Chapter 1 recap
Information management basics
The key takeaways from this chapter’s 3 lessons.
What ISO 19650 asks of a project team
- ISO 19650 is a framework for managing information, not a modelling standard or a software requirement.
- Every requirement flows down: the appointing party says what it needs, delivery teams plan how and when to provide it.
- Roles matter more than job titles: appointing party, lead appointed party and appointed parties.
- Information is produced in a common data environment and moves through agreed states before anyone relies on it.
EIR, BEP, MIDP and TIDP explained
- The EIR says what information the appointing party needs from an appointment, and why.
- The BEP is the delivery team's answer: how it will meet the requirements, with which people, processes and tools.
- Each task team writes a TIDP listing what it will deliver and when.
- The lead appointed party combines the TIDPs into the MIDP, the delivery team's master schedule of information.
The CDE and its states
- The CDE is both a set of tools and an agreed workflow for managing information containers.
- Work in progress is visible only to the task team that produces it.
- Shared information has been checked and can be used by others for coordination, but it is not yet approved for construction or handover.
- Published information is authorised for its intended use; archived keeps the full history.