Decision cycle

• In quality control, PDCA (Plan–Do–Check–Act) is used.{{cite book |last=Shores |first=A. Richard |date=1988 |title=Survival of the fittest: total quality control and management evolution |location=Milwaukee, WI |publisher=ASQC Quality Press |isbn=087389040X |oclc=18845934 |page=59}}
• In science, the scientific method (Observation–Hypothesis–Experiment–Evaluation) can also be seen as a decision cycle.{{cite book |last=Darian |first=Steven G. |date=2003 |chapter=The language of experiments |title=Understanding the language of science |location=Austin |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=0292716176 |oclc=51210597 |page=[https://archive.org/details/understandinglan0000dari/page/n165 148]}}
• In the United States Armed Forces, a theory of an OODA loop (Observe–Orient–Decide–Act) has been advocated by Colonel John Boyd.{{cite book |last=Osinga |first=Frans P. B. |date=2007 |orig-year=2005 |chapter=Completing the loop |title=Science, strategy and war: the strategic theory of John Boyd |series=Strategy and history |volume=18 |location=London; New York |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0415371032 |oclc=67773991 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=3DtoVuj_Sn4C&pg=PA234 234]}}
• In the lean startup methodology, the Build-Measure-Learn loop is used to guide product development.{{cite book |last=Ries |first=Eric |author-link=Eric Ries |date=2011 |title=The lean startup: how today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses |location=New York |publisher=Crown Business |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=tvfyz-4JILwC&pg=PA76 76] |isbn=9780307887894 |oclc=693809631}}
• In management, Herbert A. Simon proposed a decision cycle of three steps (Intelligence–Design–Choice).{{cite book |last=Simon |first=Herbert A. |author-link=Herbert A. Simon |date=1977 |orig-year=1960 |title=The new science of management decision |edition=Revised |location=Englewood Cliffs, NJ |publisher=Prentice-Hall |isbn=0136161448 |oclc=2464596 |url=https://archive.org/details/newscienceofmana0000simo }} Much later, other scholars expanded his framework to five steps (Intelligence–Design–Choice–Implementation–Learning).{{cite journal |last1=Mora |first1=Manuel |last2=Forgionne |first2=Guisseppi |last3=Cervantes |first3=Francisco |last4=Garrido |first4=Leonardo |last5=Gupta |first5=Jatinder N. D. |last6=Gelman |first6=Ovsei |date=January 2005 |title=Toward a comprehensive framework for the design and evaluation of intelligent decision-making support systems (i-DMSS) |journal=Journal of Decision Systems |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=321–344 |doi=10.3166/jds.14.321-344|s2cid=5171106 }}
• In design thinking, the design process is often conceived as a decision cycle (or design cycle), such as Robert McKim's ETC (Express–Test–Cycle).{{cite book |last=McKim |first=Robert H. |date=1980 |orig-year=1972 |title=Experiences in visual thinking |edition=2nd |location=Monterey, CA |publisher=Brooks/Cole |isbn=0818504110 |oclc=5946609 |url=https://archive.org/details/experiencesinvis0000mcki }}{{cite web |last1=Dubberly |first1=Hugh |last2=Evenson |first2=Shelley |last3=Chung |first3=Jack |last4=Bahr |first4=Robin |last5=Pangaro |first5=Paul |date=20 March 2009 |title=A model of the creative process |url=http://www.dubberly.com/concept-maps/creative-process.html |access-date=14 March 2015}}
• In the Getting Things Done time management method, workflow consists of a cycle of five stages (Collect–Process–Organize–Do–Review).{{cite book |last=Allen |first=David |author-link=David Allen (author) |date=2001 |chapter=Getting control of your life: the five stages of mastering workflow |title=Getting things done: the art of stress-free productivity |location=New York |publisher=Viking Press |isbn=0670889067 |oclc=44868871 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=iykLVJAK49kC&pg=PA24 24]}}
• In the nursing process, the ADPIE (Assessment–Diagnosis–Planning–Implementation–Evaluation) process is used.{{cite book |last=Alfaro-LeFevre |first=Rosalinda |date=2014 |orig-year=1986 |title=Applying nursing process: the foundation for clinical reasoning |edition=8th |location=Philadelphia |publisher=Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |isbn=9781609136970 |oclc=793572204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dlqbmpuhPEcC}} See also: {{cite book |last1=Ackley |first1=Betty J. |last2=Ladwig |first2=Gail B. |date=2014 |orig-year=1993 |title=Nursing diagnosis handbook: an evidence-based guide to planning care |edition=10th |location=Maryland Heights, Missouri |publisher=Mosby Elsevier |isbn=9780323085496 |oclc=779260503 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=tmaFxuFBsDoC&pg=PA10 10]}} Alternatively, the ASPIRE (Assessment–Systematic Nursing Diagnosis–Planning–Implementation–Recheck–Evaluation) model includes an additional stage—Recheck—in between Implementation and Evaluation.{{cite book |last1=Barrett |first1=David |last2=Wilson |first2=Benita |last3=Woollands |first3=Andrea |date=2012 |orig-year=2009 |title=Care planning: a guide for nurses |edition=2nd |location=Harlow, England |publisher=Pearson Education |isbn=9780273746119 |oclc=766301888 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=7Y99AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21 21]}}
• In psychotherapy, the transtheoretical model posits five stages of intentional change (Precontemplation–Contemplation–Preparation–Action–Maintenance). These stages were initially conceived as linear, but John C. Norcross said that for many people the stages are more appropriately viewed as a cycle (Psych–Prep–Perspire–Persist–Relapse).{{cite book |last1=Norcross |first1=John C. |author-link1=John C. Norcross |last2=Loberg |first2=Kristin |last3=Norcross |first3=Jonathon |date=2012 |title=Changeology: 5 steps to realizing your goals and resolutions |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781451657616 |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=s1tGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA196 196]}}
• In USAID, the use of a program cycle, "codified in the Automated Directive Systems (ADS) 201, is USAID's operational model for planning, delivering, assessing, and adapting development programming in a given region or country to achieve more effective and sustainable results in order to advance U.S. foreign policy".{{cite web |url=https://usaidlearninglab.org/learning-at-usaid/program-cycle-overview-page |title=USAID: Program Cycle Overview |website=usaidlearninglab.org |access-date=2022-09-28}} Relatedly, within the agency there exists resources regarding adaptive management decision cycles.{{cite web |url=https://usaidlearninglab.org/resources/knowing-when-adapt-decision-tree |title=Knowing When to Adapt – A Decision Tree |website=usaidlearninglab.org |access-date=2022-09-28}}

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• Adaptive management
• Decision tree
• Decisional balance sheet
• Feedback
• Learning cycle
• Systems development lifecycle
• Virtuous circle and vicious circle
• Intelligence cycle

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