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CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Continuous improvement is an ongoing effort to improve products, services or processes. These
efforts can seek “incremental” improvement over time or “breakthrough” improvement all at
once.
Striving for continuous improvement in all we do means a constant awareness to maximize value
and eliminate waste. The Welty Project Management Method employs many tools to facilitate
this process, but the common approach across all, is the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle while
establishing new standards and new common practices along the way.
This monitors changes in the project. It takes into consideration the amount and types of issues
that arise and how quickly they are addressed. These can occur from unforeseen issues,
scope changes, or changes in conditions. During this time, project managers may need to adjust
schedules and resources to ensure the project remains on track.
Among the most widely used tools for continuous improvement is a four-step quality model—the
plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle, also known as Deming Cycle:
PLAN
Identify an opportunity and
plan for change.
DO
Implement the change on
a small scale.
CHECK
Analyze the results and
determine whether it made a
difference
ACT
Implement change and
assess results.