Circling Back
Circling Back
Clearing up myths about the Deming cycle and seeing how it keeps evolving
- Publication:
- Quality Progress
- Date:
- November 2010
- Issue:
- Volume 43 Issue 11
- Pages:
- pp. 22-28
- Author(s):
- Moen, Ronald D., Norman, Clifford L.
- Organization(s):
- Associates in Process Improvement, Georgetown, TX
Abstract
There still seems to be much confusion today surrounding W. Edwards Deming’s plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle. How did Deming’s PDSA cycle evolve? Did Deming create the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle? Are PDCA and PDSA related? In the 1950s, W. Edwards Deming brought the scientific method to industry. Later, the method was called the plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle. Deming built the method from many problem-solving theories, including Shewhart’s specification, production and inspection process. PDSA remains one of today’s most popular problem-solving methods and continues to evolve.
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