A process is stable if it does not contain any special cause variation; only common cause variation is present. Control charts and run charts provide good illustrations of process stability or instability.
This process is stable because the data appear to be distributed randomly and do not violate any of the 8 control chart tests.
This process is not stable; several of the control chart tests are violated.
A process must be stable before its capability is assessed or improvements are initiated.
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