Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC)

The Process Decision Program Chart (commonly abbreviated to the less unwieldy PDPC) provides a simple method to help in identifying both risks and countermeasures.

Quite simply, if the plan is displayed diagrammatically (typically in a Tree Diagram), then identified risks and countermeasures are added in subsequent boxes, as below. This may appear to be quite trivial, but as with many other tools, the construction and thought involved is as important as the final diagram.

The PDPC is one of the second seven tools.

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Toolbook chapter: Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC)