Standards serve as our ruler for measurement
Establish objectives and standards
Implement the plans then look at your results
Measure actual performance
Put your actual performance side by side with your planned output
Compare results with objectives and standards
A thinking manager should be able to see why. Trying to see all the possible reasons then adjusting to these reasons when you do everything agains
Analyze and interpret deviations
After confirming the why’s, make an adjusted plan for implementation for the next time we do things
Take necessary action to correct negative deviations