Glossary
Pareto Chart
A Pareto Chart is a bar chart that presents categorical data in descending order of frequency. The Pareto effect operates in quality improvement, demonstrating that 80 percent of problems usually stem from 20 percent of the causes. Pareto charts arrange data so that the few vital factors that are causing most of the problems reveal themselves. In seeking continuous improvement by concentrating an organisations efforts on these few will have a greatest and most cost beneficial impact.