I don’t know whether you have ever made a non-Newtonian fluid by mixing cornflour with water?
There are four principles that enable us to operate in this way:.A common language allows people with diverse areas of expertise, including those not normally involved in design and construction, to participate fully in design decisions.
This is much more effective than a conventional approach where you might produce engineering drawings or documentation and then hand them to a user group who will then take additional time to review and pass comment.And, of course, if people are fully involved in generating solutions, they're more likely to adopt them..Visual information is vital in communicating complex issues.
A generally accepted principle in systems thinking is that diagrams are required to convey complex issues in a way that text generally can't.. We also use modeling and data visualisation, to ensure that decisions are based on facts and data, rather than opinion and hunches.Transparency of data sources and decision-making is important, because it gives people confidence in the analysis and the proposed solutions..
Knowledge capture allows reuse of learning from project to project, promotes standardisation, and allows us to trace decisions through the life cycle of a project.. We will see how Chip Thinking® plays an important role in applying these principles.. What are Chips?.
Chips are the smallest meaningful part of the processes that make up a supply chain.Instead, we could save on project costs and schedules if everyone optimised around the same thing, started defining the information behind standardisation and supply chains, and began thinking of projects more like products.. 5.
Only by dispelling the mystique of construction, can we reveal real value..The construction industry needs to shift its thinking towards recognising similarity and repeatability by using repeatable components to create unique systems.. Construction companies are already operating at 100% capacity or more.
Businesses aren’t competing for work, they’re trying to figure out ways to deliver all the work they already have, and how to deliver it with existing supply chain capacity and widespread skills shortage..This reality creates an openness to new approaches and will force change, but we need interoperability of data, collaboration, and repeatability to make it happen.. Our need to build will only increase as the global population continues to grow, and the amount of energy and technology infrastructure required expands as we head into the future.