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<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>This article discusses performance improvement (<jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">PI</jats:styled-content>) and the various methods that <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">PI</jats:styled-content> teams can use to provide a framework for improvement. Teams that complete successful <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">PI</jats:styled-content> projects use a systematic methodology that guides them through the process in a step‐by‐step manner, with each step building upon the previous one using data collection methods and analytics. Personnel involved with <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">PI</jats:styled-content> projects may need to use various methodologies to achieve improvement. These tools range from Plan‐Do‐Study‐Act cycles to more complex methods such as Six Sigma, which uses a define, measure, analyze, improve, and control process as its foundation. This article includes examples of how <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">PI</jats:styled-content> project team members can implement various methodologies and analysis tools to improve processes across the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">PI</jats:styled-content> project continuum. After reviewing this article, the reader should have a better understanding of the systematic methodologies supporting the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">PI</jats:styled-content> process. This is the third article of a six‐part series about performance improvement.</jats:p>