What is delay analysis? Delay analysis is the systematic examination of delays to a construction project to establish when the delay occurred, what caused it, how it affected the project completion date, and which party may be contractually responsible for its consequences. Construction projects rarely proceed exactly as planned. Design information may arrive late, approvals […]
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Float and Delay Analysis in Project Management: The Realities of Construction Practice
Float is one of the first concepts a student of project management learns and one of the last a project team learns to use honestly. On paper it is a simple number: the time an activity can slip before it delays something else. On a live construction site that number is argued over, quietly consumed, […]
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Architecture, Urban Planning & Urban Design Management in Practice
Introduction People often describe urban development by what gets built: buildings, streets, and public spaces. They rarely describe who manages the process, or what that management involves at each level. This piece answers that question. It traces the management work in one real development. The trail starts with a political decision to develop a site. […]
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Design Manager: design management plan-Managing creative projects
Design Manager: Design Management Plan- Managing creative projects is the eighteenth article of a series of articles about design management in architecture practice. I have discussed in the previous articles what is design management. Who is the design manager in practice, and is it a project or firm design management plan? The key functions of […]
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What are work wasteful habits in design management?
What are work-wasteful habits in design management? Is the sixteenth article of a series. Articles about design management in architecture practice. I have discussed in the previous articles what is design management, who is the design manager in practice. Also, firm or project design management plan, what are the key functions of a design management […]
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What is effective meeting management in architecture firm?
What is effective meeting management in architecture firm? is the fifteenth article of a series. Articles about design management in architecture practice. I have discussed in the previous articles what is design management, who is the design manager in practice. Also, firm or project design management plan, what are the key functions of a design […]
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Estimating design efforts in design management
Estimating design efforts in design management is the fourteenth article of a series. Articles about design management in architecture practice. I have discussed in the previous articles what is design management, who is the design manager in practice. Also, firm or project design management plan, what are the key functions of a design management plan […]
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How does a design manager build a skills matrix?
How a design manager build a skills matrix? is the thirteenth article of a series. Articles about design management in architecture practice. I have discussed in the previous articles what is design management, who is the design manager in practice. Also, firm or project design management plan, what are the key functions of a design […]
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What are the design models in design management?
What are the design models in Design Management is the twelfth article of a series. Articles about design management in architecture practice. I have discussed in the previous articles what is design management, who is the design manager in practice. Also, firm or project design management plan, what are the key functions of a design […]
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A design manager managing multiple projects
A design manager managing multiple projects is the eleventh article of a series. Articles about design management in architecture practice. I have discussed in the previous articles what is design management, who is the design manager in practice. Also, firm or project design management plan, what are the key functions of a design management plan […]