TR178: Measuring and Improving Rationale Clarity in a University Office Building Design Process
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Recent research has formalized the view that the level of rationale clarity, or shared understanding of a decisionís basis, affects the performance of building design projects. This paper uses the Rationale Clarity Framework (RCF) to measure and compare the clarity of design rationale on an Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) project. RCF defines rationale components (managers, stakeholders, designers, gatekeepers, objectives, options, constraints, and analyses) as well as the dependencies between these components. RCF also defines conditions of clarity for each component (coherent, concrete, connected, consistent, convincing, certain, and correct). Using RCF, we observed and documented the rationale clarity of decisions on an industry case project. We then implemented a decision assistance methodology, called Multi-Attribute, Collaborative Design, Assessment, and Decision Integration (MACDADI), with the same project team on the same decisions, and measured a resulting increase in rationale clarity. Researcher and project participant observations on these two decision-making processes guide a discussion relating experienced and theoretical impacts of improving rationale clarity on AEC processes, organizations, and products. We observe that, in this implementation, MACDADI measurably clarified rationale yet produced limited team acceptance and benefits. Our research highlights the challenges of improving communication and decision making in complex and entrenched AEC design processes.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | November 2008 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Haymaker, John | |
|---|---|---|
| Author | Chachere, John | |
| Author | Senescu, Reid |
Subjects
| Subject | CIFE |
|---|---|
| Subject | Center for Integrated Facility Engineering |
| Subject | Stanford University |
| Subject | Ambiguity |
| Subject | Clarity |
| Subject | Collaboration |
| Subject | Coordination |
| Subject | Decision |
| Subject | Design |
| Subject | Engineering |
| Subject | Management |
| Subject | Organization Models |
| Subject | Organizations |
| Subject | Planning |
| Subject | Process Modeling |
| Subject | Process Models |
| Subject | Product Model |
| Subject | Product Models |
| Subject | Rationale |
| Subject | Validation |
| Subject | VDC |
| Subject | Virtual Design and Construction |
| Genre | Technical report |
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- Haymaker, John and Chachere, John and Senescu, Reid. (2008). TR178: Measuring and Improving Rationale Clarity in a University Office Building Design Process. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/qv027rx2001
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- john.chachere@gmail.com
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