Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

This program is for leaders who are new to Process Improvement/LSS and looking for structured methodologies, tools and techniques to drive business results. It is also for anyone who is currently (or soon will be) engaged to lead, support or sponsor process improvement initiatives.

• Discover how Process Improvement can help your organization become more effective and agile in its key processes   
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement that focuses on customer-driven value
• Apply LSS concepts and tools to enable data-driven decisions that fix problems at their source
• Spend less reactive time “putting out fires” and more on sustaining long-term wins
• Improve collaboration and stakeholder buy-in through better change management practices 
• Increase customer and employee satisfaction while improving the business bottom line
• Enable business benefits through improvements to speed, agility, cost or quality

• Lean and Six Sigma: definitions and core principles 

DMAIC Framework:

• DEFINE: project charter and scoping, problem and goal statement, primary vs. secondary metrics, SIPOC and applications, process mapping pitfalls
• MEASURE: process stability, cause and effect, data collection and sampling, control charting vs. specification limits
• ANALYZE: descriptive statistics and data types, capability and graphical analysis, root-cause analysis, failure mode effects analysis, problem-solving techniques
• IMPROVE: idea generation techniques, process redesign, prioritization tools, change management
• CONTROL: change verification, sustainability and ownership, standardization, control and reaction plan, benefit realization

Special features

You will engage in simulation activities to reinforce the concepts and help you put learning into practice. You'll also receive coaching support for completing a report that may lead to LSS Yellow Belt certification.

For financial assistance opportunities, please refer to Financial Assistance, Scholarships and Team Rates .