I need articles explaining the PDCA cycle, any suggestions?

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Romer Castillo

Here is a good article on how the PDCA cycle evolved. See the link.

http://pkpinc.com/files/NA01_Moen_Norman_fullpaper.pdf

Explorations on some PDCA examples are given in the following link:

http://www.brighthubpm.com/methods-strategies/77327-pdca-examples-implementing-change-in-your-company/

And the general information / explanation on the PDCA cycle can be found in Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDCA