TR197: Design Process Communication Methodology: Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Collaboration, Sharing, and Understanding

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Abstract: Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) designers struggle (1) to collaborate within projects, (2) share processes across projects, and (3) understand processes across the firm or industry. Overcoming each of these challenges requires communication of design processes. The paper aggregates concepts from organizational science, human computer interaction, and process modeling fields to develop the Design Process Communication Methodology (DPCM). DPCM is a social, technical, and representational environment for communicating design processes that is Computable, Embedded, Modular, Personalized, Scalable, Shared, Social, and Transparent. To apply and test DPCM, the research maps the methodology to software features in the Process Integration Platform (PIP). PIP is a process communication web tool where individuals exchange and organize files as nodes in information dependency maps in addition to folder directories. The paper provides evidence of the testability of DPCM and proposes metrics for evaluating DPCM’s efficiency and effectiveness in communicating design process. DPCM lays the foundation for commercial software that shifts focus away from incremental and fragmented process improvement toward a platform that nurtures emergence of (1) improved multi-disciplinary collaboration, (2) process knowledge sharing, and (3) innovation-enabling understanding of existing processes.

Type of resource	text
Date created	July 2011

Subject	Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
Subject	Stanford University
Subject	Communication
Subject	Information Management
Subject	Organizations
Subject	Project Management
Subject	Technology and Innovation Management
Genre	Technical report

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/xy729bm8702

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Preferred Citation: Senescu, Reid and Haymaker, John and Fischer, Martin. (2011). TR197: Design Process Communication Methodology: Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Collaboration, Sharing, and Understanding. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/xy729bm8702

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