Avoid Bias
When you are making important decisions or preparing designs, get a second opinion on them before acting, because you may be coming from a biased or primed attitude. (Primed is …
Month: October 2009
Alliance Communications Efficiency
Although alliance systems can lead to great cost and time savings, it is important to pay particular attention to internal communications and authorisation systems. It can take a lot longer …
Consider Overall Costs
Remember in your planning that the costs of materials are often less than the labour costs to install them. Consider the ease and speed of installation even if the materials …
Prepare for Workshops and Presentations
When running or coordinating a workshop or a presentation, make sure you have a printout of all the presentation so you can easily track where the presenter is up to. …
Getting Ideas from Team Members
If you want to get a collection of good ideas from your team, avoid using brainstorming. Brainstorming means everyone puts forward ideas in a group meeting, but people will often …
Allow Enough Time for Design and Drawing Approvals
Make sure you allow enough time in your project plan for designs and drawings to be approved, internally as well as by the client. It is common to need 1-2 …
Document Folders
Document storage and retrieval is a vital aspect for most projects. If your company doesn’t have a good file storage system then I would suggest you make your own. For …
Ergonomic Work Space
Encourage or train team members to use their workspace effectively, safely and more productively by supplying good, comfortable adjustable chairs, wrist supports, etc. This leads to less sick time, more …
Effective Computer Use
Make sure your team is skilled and trained in using the basic functions of their computers as efficiently as possible. Possibly run some short workshops on the use of keyboard …
Neat Writing
Encourage and discipline your team members to use neat writing when making notes on drawings or things which others must read or refer to. Messy or illegible writing slows the …