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[Maris Fogels <maris.fogels@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09-10-07 09:35 AM, Francis J. Lacoste wrote:
> On October 7, 2009, Jonathan Lange wrote:
> > > There is a great method from Lean and Project Management called
> > > Plan-Do-Check-Act, or PDCA for short.  The mail lays out 'P' and 'D' very
> > > well, it just needs 'C' ('A' comes later).
> > Presumably they distinguish between doing and acting in some way
> > hitherto unknown to the wider English speaking community?
>
> Well :-)
>
> I'm guessing they use two synonyms to distinguish the first actions ('Do') 
> which is about implementing the Plan, from the seconds which are about what 
> needs to be done after the 'Check'. 
>
> Maybe 'PDC' with an infinite sign would have been more consise (not sure it 
> would have been easier to understand though).

Heh, what Francis said.  "Act" is "make course corrections", then Plan again.

Maris

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