You’ll begin your MBB course of study and application by getting paired with a master BMGI instructor who coaches you through every step of the certification process—helping you select your electives, pass your exams, write your paper and complete your three projects.

With guidance from your instructor, you have the freedom to chart your own path, setting timelines and deadlines that work for you—and choosing the right courses for filling your unique knowledge and application gaps.

If you’re extremely well versed in the analytics of problem solving and need more people skills, or want to tighten your grasp of creative thinking tools, you can sign up for these courses. If you are well versed in Lean or Six Sigma, you can take electives that bring you up to expert status in one or the other domains.

If you have the opportunity to engage in and complete your three projects in a short period of time, the program will accommodate this, as it will accommodate a more extended time frame for project completion.

The program is highly flexible in this and other regards. Some elective courses, for instance, allow you to learn remotely via webcam so you can interact with the class and instructors as if you were all together in the same place. Other courses require your physical presence because of their experiential nature.

In any case, your classroom time is reinforced with access to BMGI’s state-of-the-art eLearning system, giving you interactive flash-based tutorials and sample quizzes to test your knowledge on virtually any topic. You can also access downloadable templates, tools and case studies as you make the transition from candidate to full-fledged MBB.

Credits for this program depends on your course electives - typically between 14 and 16 CEUs (authorized by IACET).