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In the last chapter, we discussed Kaoru Ishikawa, the father of the fishbone “cause and effect” diagram. Let’s spend a few sentences on our next two heroes – Shewhart and Deming – the fathers of the Pacific Dolphin Swim Association (err, the Plan-Do-Study Act cycle).
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Newman, E.D. (2012). Testing and Implementing Solutions. In: Harrington, J., Newman, E. (eds) Great Health Care. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1198-7_7
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