Lean Six Sigma: Aiming for World Class Performance

In September 2009 the LSSA - Lean Six Sigma Academy - has been established, with the main objective to determine a common European certification standard for Lean Six Sigma job roles by developing skill sets, training material and an exam portal.

Within Six Sigma people can be trained at various levels. Nowadays these levels are also used to appoint how experienced one is in applying Lean methodology. These levels are called Black Belt (BB), Green Belt (GB), Orange Belt (OB) and Yellow Belt (YB). LSSA developed four Skill sets that exactly describes which of the overall Lean Six Sigma tools are expected to be part at a certain Belt level. The ASQ - Body of knowledge [5], [6] have been taken as a baseline and have been updated according the latest insights.

In Lean Six Sigma one can be trained at a certain level, but generally spoken engineers are trained at a Green Belt level. Team members and work floor are trained at a Yellow Belt or Orange Belt level and Process Improvement project managers and senior engineers are trained at a Black Belt level.