Lean Six Sigma Yellow Certification Training Course
Length
4 days / 4 weeks
Price
$2999
Days
Mon - Fri
Why Choose This Course
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt is your practical entry point into process improvement. In this instructor-led course, you’ll learn how Lean (waste reduction) and Six Sigma (variation reduction) work together to improve quality, speed, and customer experience. We focus on real tools you can apply the next workday—mapping a process, finding bottlenecks, quantifying defects, and choosing changes that actually stick.
You’ll build confidence with the core Lean Six Sigma language and techniques used across industries. We’ll start with the basics—voice of the customer and critical-to-quality (CTQ) requirements—then move through Define and Measure to understand problems with data, and finish with Control to sustain gains. Along the way, you’ll practice essential tools such as SIPOC, cause-and-effect analysis, data collection planning, basic graphical analysis, and mistake-proofing. In practice, Yellow Belts support Green and Black Belts with relevant data and insights; they also lead small, well-scoped improvements in their own area.
If you’re new to improvement, a team lead who wants shared methods, or a specialist who needs a common toolkit, this course gives you the foundation to contribute meaningfully to projects and continuous improvement initiatives. A certificate of course attendance is included.
Prerequisites
- There are no formal prerequisites for this course.
Exam
- ASQ Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt. Exam code: Not publicly specified by the vendor.
- IASSC Certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt. Exam code: ICYB.
Books
- Lean Six Sigma – Yellow Belt course material included.
Delivery
- Live virtual online training attend in real-time from anywhere
Skills Gained
- Translate voice of the customer (VOC) into measurable critical-to-quality (CTQ) requirements
- Define clear problem statements and project charters aligned to business goals
- Create SIPOC diagrams and map current processes to visualise flow and handoffs
- Identify waste types in a process and apply 5S for workplace organisation
- Plan data collection and distinguish between continuous and attribute data
- Summarise data using basic descriptive statistics and simple graphs
- Apply Pareto analysis and histograms to prioritise issues
- Conduct cause-and-effect analysis and 5 Whys to explore root causes
- Understand measurement system concepts: accuracy, precision, and repeatability
- Interpret basic process capability concepts and common yield/defect metrics (e.g., DPU, DPMO)
- Use mistake-proofing (poka‑yoke) and visual controls to reduce errors
- Draft simple control plans and response plans to sustain improvements
- Facilitate team decision-making with brainstorming and multivoting
- Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders using concise visuals
- Support Green/Black Belt projects with data and targeted analyses
Audience
Course Schedule & Pricing
Choose the schedule that fits your life — all options include full course materials & certification support
Full-time immersion for rapid certification readiness.
Balance your career while you upgrade your skills.
Maximum flexibility for busy working professionals.
Outline
- Lean vs Six Sigma in plain terms; how they fit together
- Roles across belts and project teams
- Voice of the customer (VOC) and CTQs
- Cost of poor quality (COPQ) and benefits case basics
- Framing a problem statement and goal statement
- Project charters: scope, stakeholders, and success criteria
- SIPOC: suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, customers
- High-level process mapping and boundaries
- Selecting measures and building a data collection plan
- Types of data: continuous vs attribute
- Measurement system basics: accuracy, precision, repeatability
- Graphical analysis: run charts, histograms, Pareto charts
- Baseline performance, yield, DPU/DPMO (conceptual)
- Seven wastes identification in office and operational settings
- 5S: sort, set in order, shine, standardise, sustain
- Flow, pull, and basic Kanban concepts
- Standard work and visual management fundamentals
- Cause-and-effect (fishbone) analysis
- 5 Whys technique and simple validation approaches
- Introduction to failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) at a Yellow Belt level
- Selecting leading and lagging indicators
- Control plans: what to monitor, how, and by whom
- Response plans for deviations and out-of-control signals
- Visual controls, checklists, and error-proofing (poka‑yoke)
- Stability vs capability, common language around Cp/Cpk
- Practical interpretation for non-statistical audiences
- Stakeholder analysis and communication cadence
- Decision-making tools: multivoting, nominal group technique
- Mini case studies: service, operations, and digital workflows
- Templates walkthrough: charter, SIPOC, data plan, control plan
- Exam awareness and study pointers aligned to recognised bodies of knowledge
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
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