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Yellow Belt Training & Certification

PDUS

2 PDUs

LEVEL

Beginner

DURATION

2-Hour Course

TYPE

Fully Online, Self-Paced

BOOST CREDENTIALS

Enhance Your Resume

DELIVER RESULTS

Quickly Improve Processes

Description

Content & Timing

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DESCRIPTION

Our new Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training will quickly introduce you and your teams to the basic elements of problem solving using Lean Six Sigma so you can easily deliver improvement results.

You and your team will learn:

Your organization will build a solid foundation to:

COURSE CONTENT
& TIMING

Module 1: Introduction
(15 minutes)

In this Module, you’ll go over the basic skills needed to identify and solve problems so you can improve your daily work.

Module 2: Define Phase
(15 minutes)

The main purpose of the Define Phase is to gain clarity around the process and problem that you intend to improve.

Module 3: Measure Phase
(30 minutes)

In the Measure Phase, you’ll learn how to map your current process and take an investigate tour of the process.

Module 4: Analyze Phase
(15 minutes)

In the Analyze Phase, you’ll determine the root causes to your problem using the 5 Whys technique.

Module 5: Improve Phase
(30 minutes)

In the Improve Phase, you’l learn how to systematically address the problems of clutter and disorganization in the workspace, as well as how to identify and implement the best solutions.

Module 6: Control Phase
(15 minutes)

In the Control Phase, you’ll learn how to sustain the improvements, close your project, and communicate project success.

COURSE OUTLINES & COMPARISON

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Yellow Belt

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Key Features

Pricing	Yellow Belt	Green Belt	Black Belt
Training Cost	$99.00	$499.00	$899.00
Certification Cost	Included	Included	Included
Estimated Completion Time	2 Hours	4 Hours	48 Hours
Learning Management System
Training	Online, Self-Paced	Online, Self-Paced	Online, Self-Paced
Certification	40 Multiple Choice Questions	80 Multiple Choice Questions	185 Multiple Choice Questions
Project Management Software	Optional (Kure)	Optional (Kure)	Optional (Kure)
Statistical Software	Optional (Kure)	Optional (Kure)	Optional (Kure)
Coaching	Optional	Optional	Optional
CEUs	0.2 CEU	0.4 CEU	4.8 CEU
PDUs	2 PDUs	4 PDUs	48 PDUs

Introduction Phase

Pricing	Yellow Belt	Green Belt	Black Belt
What is Lean Six Sigma?		-	-
Benefits of Lean Six Sigma		-	-
Who Uses Lean Six Sigma?		-	-
Lean Six Sigma Roles			-
PDCA Overview	-	-
DMAIC Overview
Project Selection	-
Project Selection Facilitation	-	-
Strategic Alignment With Project Selection	-	-
The Road to Black Belt Certification	-	-
Black Belt As Coach	-	-
Build Leadership Skills	-	-
Purpose and Project Work	-	-
Influence Strategies	-	-
Facilitation of High-Performing Teams	-	-

Define Phase

Pricing	Yellow Belt	Green Belt	Black Belt
Project Charter
Problem/Opportunity Statement	-
Goal Statement	-
Business Case	-		-
Project Timeline	-		-
Customer Value	-		-
Voice of the Customer (VOC) Translation Matrix	-
Process Walk Facilitation	-	-
SIPOC (High Level Process Map)	-
Communication Plan	-	-
Stakeholder Analysis	-	-
Relationship Map	-	-
Team Dynamics (Alignment Model)	-	-
Strengthen Leadership Skills	-	-
Coach Approach - Socratic Method	-	-
Influence Strategies – Build Ownership	-	-
Facilitation Skills – Make Meetings Work	-	-

Measure Phase

Pricing	Yellow Belt	Green Belt	Black Belt
Selecting Measures
Process Walk			(Covered in Define Phase)
Organizational Level Process Map			-
The 8 Wastes			-
Swimlane Map			-
Spaghetti Map	-		-
Data Types	-
Basic Statistical Terms	-
P Value	-	-
Normality and Distributions	-	-
Anderson-Darling Test for Normality	-	-
Data Collection Planning	-
Operational Definitions	-
Stratification	-
Run Chart	-		-
Check Sheets	-		-
Sampling	-	-
Sampling Strategy	-	-
Sampling Calculations	-	-
Measurement Systems Analysis	-
Gage R&R – Continuous (MSA)	-	-
Gage R&R – Discrete (MSA)	-	-
Capturing Baseline Data
Baseline Measures	-
Process Capability (Cpk, etc.)	-	-
Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)	-		-
Coach Approach - Balanced Feedback	-	-
Influence Strategies - Future Press Release	-	-
Facilitation Skills – Decision Making	-	-

Analyze Phaze

Pricing	Yellow Belt	Green Belt
Process Analysis
Rework Loops		-
Redundancies	-	-
Bottlenecks	-	-
Inspections & Decisions	-	-
Handoffs
Value Stream Map Analysis	-	-
Value-Add Flow Analysis	-	-
Conduct Data Analysis	-
Histograms	-
Pie & Bar Charts	-
Run Charts	-
Box Plots	-
5 Whys
Fishbone Diagram	-
Develop a Hypothesis	-
Null & Alternative Hypothesis Statements	-	-
Practical Problem and Statistical Problem	-	-
Lay Hypothesis Testing Groundwork	-	-
Test Discrete Data	-	-
1-Proportion	-	-
2-Proportion	-	-
Chi-Square Test	-	-
Test Continuous Normal Data	-	-
Test for Two Variances (F-Test)	-	-
Bartlett’s Test	-	-
One-Sample T-Test	-	-
Two-Sample T-Test	-	-
1-Way ANOVA Test	-	-
Test Continuous Non-Normal Data	-	-
Levene’s Test	-	-
One-Sample Sign Test	-	-
Mann-Whitney Test	-	-
Moods-Median Test	-	-
Test Correlation	-	-
Regression Test	-	-
Scatter Plot	-	-
Multiple Regression Test	-	-
Coach Approach - Guide Hypothesis Testing	-	-
Influence Strategies – Opt-Out Techniques	-	-
Facilitation Skills – Help/Hinder	-	-

Improve Phase

Pricing	Yellow Belt	Green Belt	Black Belt
Team Member Review	-		-
Brainstorming Solutions	-		-
Analogy	-		-
Anti-Solution	-		-
Brain-Writing	-		-
Chanelling	-		-
Design of Experiments (DOE)	-	-
DOE – One Factor At a Time	-	-
DOE – Two Factorial	-	-
DOE – Full Factorial	-	-
5S
Future State Map	-
Impact Effort Matrix	-	-
Solution Selection Matrix	-		-
Mistake-Proofing (Poka-yoke)		-
Visual Management		-
Quick Wins			-
Pilot the Solution	-		-
Implementation Plan
Verification	-		-
Influence Strategies – Building Networks	-	-
Facilitation Skills – Using Failure and LCS	-	-

Control Phase

Pricing	Yellow Belt	Green Belt	Black Belt
Monitoring & Response Plan	-
I & MR Chart	-	-
X-Bar & R Average and Range Chart	-	-
X-Bar & S Average and Standard Deviation Chart	-	-
P Chart	-	-
nNP Chart	-	-
C Chart	-	-
U Chart	-	-
Documentation	-	-
Storyboard	-	-
Project Handoff			-
Project Summary			-
Innovation Transfer	-
Influence Strategies – Maintain the Gains	-	-
Best Practices for Completing a Project	-	-