Plan Do Check Act

This is a structured implementation of the PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) continuous improvement cycle. You define a problem with measurable baselines, test a hypothesis with a small change, measure the results, then either standardize what worked or adjust and iterate. The examples show realistic scenarios like reducing Docker build times from 45 to 4.5 minutes over two cycles, where the first iteration hit the target but revealed a new bottleneck. It's most useful when you have a specific problem to solve and want to avoid the trap of making too many changes at once without knowing what actually worked. The framework forces you to document everything and set concrete success criteria, which sounds tedious but pays off when you're on cycle three trying to remember why you made certain decisions.

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$ npx -y skills add neolabhq/context-engineering-kit --skill plan-do-check-act --agent claude-code

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Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA)

Apply PDCA cycle for continuous improvement through iterative problem-solving and process optimization.

Description

Four-phase iterative cycle: Plan (identify and analyze), Do (implement changes), Check (measure results), Act (standardize or adjust). Enables systematic experimentation and improvement.