How long is each training?

Yellow Belt is two days. Green Belt is five days. Both are delivered on-site or virtually and built around your own processes.

Why is Yellow Belt a prerequisite for Green Belt?

Green Belt is DMAIC in full — measurement system analysis, hypothesis testing, control plans. It assumes you already read a process, see waste, and scope a problem. Yellow Belt builds that, so the five Green Belt days are spent on discipline rather than vocabulary.

I already have a Yellow Belt from another provider. Do I have to retake it?

No. Submit the coursework and project evidence through the validation step and we review it. If it holds up, you go straight into Green Belt.

Are projects completed during the training?

No. Yellow Belt includes small in-class project work over the two days, but no project is carried to completion in the room. Green Belt projects run after the training week with coaching support.

How is Yellow Belt certification awarded?

The exam is taken during the two-day training. A passing score plus the in-class Yellow Belt project work earns certification on the spot.

How is Green Belt certification awarded?

The exam is taken during the five-day training. Certification is issued once the participant completes a project with validated hard savings of $25,000 or more. Ongoing post-training support is included until the project lands.

What kind of project qualifies for Green Belt certification?

A full DMAIC project on a real business problem with hard savings of $25,000 or more, carried through to a control plan and validated with finance.

Do you train on our processes or generic examples?

Yours. Every cohort works on live processes from your operation, which is why the training produces projects instead of certificates.

How much does it cost?

Pricing depends on cohort size, belt level, delivery mode, and dates. Submit the intake form and we will put together a personalized quote.

Does training replace a consulting engagement?

It complements one. Training builds internal capability; an engagement delivers a specific transformation outcome. Many clients do both — we deliver the first wave and certify the people who run the next.

Lean Six Sigma Certification

Yellow Belt in two days. Green Belt in five. Taught on your own processes.

Training that produces projects, not certificates. Yellow Belt builds the foundation everyone needs and certifies on the spot. Green Belt turns that foundation into full DMAIC discipline, certified on a project with $25K+ in validated hard savings.

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Two belts

Yellow Belt — 2 days, certified on the spot
Green Belt — 5 days, DMAIC discipline
Green Belt certification — $25K+ validated hard savings
Taught on your own processes

180+

Employees trained

Across manufacturing, distribution, insurance, financial services, healthcare, and professional services.

300+

Projects launched

Improvement projects run by those individuals after certification.

$10MM+

Validated benefit

Financially validated savings and benefit from Yellow Belt and Green Belt projects post-training.

Cumulative results from prior training delivery. Client names withheld.

The path

Yellow first. Always. Green is where it gets rigorous.

Yellow Belt is the prerequisite for Green Belt certification. If you were trained as a Yellow Belt elsewhere, we validate that training and place you straight into Green Belt.

01
Yellow Belt — 2 days
Everyone starts here. Foundational tools, in-class project work, exam during training, certificate on the spot.
02
Validation
Already trained as a Yellow Belt elsewhere? Send the coursework and evidence, we review it and place you directly.
03
Green Belt — 5 days
Full DMAIC instruction across five days, with the exam sat during the training week.
04
Certified project
Green Belt certification is issued after training, once the project delivers and we validate $25K+ in hard savings.

The two tracks

Yellow Belt

2-day training

Yellow Belt Certification

The foundation. Two days that teach everyone who touches the process the same language for waste, variation, and flow — with small hands-on Yellow Belt exercises worked on your own processes during the session.

Prerequisite: None. This is where everyone starts.
Who it's for: Frontline employees, supervisors, analysts, support functions, and any leader who needs to sponsor improvement work credibly.
How it runs: Two consecutive days, on-site or virtual, built around the work your teams already do. Small Yellow Belt project work happens live during the two days.

What you learn

What Lean and Six Sigma actually are, and where each one applies
The eight wastes, read on a real process rather than a slide
Basic process mapping and value stream thinking
Data basics: what to measure, how to baseline, what a real problem statement looks like
Root cause fundamentals — 5 Whys, cause-and-effect, simple Pareto analysis
Standard work, visual management, and how a fix is held in place
How to scope an improvement small enough to actually finish

Certification project

Small Yellow Belt project work completed in-class on a process the participant knows. No project carries on after the session.

