PDSA Learning Cycle Worksheet¶
A reusable one-cycle working sheet
Series identity. Learn in cycles. Move in a line. The product keeps moving forward, while understanding improves through repeated PDSA learning loops.
Cycle Header¶
| Product / area | |
| Cycle dates | |
| Decision this supports | |
| Facilitator | |
| Participants | |
| Status | Plan / Do / Study / Act / Closed |
Plan¶
What are we here to learn this cycle?¶
What do we know?¶
What are we assuming?¶
What do we predict will happen, and why?¶
What is the smallest useful thing we will try?¶
What evidence will we collect?¶
Do¶
What did we actually do?¶
Who was involved or exposed?¶
What changed from the plan?¶
What observations should be preserved now?¶
Study¶
What happened compared with the prediction?¶
What varied by user, context, segment, workflow, or time?¶
What surprised us?¶
What did we learn about the product system?¶
Act¶
What will we adopt, adapt, abandon, hold, or learn more about?¶
What artifacts must change?¶
What risk remains?¶
What should we learn next?¶
Compact Checklist¶
- Prediction was written before action.
- Evidence source was named before action.
- Observation was captured during Do.
- Study compared evidence to prediction.
- Act changed a decision, artifact, or next question.
- Next cycle is named.