Yellow Belt: Six Sigma fundamentals

Coming soon. Yellow Belt is still in development and enrollment is not open yet. Start now with the free White Belt, 5S or Intro to Lean course, and use the student contact form to hear first when Yellow Belt opens.

Turn the basics into a credential. Nine self-paced modules (about 25 hours) with hands-on Excel practice in sigma level, DPMO, Pareto charts, rolled throughput yield, SIPOC and cost of quality. Pass the 40-question, 60-minute closed-book exam (a basic calculator and a provided sigma conversion table are allowed) with 70 percent to earn your Yellow Belt certification with a certification number you can verify. Questions go to Marc by contact form or email, answered within 2 business days.

New to Six Sigma? Start with the free White Belt.

The modules

Y1. What Six Sigma Is (about 3 hours)

Data-driven thinking, sigma level, customer focus, variation, waste, process control and common deployment problems.

Y2. History and the Belt System (about 2 hours)

How statistical process control developed, Toyota, Motorola, GE, belt roles and certification concepts.

Y3. Other Improvement Methods (about 2 hours)

Lean, TQM, BPR, Scrum and other methods at awareness level, and how to select the right improvement approach.

Y4. Lean Foundations: Waste and 5S (about 3 hours)

The seven wastes, talent and idea waste, Type I and Type II muda, 5S and JIT basics.

Y5. Core Concepts and Basic Metrics (about 4 hours)

Standard deviation, Pareto, voice of the customer, DPMO, DPU, FTY, RTY and basic Excel use.

Y6. Approaching Problems and Mapping the Process (about 3 hours)

Problem statements, 5 Whys, y=f(x), process components, basic SIPOC and introductory swimlane mapping.

Y7. Quality and Cost of Quality (about 3 hours)

CTQ, CTQ trees, cost of quality, cost of poor quality and business impact.

Y8. Projects and Teams (about 3 hours)

Project selection, team roles, milestones, critical path, budgets and success measures.

Y9. DMAIC and DMADV Overview (about 2 hours)

A phase-by-phase orientation, and when each roadmap fits.

The exam

• 40 questions in 60 minutes.
• Written and closed book. A basic calculator and a provided sigma conversion table are allowed.
• 70% to pass.
• No project required.
• Pass and you get a certification number you can verify.

How it works

• Self-paced text lessons with short videos.
• Questions while you study? Use the contact form or email marc@bigbeardedginger.com. Marc replies within 2 business days.

What comes next

White Belt (free) to Yellow Belt to Green Belt. Green Belt needs a Yellow Belt or a short placement check.

Enrollment is not open yet. Use the student contact form to hear first when Yellow Belt opens.