOP projects agree to share a sanitized version of their final presentation on the UCOP OE CoE website.

Project Types to Avoid

  • Projects lacking easily attainable data for performance evaluation
  • Implementation of pre-established solutions (e.g., software systems)
  • Designing new processes, products or services from scratch
  • Projects with minimal organizational impact
  • Goals that aren't measurable
  • Timelines extending beyond 12 weeks (3 months)