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Monday, November 08, 2004
Plan, Do, Study (Check), Act—The Daily Kos writes about this phase of the post-election, in which all parties are proposing their theories about why the Democrats lost, before conventional wisdom sets in. He also mentions the concept of Quality Improvement regarding how we can learn from what happened to avoid repeating mistakes. The concept of Quality Improvement was developed by statistician Edward Deming and taught to the Japanese after World War II. The basic tenants are Plan, Do, Study (Check), Act. We are currently in the Study cycle to allow the next stage, Act, to be more effective. As opposed to the cycle suggested by others, Plan, Do, Study, move to Europe.
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