Enum: QualityMethodologyEnum

Quality improvement methodologies and approaches

URI: valuesets:QualityMethodologyEnum

Permissible Values

Value	Title	Meaning	Description	Analysis	Approach	Best Practices	Causes	Combination	Comparison	Components	Comprehensive	Continuous	Control Charts	Culture	Cycle	Daily	Deming	Design	Employee	External	Foundation	Improvement	Incremental	Internal	Iterative	Phases	Philosophy	Prevention	Purpose	Real Time	Risk	Safety	Simple	Six Sigma	Speed	Statistical	Structured	Systematic	Thorough	Tools	Variation	Verification	Visual	Waste	Workplace
DMAIC	DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control)		Six Sigma problem-solving methodology		data-driven problem solving																					Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control								Six Sigma methodology		statistical analysis	structured improvement process
DMADV	DMADV (Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify)		Six Sigma design methodology for new processes															design for Six Sigma								Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify		defect prevention	new process or product design													design verification
PDCA	PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act)		Continuous improvement cycle methodology									continuous improvement			Plan, Do, Check, Act		Deming cycle								iterative process								simple and versatile
KAIZEN	Kaizen Continuous Improvement		Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement											improvement culture		daily improvement activities			employee-driven improvement				small incremental improvements				continuous improvement philosophy
LEAN_SIX_SIGMA	Lean Six Sigma		Combined methodology integrating Lean and Six Sigma					Lean and Six Sigma integration			comprehensive improvement																								speed and quality						variation reduction			waste elimination
FIVE_S	5S Workplace Organization		Workplace organization and standardization methodology							Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain											improvement foundation											safety and efficiency											visual management		workplace organization
ROOT_CAUSE_ANALYSIS	Root Cause Analysis		Systematic approach to identifying problem root causes				root cause identification																					problem prevention										systematic problem analysis	thorough investigation	various analytical tools
STATISTICAL_PROCESS_CONTROL	Statistical Process Control (SPC)		Statistical methods for process monitoring and control										control charts															problem prevention		real-time monitoring						statistical monitoring					variation monitoring
FAILURE_MODE_ANALYSIS	Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)		Systematic analysis of potential failure modes	failure mode analysis														design and process FMEA										failure prevention			risk assessment							systematic approach
BENCHMARKING	Benchmarking		Performance comparison with best practices			best practice identification			performance comparison											external benchmarking		improvement opportunities		internal benchmarking

Slots

Name	Description
quality_methodology	Quality improvement methodology

Identifier and Mapping Information

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name: QualityMethodologyEnum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Quality improvement methodologies and approaches
title: Quality Methodology
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  DMAIC:
    text: DMAIC
    description: Six Sigma problem-solving methodology
    annotations:
      phases:
        tag: phases
        value: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
      approach:
        tag: approach
        value: data-driven problem solving
      structured:
        tag: structured
        value: structured improvement process
      statistical:
        tag: statistical
        value: statistical analysis
      six_sigma:
        tag: six_sigma
        value: Six Sigma methodology
    title: DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control)
  DMADV:
    text: DMADV
    description: Six Sigma design methodology for new processes
    annotations:
      phases:
        tag: phases
        value: Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify
      purpose:
        tag: purpose
        value: new process or product design
      design:
        tag: design
        value: design for Six Sigma
      verification:
        tag: verification
        value: design verification
      prevention:
        tag: prevention
        value: defect prevention
    title: DMADV (Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify)
  PDCA:
    text: PDCA
    description: Continuous improvement cycle methodology
    annotations:
      cycle:
        tag: cycle
        value: Plan, Do, Check, Act
      continuous:
        tag: continuous
        value: continuous improvement
      iterative:
        tag: iterative
        value: iterative process
      deming:
        tag: deming
        value: Deming cycle
      simple:
        tag: simple
        value: simple and versatile
    title: PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act)
  KAIZEN:
    text: KAIZEN
    description: Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement
    annotations:
      philosophy:
        tag: philosophy
        value: continuous improvement philosophy
      incremental:
        tag: incremental
        value: small incremental improvements
      employee:
        tag: employee
        value: employee-driven improvement
      culture:
        tag: culture
        value: improvement culture
      daily:
        tag: daily
        value: daily improvement activities
    title: Kaizen Continuous Improvement
  LEAN_SIX_SIGMA:
    text: LEAN_SIX_SIGMA
    description: Combined methodology integrating Lean and Six Sigma
    annotations:
      combination:
        tag: combination
        value: Lean and Six Sigma integration
      waste:
        tag: waste
        value: waste elimination
      variation:
        tag: variation
        value: variation reduction
      speed:
        tag: speed
        value: speed and quality
      comprehensive:
        tag: comprehensive
        value: comprehensive improvement
    title: Lean Six Sigma
  FIVE_S:
    text: FIVE_S
    description: Workplace organization and standardization methodology
    annotations:
      components:
        tag: components
        value: Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain
      workplace:
        tag: workplace
        value: workplace organization
      visual:
        tag: visual
        value: visual management
      foundation:
        tag: foundation
        value: improvement foundation
      safety:
        tag: safety
        value: safety and efficiency
    title: 5S Workplace Organization
  ROOT_CAUSE_ANALYSIS:
    text: ROOT_CAUSE_ANALYSIS
    description: Systematic approach to identifying problem root causes
    annotations:
      systematic:
        tag: systematic
        value: systematic problem analysis
      causes:
        tag: causes
        value: root cause identification
      prevention:
        tag: prevention
        value: problem prevention
      tools:
        tag: tools
        value: various analytical tools
      thorough:
        tag: thorough
        value: thorough investigation
    title: Root Cause Analysis
  STATISTICAL_PROCESS_CONTROL:
    text: STATISTICAL_PROCESS_CONTROL
    description: Statistical methods for process monitoring and control
    annotations:
      statistical:
        tag: statistical
        value: statistical monitoring
      control_charts:
        tag: control_charts
        value: control charts
      variation:
        tag: variation
        value: variation monitoring
      prevention:
        tag: prevention
        value: problem prevention
      real_time:
        tag: real_time
        value: real-time monitoring
    title: Statistical Process Control (SPC)
  FAILURE_MODE_ANALYSIS:
    text: FAILURE_MODE_ANALYSIS
    description: Systematic analysis of potential failure modes
    annotations:
      analysis:
        tag: analysis
        value: failure mode analysis
      prevention:
        tag: prevention
        value: failure prevention
      risk:
        tag: risk
        value: risk assessment
      systematic:
        tag: systematic
        value: systematic approach
      design:
        tag: design
        value: design and process FMEA
    title: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  BENCHMARKING:
    text: BENCHMARKING
    description: Performance comparison with best practices
    annotations:
      comparison:
        tag: comparison
        value: performance comparison
      best_practices:
        tag: best_practices
        value: best practice identification
      improvement:
        tag: improvement
        value: improvement opportunities
      external:
        tag: external
        value: external benchmarking
      internal:
        tag: internal
        value: internal benchmarking
    title: Benchmarking