ASQ Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt Course

What is the focus of this ASQ Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt Course?

This course is a blend of introducing your team to the ASQ Body of Knowledge for Yellow Belts and preparing the team to sit their CSSYB exam. On completion of this intensive exam preparation programme, participants will:

• Be prepared to undertake the ASQ Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt (CSSYB) exam, which is based on the ASQ Body of Knowledge for Yellow Belts (Knowledge and Blooms Taxonomy levels are defined in the ASQ SSYB BOK).


• Gain a firm knowledge of the ASQ Body of Knowledge for Yellow Belts.


• Learn the tools and techniques to support quality improvement projects at yellow belt level.

Online or Classroom

We offer this ASQ Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt training in both classroom and online training formats. Classroom means we come to you at your premises or a venue nominated by you. Online here refers to live virtual training. These are real-time, trainer-led sessions that your team can connect to from wherever they are based. This is an excellent solution for remote working teams.

Download our PDF brochure for more information about the delivery style of this course.

What is covered during this ASQ Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt Course?

You can read through our standard ASQ Certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt content below. Although we must adhere to the exam preparation syllabus, we can customise the content to focus on situations and processes relevant to your business. Get a tailored quote to find out how this would work in your business.

Module 1 - Six Sigma Fundamentals

• Six Sigma foundations and principles
• Lean foundations and principles
• Six Sigma roles and responsibilities
• Team basics
• types of teams
• stages of development
• decision-making tools: brainstorming, multivoting, nominal group technique (NGT)
• communication methods
• Quality tools and Six Sigma metrics
• quality tools throughout the DMAIC process: pareto charts, cause and effect diagrams, flowcharts, run charts, check sheets, scatter diagram, histograms
• Six Sigma metrics throughout the DMAIC process
• defects per unit (DPU)
• defects per million opportunities (DPMO)
• rolled throughout yield
• cycle time
• cost of poor quality (COPQ)

Exam Questions and Answers

Module 2 - Define Phase

Project Identification

Voice of the Customer

• Customer needs
• Critical-to-quality (CTQ) characteristics

Project Management (PM) Basics

• Project charter
• Communication plan
• Project planning
• work breakdown structure (WBS)
• Gantt charts
• Project Management tools
• activity network diagrams
• affinity diagrams
• matrix charts
• relations charts
• tree diagrams
• Phase reviews
• tollgate or phase reviews

Exam Questions and Answers

Module 3 - Measure Phase

Basic statistics

• Central tendency
• mean
• median
• mode
• Measures of dispersion
• standard deviation
• range
• variance

Data Collection

• Data collection plans
• Qualitative and quantative data
• Data collection techniques
• surveys
• interviews
• check sheets
• checklists

Measurement System Analysis (MSA)

• MSA terms
• precision
• accuracy
• bias
• linearity
• stability
• Gauge repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R)

Exam Questions and Answers

Module 4 - Analyze Phase

Process Analysis Tools

• Lean tools
• 5s
• value analysis
• Failure modes and effect analysis (FMEA)

Root cause analysis

• 5 whys
• Process mapping
• Force-field analysis
• Matrix charts

Data Analysis

• Basic distribution types
• normal and binomial distributions
• shapes (skewed and bimodal)
• Common and special cause variation

Correlation and Regression

• Correlation
• relationships between variables
• Regression
• how regression analysis is used to predict outcomes

Hypothesis Testing

• Null and alternative
• Type I and type II error
• P-value and power

Exam Questions and Answers

Module 5 - Improve & Control Phase

Improvement Techniques

• Kaizen and kaizen blitz
• Plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle
• Cost-benefit analysis

Control Tools and Documentation

• Control plan
• Control charts
• X-R charts
• Document control

Exam Questions and Answers

Public Courses for Lean Six Sigma Certification

Our ASQ Six Sigma Yellow Belt programme is only available for group or in-house bookings. We have several great alternatives for those who want to attend a public course for individuals.

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