A Pareto chart is a bar graph. The lengths of the bars represent frequency or cost (time or money), and are arranged with longest bars on the left and the shortest to​ ...|CartTotal:CheckoutDismissMenuclosemenuParetoHomeQualityResourcesMembershipCertificationRecertificationSpecializedCredentialsLearningCorporateTrainingInstructorsBooks&StandardsConferences&EventsCommunitiesQualityProgressASQTVFindQualityJobsAboutASQAboutASQELearnAboutQualitySEARCHMagazinesandJournalssearchAboutParetoChartResourcesRelatedTopicsAboutParetoChartSevenBasicQualityToolsCheckSheetControlChartFishbone/Ishikawa/Cause-and-EffectHistogramScatterDiagramStratificationParetoChartResourcesArticlesBooksCaseStudiesDivisionJobsJournalTrainingVideosParetoChartRelatedTopicsContinuousImprovementProblemSolvingProcessAnalysisToolsProcessManagementQualityTools&TemplatesHome/QualityResources/ParetoWhatisaParetoChart?QualityGlossaryDefinition:ParetochartAlsocalled:Paretodiagram,ParetoanalysisVariations:weightedParetochart,comparativeParetochartsAParetochartisabargraph.Thelengthsofthebarsrepresentfrequencyorcost(timeormoney),andarearrangedwithlongestbarsontheleftandtheshortesttotheright.Inthiswaythechartvisuallydepictswhichsituationsaremoresignificant.Thiscauseanalysistool isconsideredoneofthesevenbasicqualitytools.WhentouseaParetochartParetochartprocedureParetochartexamplesCreateaParetochartParetochartresourcesWhentoUseaParetoChartWhenanalyzingdataaboutthefrequencyofproblemsorcausesinaprocessWhentherearemanyproblemsorcausesandyouwanttofocusonthemostsignificantWhenanalyzingbroadcausesbylookingattheirspecificcomponentsWhencommunicatingwithothersaboutyourdataLookingformorequalitytools?TryPlan-Do-Study-Act(PDSA)PlusQTools™Training:ParetoChartQToolsTMBundlePlan-Do-Study-ActplusQToolsTM ParetoChartProcedureDecidewhatcategoriesyouwillusetogroupitems.Decidewhatmeasurementisappropriate.Commonmeasurementsarefrequency,quantity,costandtime.DecidewhatperiodoftimetheParetochartwillcover:Oneworkcycle?Onefullday?Aweek?Colle