Yellow Belt (YB)

Yellow Belt - YB - Sometimes referred to as Green Belts (GB) -- varies from business to business. A Yellow Belt typically has a basic knowledge of Six Sigma, but does not lead projects on their own, as does a Green Belt or Black Belt. Is often responsible for the development of process maps to support Six Sigma projects. A Yellow Belt participates as a core team member or subject matter expert (SME) on a project or projects. In addition, Yellow Belts may often be responsible for running smaller process improvement projects using the PDCA (Plan, do, Check, Act) methodology. PDCA, often referred to as the Deming Wheel, enables Yellow Belts to identify processes that could benefit from improvement. These smaller Yellow Belt projects often get escalated to the Green Belt or Black Belt level where a DMAIC methodolgy is used to maximize cost savings using Statistical Process Control.

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Source: iSixSigma, 05 March 2011 10:00:52, https:web.archive.org/web/20111109014246/http:www.isixsigma.com/index.php?option=com_glossary