The invention is a method of determining a set temperature profile of a
method of controlling respective substrate temperatures of plurality of
groups in accordance with respective corresponding set temperature
profiles. The invention includes a first heat processing step of
controlling respective substrate temperatures of a plurality of groups in
accordance with respective predetermined provisional set temperature
profiles for first-batch substrates that are classified into the
plurality of groups, and of introducing a process gas to conduct a heat
process to form films on the substrates; a first film-thickness measuring
step of measuring a thickness of the films formed on the substrates; and
a first set-temperature-profile amending step of respectively amending
the provisional set temperature profiles based on the measured thickness,
in such a manner that a thickness of films formed during a heat process
is substantially the same between the plurality of groups.