Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Course

Our Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt training teaches you the essential strategies and tools necessary for process improvement and qualifies you as a Six Sigma professional who is skilled in the fundamentals of the Lean Six Sigma Methodology.

How You Will Benefit

• Become a problem solver using Six Sigma principles to maximize your performance
• Learn the strategies and tools necessary to support quality improvement initiatives
• Learn how to support improvement projects as a part of a team or conduct small projects of your own on a part-time basis
• Add the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification to your resume

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification

Upon successfully completing the course (attending all days and completing all assignments), you must take a 100-question certification exam online and achieve a passing score to earn the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (LSSYB) credential from Project Management Academy^®. The cost of this exam is included in your course registration fee. Project Management Academy is accredited by the Council for Six Sigma Certification (CSSC), an Official Industry Standard for Six Sigma Accreditation. Employers and third parties may submit certification inquiries to verify@projectmanagementacademy.net.

Format

Who Should Attend

Those seeking to gain a high-level understanding of the concepts critical for the success of Lean Six Sigma in an organization should attend this course. There are no prerequisites to take this course.

What You Will Learn

In this course you will learn how to contribute on Six Sigma projects, including how to:

• Provide meaningful assistance on Six Sigma projects in support of organizational objectives
• Employ Six Sigma data-driven approaches to solve business problems
• Formulate project selection criteria to focus Six Sigma initiatives on projects to achieve the best return
• Develop process maps to gain a full understanding of an existing process
• Incorporate the "y = f(x)" method to determine the relationship between key inputs and process outputs
• Employ Six Sigma data-driven approaches to solve problems at their root cause and prevent their recurrence
• Collect sample data that is instrumental in driving decision making
• Perform measurement system validation to ensure the integrity of the measurement data

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Course Outline

Fundamentals

• Lean & Six Sigma Belt Levels
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Lean vs. Six Sigma

Lean

• Fundamentals of Lean
• Understanding Value
• Theory of Constraints
• Kaizen
• Seven Waste
• Current State vs. Future State
• Team Selection
• Project Charter
• Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
• Affinity Diagrams
• 5S and 6Ms
• Visual Management
• Mistake Proofing (Poka-Yoke)
• Learning Assessment

Fundamentals of Six Sigma

• Six Sigma Fundamentals

Define

• Overview
• Y=f(x)
• Process Mapping
• Voice of the Customer
• Kano Model and Pareto Charts
• The 5 Whys
• Learning Assessment

Measure

• Basic Statistics
• Data Collection Plan
• Scales of Measurement
• Understanding Variation
• Variation
• Learning Assessment
• Microsoft Excel Add In

Analyze

• Graphical Analysis
• Problem Statements Revisited
• Root Cause Analysis
• Risk Management
• Learning Assessment
• Pareto Charts in Action
• Scatter Plots in Action

Improve

• Develop Proposed Solutions
• Risk Mitigation
• Finalizing Proposed Solutions
• Learning Assessment

Control

• Control Plans
• Response Plans
• Learning Assessment

LSSYB Certification Exam