If you just attended my session of Dr. W. Edwards Deming‘s Red Bead Experiment, aka the Red Bead Game, thanks!
Here’s a link to Donald J. Wheeler’s book Understanding Variation. I also write about the Red Bead Game in my book Measures of Success.
Articles on Variation and Management
More Articles on Statistical Process Control and Variation
Managing and Improving a Stable System
Lessons from Running the Red Bead Experiment
Comparing Willing Workers with Process Behavior Charts
The Risks of Firing “Low Performers”
Red, Yellow, and Green Charts and Statistical Process Control
Podcast with John Dyer: Lessons from the Red Bead Experiment
Webinars and Presentation Slides
Red Bead Experiment: 2016 SHS Presentation Slides
Lessons from Dr. Deming’s Red Bead Factory
Recording:
Stop Overreacting to Your Metrics: How to Use Control Charts for Real Improvement
How to Calculate Natural Process Limits (Control Limits)
How to Create a Process Behavior Chart
How to Create Control Charts for Performance Metrics (older video):
Other Resources
Play Mark Graban’s free Deming funnel experiment simulator – a companion to the Red Bead Game, on tampering and overadjustment
Western Electric rules | Download the Western Electric Rules summary (PowerPoint)
Symphony Technologies Red Bead simulator
Similar simulator, via BBC: “Can chance make you a killer?” (Rebuilt by Mark Graban)
Lessons Learned from the Red Bead Experiment (Word .DOC) via RedBead.com
Red Bead Experiment Videos
The famed 1980 NBC documentary that introduced Dr. Deming to the U.S. (read more about it):
Want to run the Red Bead Experiment with your team or conference? See the Red Bead Experiment workshop or contact me.