Friday 23 April 2010
Metamorphosis of design
Yesterday I participated in a workshop on the metamorphosis of design management, involving a coalition of researchers, teachers and practitioners and organized by the http://www.mdmn.org/ I was particularly struck by Peter Swann's presentation about e-waste (what happens to your computer when you upgrade) and the need for systemic thinking in design.
Monday 12 April 2010
Project processes in the digital economy
The introduction of new technologies into project-based organizations is a challenge. The scale of this challenge is captured in an image of a wedge, by Mark Bew and Mervyn Richards, showing the road map associated with implementing new building information models in the construction industry.
They show different levels of implementation, where at the thin end there is poor information, but a well known and traditional project management process. At the other end of the wedge, data is much more tightly coupled, but there is much less known about the processes of design and delivery. The practical challenge for project-based firms is to understand how to develop new processes, to gain competitive advantage and drive up the productivity of the sector.
These issues inform the AIM Fellowship research. They, as well as the new questions about information technologies and sustainability, will be discussed at a construction industry event, being hosted by the University of Reading on 19th May 2010.
For more details and to register for the "United Construction Information" event see: http://www.comitproject.org.uk/events/UCI%20Spring%202010%20Event%20Flyer.pdf
They show different levels of implementation, where at the thin end there is poor information, but a well known and traditional project management process. At the other end of the wedge, data is much more tightly coupled, but there is much less known about the processes of design and delivery. The practical challenge for project-based firms is to understand how to develop new processes, to gain competitive advantage and drive up the productivity of the sector.
These issues inform the AIM Fellowship research. They, as well as the new questions about information technologies and sustainability, will be discussed at a construction industry event, being hosted by the University of Reading on 19th May 2010.
For more details and to register for the "United Construction Information" event see: http://www.comitproject.org.uk/events/UCI%20Spring%202010%20Event%20Flyer.pdf
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