Managing the work: risk, quality, change
How do risk, quality and change management work, and where does information fit?
Project management from the BIM seat: scope, time, cost and quality; risk registers; QA and QC; change control; stakeholder communication; lessons learned and close-out.
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What it is, in plain language
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- Lesson · 2 min · quizProjects in one pageEvery project balances scope, time, cost and quality, inside a contract, with someone accountable for each. Knowing that frame explains why your MIDP dates, your requests and your issues land the way they do.
- Lesson · 3 min · quizRisk managementRisk management finds what could go wrong, decides what to do about it, and makes someone own each risk. Information has its own risks (late models, wrong data, systems that don't talk), and ISO 19650 expects them on the register.
- Lesson · 2 min · quizQuality managementQuality management is how a company makes sure its work meets requirements every time: planned checks, records, and fixing the causes of mistakes. Model checking is quality control for information, and it fits into the company's quality system.
- Lesson · 2 min · quizChange controlChange control makes sure every change to scope, design or requirements is requested, assessed for its impact, approved by the right person and recorded before it's done. 'Just add it to the model' is a change too.
- Lesson · 2 min · quizStakeholders and communicationProjects involve many people who need different things at different times. A short stakeholder map and a communication plan decide who hears what, how often and in what form, so coordination results reach the people who can act on them.
- Lesson · 2 min · quizLessons learned and close-outAt the end of a project, or of each stage, the team captures what went well and what didn't, and turns it into changes to templates, standards and requirements. Close-out also means archiving the record properly, so the next project starts better.
Do
Tools that export Excel, PDF and Word
- Tool · Excel · PDF · WordDelivery TrackerUse it every week to report delivery progress to the project team and the client.
- Tool · Excel · PDF · WordCoordination Meeting PackUse it every week: agenda, attendance, issue log, actions and minutes.
- Tool · Excel · PDF · WordModel CompareUse it when a new model version arrives and you need to know what changed since last week.
- Tool · Excel · PDF · WordIDS CheckerUse it when a model arrives and you need to know if it meets the agreed information requirements.
Mayainformation manager
The one I see most often on real projects: risks with no owner or action. Tick off the checklist as you put each thing in place.
Common mistakes
What goes wrong most often on real projects.
- Risks with no owner or action.
- Fixing the same errors every week instead of their cause.
- Changes made without being requested, assessed and approved.
- One long report for everyone.
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