What you end up with

Certification awarded on the spot: participants sit the exam during training, and a passing score plus the in-class project work earns the Yellow Belt certificate before they leave.

Green Belt

5-day training

Green Belt Certification

The full DMAIC discipline. Five days that take someone who can see waste and make them capable of leading a data-driven project through Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control to a validated financial result.

Prerequisite: Yellow Belt. If a participant already holds Yellow Belt training from elsewhere, we validate it and go straight to Green Belt.
Who it's for: Process owners, engineers, supervisors, analysts, and emerging leaders expected to lead improvement projects, not just participate in them.
How it runs: Five days of structured DMAIC instruction, on-site or virtual. The exam is taken during training. Projects are not completed in class — they run afterwards, with ongoing coaching support included.

What you learn

Define: charters, SIPOC, voice of the customer, and a problem statement with a financial hypothesis
Measure: measurement system analysis, data collection plans, baseline capability
Analyze: statistical analysis, hypothesis testing, regression, and confirmed root cause
Improve: solution design, pilots, mistake-proofing, and controlled implementation
Control: control plans, control charts, standard work, and handoff to the process owner
Change management inside a project — stakeholders, resistance, and adoption
Benefit validation with finance so the number survives scrutiny

Certification project

A full DMAIC project carrying hard savings of $25,000 or more, run after the training with ongoing coaching support included until it lands.

What you end up with

Exam passed during the week; certification issued once the project is completed and the $25K+ hard savings are validated.

Yellow vs. Green

Same language. Different level of responsibility.

Dimension	Yellow Belt	Green Belt
Length	2 days	5 days
Purpose	Foundational awareness and local improvement	Lead a data-driven DMAIC project end to end
Method	Lean fundamentals, waste, basic problem solving	Full DMAIC: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
Data depth	Baselines, simple charts, Pareto	MSA, capability, hypothesis testing, regression
Project work	Small project work done in class over the two days	Project runs after training, with coaching support included
Exam	Taken during the two days; passing score required	Taken during the five days; passing score required
Prerequisite	None	Yellow Belt (or validated equivalent)
Certified	On the spot, at the end of training	After the project delivers $25K+ in validated hard savings

Already Yellow Belt trained?

We validate prior Yellow Belt training and route you straight to Green.

Nobody retakes training they have already earned. Submit what you have through the intake form below and we review it before quoting.

Step 01
Tell us where you trained
Provider, year, and what the curriculum covered. A day of awareness slides is not the same as a working Yellow Belt.
Step 02
Send the evidence
Certificate, agenda or curriculum, and any project summary. Attach it to the intake form and we take it from there.
Step 03
We review it
We check the tools covered against what Green Belt assumes: process mapping, waste, baselining, root cause, and control basics.
Step 04
Straight to Green
If it holds up, the participant is placed directly into the five-day Green Belt cohort. If there are gaps, we tell you exactly which ones and how we close them.

Submit training for validation

Training intake

Tell us who needs certifying and when.

Company, role, and training goals give us the shape of the program. Group size, format, and dates give us the cost. Together they are enough for a personalized quote.

Yellow Belt — 2 days, exam in class, certified on the spot
Green Belt — 5 days, exam in class, certified on a validated $25K+ project
Prior Yellow Belt training validated for direct Green placement

Name

Work email

Company

Role

Phone (optional)

Track

Cohort & timeline

Group size

Session format

When do you want to run it?

Preferred dates (optional)

Yellow Belt validationSome or all participants already hold Yellow Belt training from another provider — validate it and route them straight to Green Belt.

What do you want the training to achieve?

Submitting opens a prepared email to hello@convergeinitiative.com so you can review and attach files before it sends. Nothing is transmitted without you.

Questions

Certification questions, answered plainly.

Pricing

Every program is quoted personally.

Cohort size, belt level, on-site or virtual delivery, and how much project coaching you want all change the shape of the program — so there is no list price. Tell us who needs certifying and what you want them working on, and we'll send a personalized quote.

Already Yellow Belt trained elsewhere? Send the coursework and project evidence with your enquiry and we'll validate it for direct Green Belt placement.

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