Which description best defines the Act phase of the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle?

Which description best defines the Act phase of the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle?

• A. Plan
• B. Act
• C. Do
• D. Study

Answer: (B)

In this phase you take what you learned from testing and make the changes stick or adjust your approach. If the change produced the intended improvement, you standardize it, update policies or procedures, train staff, and implement it more broadly to sustain the gains. If the results weren’t as hoped, you modify the plan, abandon the unsuccessful change, or start a new cycle with revised steps. This phase is about acting on what the data showed and deciding the next steps, rather than planning, doing, or studying.

In this phase you take what you learned from testing and make the changes stick or adjust your approach. If the change produced the intended improvement, you standardize it, update policies or procedures, train staff, and implement it more broadly to sustain the gains. If the results weren’t as hoped, you modify the plan, abandon the unsuccessful change, or start a new cycle with revised steps. This phase is about acting on what the data showed and deciding the next steps, rather than planning, doing, or studying.