Category: -Kaizen

The community of project management practice with historical roots in Japan that has given rise to the quality movement, the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, lean manufactuing, the Toyota Production System and “New New Product Development” (a precursor of Scrum and of agile project management generally).

“What is a Quality Circle? Definition and Examples”

Quality circles are noteworthy for many reasons: meta-, macro-, and micro-. Thse include, as examples, their contribution to the Japanese economic miracle, their emphasis on self-organization as a pattern for managing project team work, and on their toolbox of design and problem-solving tools, including cause-effect diagrams. Here is a concise and solid introduction, inclluding a […]

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