No, Deming did not invent or originate PDCA; it emerged in Japan. Deming’s earlier teaching in Japan may have influenced PDCA, but he never fully embraced it. He later published the plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle and credited Walter A. Shewhart.
No, Deming did not invent or originate PDCA; it emerged in Japan. Deming’s earlier teaching in Japan may have influenced PDCA, but he never fully embraced it. He later published the plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle and credited Walter A. Shewhart.