Advanced Physics for Brachytherapy 2018

Deming: Father of PDSA

William Edwards Deming (1900–1996)

1926: Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics, Yale University

1927: Employed by USDA and met Walter Shewhart Applied statistics to industrial production methods

A system must be managed. It will not manage itself.

1943: Deming Cycle

Plan or design an experiment Do the experiment by performing the steps Study the results by analyzing the information Act on decisions based upon the analyzed results