Deming PDCA Cycle

FREE Project Management Training: Deming PDCA Cycle

Plan, Do, Check, Act

William Edwards Deming was an American engineer, statistician and management consultant. He was instrumental in helping to rebuild Japan’s industrial infrastructure after WWII and is known as the “Father of Quality Management”.

In the 1950's, Deming proposed that business processes be placed in a continuous feedback loop so that managers can identify and change the parts that need improvement. To do this he created a diagram to illustrate this continuous process, commonly known as the PDCA cycle for Plan, Do, Check, Act.

To PLAN is to design or revise business processes to improve results.

To DO is to implement the plan and test its performance.

To CHECK is to assess the measurements and report the results to decision makers.

To ACT is to decide on changes needed to improve the processes.

The Deming Cycle is a simple but effective approach for problem solving and managing change, and it ensures that ideas are appropriately tested before committing to full implementation.

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[Terra_Divina]

Would love to listen to it, but why on earth the hard-rock-noice-polution in the background???

[ExaltedDuck]

“What you propose is not the Deming Cycle. I don’t know the source of the cycle that you
propose. How the PDCA ever came into existence I know not.” -W. Edwards Deming

[abudriaz]

Thats not deming pdca cycle you just talked about PDCA

[katielovesgoodmusic]

Actually, Walter Stewhart developed the model, then Deming further developed it.