Lean Six Sigma

Black/Green/Yellow Belt

Certification Criteria

Anexas Denmark

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Email : denmark@anexas.net

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CONTENTS

Certification Criteria for Yellow/Green/Black belt ...….….......3

Agenda for Green Belt and Black Belt Training……………....5

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Eligibility Criteria for Certification of

Lean Six Sigma Yellow/Green/Black Belt By

ANEXAS DENMARK a) Certification as Trained Yellow/Green/Black Belt

� Yellow Belt - Should attend 1 day Yellow Belt training � Green Belt – Should attend all 4 days of Green Belt training and pass the examination at

the end of 4th day.(See examination passing criteria)

� Black Belt – Should attend all 8 days of Lean Black Belt training workshop which may be spread over a period of 1-4 months and actively participate during the training sessions. Should pass the examination conducted on the 8th day. (See examination passing criteria)

b) Examination Passing Criteria

� There are continuous assessment exercises conducted during every module. Participants should participate actively in these activities and exercises.

� Final exam is held on the 4th day for Green belt and 8th day for Black Belt. Participants registered for Black belt are not expected to appear for Green Belt examination.

� Each participant has to secure a minimum of 70% to pass the exam.

Participants who have attended all the days of training and passed the exam will be awarded Yellow/Green/Black Belt certification. The certificate will not mention that the participant has completed a project.

c) Project Completion Certificate for Green Belt / Black Belt

� Should complete ‘Lean Six Sigma Project’ ideally within the 6 months (which can be extended upto 2 years under special circumstances) of completion of the workshop and show tangible savings as an outcome of the project.

� Green Belt - One Lean Six Sigma Project to be completed in a process

within a function/department in an organization.

� Black Belt - One six sigma project to be completed spanning across 2 or more functions with cross-functional teams. This project can be an extension of the first project with a wider scope.

� Should submit the project for evaluation to Anexas Denmark in the prescribed template

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� Should present the projects in one of the workshops or on any other scheduled day, which will be evaluated on the following criteria :

a) Nature of the Project b) Application of the Lean and/or Six Sigma tools c) Conclusions made using the tools d) Type of process improvement actions implemented e) Financial benefits and savings realized f) Intangible benefits g) Learning and sharing from the project

Each participant who has successfully met the criteria for training, projects and exams will be certified as ‘Lean Six Sigma Black Belt’ and the certificate will mention the name of the project completed by the participant.

d) Key Organizational requirements for successful Lean Six Sigma Implementation (Applicable to in-house programs)

� Top Management commitment is key for the successful completion of all Lean Six Sigma projects. Top Management should conduct reviews on the progress of the project with the Black Belt (person who is attending the training modules) every week

� The Black Belt should select his team based on the process knowledge domain required and should conduct review with his team every 3-4 days

� The selected participants should be released from their ‘daily work routine’ for adequate time during the 4-6 month period for successful implementation of the methodology.

d) Key skill sets required for the Black Belt:-

� Black Belt aspirant should be preferably working in an organization or should have worked

in an organization in the past. � The following are the key skills of the Black belts

a. Ability to think through the possible causes of a problem b. In-depth Knowledge of the processes of his organization c. Analytical skills for elimination of causes d. Strong desire to learn on a continuous basis e. Should be a good leader who can lead the project and take it to a logical

conclusion f. Good communication skills g. Good inter-personal skills to interact with the Process owners and other functional

heads h. Able to work with discipline in the application of the various tools i. Able to lead the team in the implementation of the various solutions obtained and

selected during the application of tools j. Open-minded

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Agenda for Green Belt / Black Belt Training

Days 1,2,3,4 – Green Belt Training

Days 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 – Black Belt Training

Time Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

9:30 SPACER Measure Phase – Data

Collection Details -Measure Phase

Introduction – Improve Phase

10:00 Introduction Metrics Analyze phase -VA-

NVA, Process mapping, Lean tools

Brainstorming techniques and Pilot

11:00 Introduction to Baseline Sigma

Calculation Lean Principles, Muda,

JIT

Benchmarking, 6-3-5, Pugh matrix, 6 Hats

techniques

12:00 Six Sigma and DMAIC Measurement System

Analysis

Pareto Analysis with Exercise, Cause &

Effect Diagram / Matrix

Introduction to Control Phase

13:00 Break Break Break Break

13:45

Define Phase – Project Charter, CTQ, Kano Analyisis and

SIPOC

Sigma level Calculation, Z-st and

Z-lt

Presentation skills, Project teams

Control Charts – XBar-R. X-MR, p, np, c, and u

charts

14:30 Project Selection by

group and Application of DefineTools

FMEA with exercise Introduction to Minitab Control Chart Exercises

on Minitab

15:30 Change Management

and Stakeholder Analysis

New 7 QC tools and Old 7 QC tools

Basic Analysis in Minitab with exercises

Case Studies

16:00 Basic Statistics –

Standard Deviation

Presentations by Participants, Questions

and Answers

Project Reviews Presentations by

Participants Exam (Open Book)

17.30 Wrap-up Wrap-up Wrap-up Wrap-up

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Agenda for Black Belt Training (Contd.)

Time Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8

9:30 Revision Tests for Attribute data Hypothesis Tests

Revision Full Factorial

Experiments Analysis

10:00 Measurement System

analysis Chi Square test

Binary Logistic Regression

Use of Design of Experiments

11:00 Basic Statistical

Analysis on Minitab Correlation

and Hypothesis Tests for

non-normal data Analysis in Minitab with

exercises

12:00 Introduction to

Hypothesis Testing Regression Exercises Case study - Exercise

13:00 Break Break Break Break

13:45 Test of Means, t- test,

Z-test Exercises

Introduction to Design of Experiments

14:30 Test of Proportions, 2

proportions test Multiple Regression Types of designs

Revision

15:30 Test of means for more

than 2 samples - ANOVA

Exercises on Multiple Regression

OFAT design

16:00 Presentations by

participants

Presentations by Participants, Questions

and Answers

Full Factorial Experiments

Exam (Open Book)

17.30 Wrap-up Wrap-up Wrap-up Wrap-up