Kpamma, Z E; Adjei-Kumi, T; Ayarkwa, J and Adinyira, E (2018) Choosing by advantages incorporated framework for a user-involved design process. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 14(3), pp. 194-217. ISSN 1745-2007
Abstract
Participation of stakeholders, such as users, in the design process remains significant in generating value of construction projects. This calls for new approaches in the interactions between designers and users towards collaboratively understanding and meeting user needs. A systematic framework, incorporating the Choosing By Advantages (CBA) decision system is, therefore, proposed as a contribution to improving designer-user collaboration for value generation in construction projects. The framework, resulting from an action-oriented constructive research approach, is based on a combination of empirical knowledge from the case application of CBA on selected projects in Ghana, and relevant theory. It is structured along the Input-Mediator-Output-Input scheme of team process, containing six performance episodes connected with reciprocal dependency loops. Guided by the pragmatist stance on truth, the workability of the framework was evaluated in a case study. The paper contributes to design process management and stakeholder involvement by providing a systematic guide on employing a multi-attribute decision system for designers and users to collaboratively discover, generate and authenticate value at the design stage of construction projects.Participation of stakeholders, such as users, in the design process remains significant in generating value of construction projects. This calls for new approaches in the interactions between designers and users towards collaboratively understanding and meeting user needs. A systematic framework, incorporating the Choosing By Advantages (CBA) decision system is, therefore, proposed as a contribution to improving designer-user collaboration for value generation in construction projects. The framework, resulting from an action-oriented constructive research approach, is based on a combination of empirical knowledge from the case application of CBA on selected projects in Ghana, and relevant theory. It is structured along the Input-Mediator-Output-Input scheme of team process, containing six performance episodes connected with reciprocal dependency loops. Guided by the pragmatist stance on truth, the workability of the framework was evaluated in a case study. The paper contributes to design process management and stakeholder involvement by providing a systematic guide on employing a multi-attribute decision system for designers and users to collaboratively discover, generate and authenticate value at the design stage of construction projects.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | choosing by advantages; participatory design; stakeholder involvement; collaborative design; user-involved design; design; case studies; workability; construction; designers; project engineering; process management; construction industry |
| Index terms: | design process, workability, case study, mediator, Ghana, designer, value generation, design stage, process management, user need, construction project, collaboration, project engineering, participatory design, user-involved design, collaborative design, stakeholder involvement, interaction, construction industry |
| Subjects: | industry analysis, behavioral psychology, management, production management, Geography, participation process, professional practice, financial and cost management, data collection methods, profession, user-centered design, dispute resolution, design methods, control systems |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Design Practice, Organizational Design, Project Management, Geographical Context, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Cost Management, Roles and Professions, Stakeholder Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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