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Planning for, Facilitating, and Evaluating Design Effectiveness

Publication No
RR233-11
Type
Academic Document
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2007
Pages
225
Research Team
RT-233
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Design Effectiveness is the degree to which the design effort helps in achieving project value objectives. Simply put,  effective design enhances project value . Design management fits within the larger framework of project management, and Desi
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RR233-11, Design Effectiveness Evaluation Tool

An automated tool created to assist in the evaluation of design effectiveness in the context of capital facility projects. The purpose of this tool is to provide guidance in assessing how well a project is meeting desired objectives and criteria for design effectiveness. This tool computes a design effectiveness performance score based on these 5 project inputs: (RR233-11, p. 79)

  • Timing of DE evaluation
  • Relative importance of 11 different PVOs
  • Selected or screened sub-criteria associated with each PVO
  • Assessments of individual sub-criteria
  • Significance weightings of evaluation sub-criteria associated with targeted PVO
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Planning for, Facilitating & Evaluating Design Effectiveness
Keywords
Design Effectiveness, Maximizing Engineering Value, Project Value Objectives, Design Effectiveness Evaluation Tool, Value through Design, rt233