According to Kelly (2011), three different types of critical thinking methods that can be used in designing improvements are continuous improvement cycle, six sigma DMAIC, and performance management cycle. The continuous improvement cycle, also known as the Shewhart cycle and PDCA cycle involves of four unceasing steps that management performs (Kelly, 2011). According to Kelly (2011), these create a recurrent nature methodology that consist of plan: discovering opportunity for change and constructing a plan, do: implementation of the change on a minute scale, check/study: evaluate outcomes of the change implemented and conclude if it made a differentiation, and act: if the modification was established to be effective, then implement it on a larger scale and analyze these outcomes, but if said change did not work, start the cycle again. While management can easily use this method to create change and improvement to the system, Kelly (2011), states that all employees in the system can use this technique for problem solving, This tool is the one that would be most beneficial in determining the process improvement for my project for multiple reasons. The main reason is that the critical thinking involved in this method allows for testing in small groups first and then after it is deemed successful moving into a larger population. This would save time in the …show more content…
Performance standards consist of identifying who stakeholders are and identifying requirements such as standard of care, and accreditations needed for the modification needed (Kelly, 2011). Furthermore, performance management is reviewing existing policies and process designs and comparing them with regulatory standards to ascertain performance gaps (Kelly, 2011). Quality improvement process is when management will use enhancement tools to affiliate the procedure policy with performance requirements. Additionally, the reporting process analyzes data about the performance change and ensures that process performance and requirements are congruent with each other (Kelly, 2011). Management best uses this methodology when the use of the previous methods is then brought forth to the manager to find a solution (Kelly,