PDSA – Examples and Some Other Methods and Tools

Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) Examples

• PDSA – Everyday life – 5-minute video
• PDSA – Quality Tools for Children – an Example of someone explaining their application success story
• PDSA applied within the HealthCare Industry – Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• American Society for Quality – PDSA plus QTools
• Total Quality Transformation – Framework plus PDSA examples – See Planned Change – Education Example

Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA)

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) – PDCA. The PDSA can also be referenced as the Plan, Do, “CHECK, Act (PDCA Cycle.  The difference is “Study” refers to an assessment on variation – was it reduced or increased?

• Project Management Institute – PDCA
• PDCA – Aligned with the Project Management Institute (PMI) Body of Knowledge (PMBoK)

Deming Institute – The History and Evolution of the PDSA Cycle

• ASQ. Circling Back: Clearing up myths about the Deming cycle and seeing how it keeps evolving

Other Tools

SWOT – 3 minute generic video

What is Project Management?  Intro video

Meeting Management