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Student HandoutsYellow Belt Project

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Yellow Belt Project Student Handouts

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Lean Six SigmaYellow Belt

Project

Welcome


Objectives

In this module we will cover …

• Getting ready for your project• Using the Project Organizer• Project submission


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Review: Selecting Projects

A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step. Step #1 in DMAIC is selecting a solid Yellow Belt project.

One tendency people have is to take whatever project they

planned to do anyway and call it a “Six Sigma” project. This doesn’t

always work!

CAUTION!


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DMAIC Projects

Not every project qualifies to be a Six Sigma project!

DMAIC is the method to use when you have …

• an existing process• it’s broken (too slow, poor quality, too costly, etc.)

• you don’t know the cause or solution


Where Do I Find a Project?

Look for processes that are too complex, areas

with too much waste, cost or confusion, or where

excess variation is causing problems

There are several ways to find projects at Olin Brass:

Look for processes that are causing you “pain” – customers are complaining, things that are taking too long or aren’t done right

Compare yourarea’s process outcomes to

to competitors, standards or

best practices


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Example Processes

To start your thought process consider this sample of typical processes you may find in a practice. Candidate processes are those that have less than desired quality outcomes, take too long, or perhaps contain waste.

Casting

Annealing

Inspecting

Testing

Scheduling

Billing

Cleaning

Changing Over

Measuring

Disposing of hazardous waste

Documenting or Coding

Completing paperwork


Considerations for selecting a good Yellow Belt project:

– The process you are fixing is part of your existing job

– You control the “x dials”

– You can get data easily

– The scope is small enough that you can do this part time by yourself or with several volunteers (while still doing your day job) over a 2-8 week period

– Your management supports the effort

Selecting a Project


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Project Selection Worksheet

Use the worksheet below to evaluate your project


Selecting a Team

The project you select impacts who will be on your team. Many Yellow Belt projects are done by people on their own, but sometimes they recruit helpers. This is a decision you’ll have to make early on.

You may recall from White Belt training that there are several roles

in any Six Sigma Yellow Belt project.

• Sponsor• Champion• Yellow Belt• Coach / Advisor• Team Members


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DMAIC Team

Yellow Belt

You!

Coach / Advisor

A Green Belt or Black Belt that

proves coaching and support

Team Members

Volunteer subject matter experts on

the process you are trying to fix

Sponsor(Probably your manager)

Approves the projectRemoves roadblocks

Champion(Process Owner)

Owns the process you are working on


Team Training

For a Yellow Belt project, it helps if the team has had some training.

Sponsor

Champion

Yellow Belt

Coach/Advisor

Team Members

White Belt (Preferred)

White Belt (Preferred)

Yellow Belt (Mandatory)

Green Belt (Mandatory) Black Belt (Optional)

White Belt (Optional)

Role Training


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Assembling Your Team

Once you have selected a project,

determine who best fulfills each role.

Sometimes it helps if you have a draft Charter or SIPOC first to help explain what you are working on.

Recruit them, explaining your proposed project,

timeline, and their duties.


Selecting Projects

With a project in mind and a team picked out, you are ready to start executing what you learned in the Yellow Belt Online Course.

To help you stay organized throughout the project, you will be provided with a Yellow Belt

Project Organizer


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Project Organizer

The JCG Yellow Belt Project Organizer is an Excel workbookwith tabs containing templates and holding places for your DMAIC deliverables.

It is an optional tool intended to make your project easier,

faster, and provide one place to showcase your output for each

DMAIC step.


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Project Organizer

In some tabs of the Project Organizer, you will find templates that you fill in.

Other tabs are holding places for you to cut and

paste your output.


Project Organizer

You can add additional tabs as needed, and use this as input into your Tollgate Reviews. Also, you can draw from its contents when you prepare your project for submission to receive certification.

To download your Yellow Belt Project Organizer, follow the

instructions provided when you enrolled in this course.


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Your Path to Certification

Now that you have completed your training, it’s time to

execute a DMAIC project,prepare a poster, and submit

that to JCG.

They will then evaluate your submission and certify you as a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.

You are here

YB Candidate JCG

CertifyCandidate


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Project Submission

When you are done with your project, you prepare a PowerPoint poster summarizing your work and submit it to CCI for certification.

The instructions you receivedwhen you enrolled in this

course show where to download the poster template

and how to submit your project for certification.


Project Poster

The poster itself is simply one PowerPoint slide in the

format shown here.

Follow the instructions on

the template and submit at the completion of your project.


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Getting Started

Let’s Start!

Best of luck on your project!

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