i think our ideas are very similar.
step 1 is basically pre-planning... getting the tools ready.
step 2 is planning
step 3 is doing
step 4 was trying to imply that you test, then improve, infinitely.
basically study it then act on what you've found.
i would have to say that steps 2/3 are not really gone. when you are
testing and improving, you are really finding an error, planning a
better fix, and then implementing that fix... it just flows so
naturally that i didnt realize all the minor steps involved.
additionally, i was only talking about the first, beginning phase.
once we get that beast to a state where we like it and it works for
our preliminary goals, we can start the process from step 2 for the
next major phase.
~Hoeken
On 4/20/05, John Summerscales <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In his message of Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:36 PM, Hoeken said
>
> "what I would love to happen in the near future:
>
> 1. Settle on a 3d CAD system that meets our basic needs
> 2. Define the first phase requirements - as barebones as
> possible.
> 3. Start creating cad files to create #2
> 4. test, improve, test, improve
> 5. watch as we change the world.
>
> The Deming Cycle (I teach Quality Management) suggests that point four
> should be
> Plan - Do - Study - Act (and continue around the circle) !
> For more detail see for example page 587 of
> James Evans and William Lindsay, The Management and Control of Quality -
> Fifth Edition,
> South-Western/Thomson Learning, Cincinnati OH, 2001. ISBN
> 0-324-06680-5.
>
> If define = plan, create = do, test = study, act = improve,
> then plan/create seem to have escaped from the cycle?
>
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