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2 Responses to “Video overview of PDSA (PDCA) cycle”

1. December 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 am

   Jamie Flinchbaugh says:

   A good video, but..

   I think there is a big difference from actually doing PDSA and what I would call “trying stuff.” The analogy tries to convince people that they are already doing PDSA when they try solutions and just see if it works. This is different than really doing PDSA. P requires observation and gathering of knowledge, and purposeful hypothesis development. Trying stuff is doing one thing, finding out it doesn’t work, then trying something else. There is no purposeful hypothesis development, testing, and ultimately no learning.

   Second, a point on education: When trying to teach people concepts such as this with the purpose of getting them to use them, teaching them root history of a concept is often a detractor. It’s interesting, but not useful, and turns many people off. Just a bit of advice there for people trying to educate folks on the concepts.

   Thanks for sharing,

   Jamie Flinchbaugh
   http://www.jamieflinchbaugh.com

2. December 22nd, 2009 at 1:38 pm

   admin says:

   Yes Jamie. the pot plant analogy in particular risks confusing PDSA with its mortal enemy “trial and error”. But it does get better when more specific operational issues are examined. Maybe he isn’t so good at the simple stuff

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