Rogerson, J H; Morris, J P and Jared, G E M (2000) Development of a generic design-decision planner. In: Akintoye, A (ed.) Proceedings of 16th Annual ARCOM Conference, 6-8 September 2000, Glasgow, UK.
Abstract
We have developed a design decision planner which is totally generic and independent of how the design process is modelled or organised and can be used to plan the design stages, their timing and to identify resources and information inputs required. This is the final outcome of the research project on controlling innovation in construction design (interim results were presented at ARCOM 1998). An electronic data gathering tool (EDGT) was developed and used on three 'live' building projects (one of which was an Egan Demonstration) to capture design decisions as they took place and examine who took them, on what basis, using what information sources and under what constraints. It is apparent that, at the system and sub-system level, the process of decision making follows a characteristic 'S' curve when plotted against normalised time and that more than 70% of decisions are generic although the sequence can vary from project to project. On a day-to-day basis design decision making is a highly iterative process not easily described by a single model.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | design; modelling; process; planning; innovation |
| Index terms: | design decision, planner, modelling, decision-making, design stage, design process |
| Subjects: | profession, design methods, professional practice, analytical methods, design practice, decision analysis |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Design Practice, Engineering Principles, Risk Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 2 PC |
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