A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DEFINITION STAGE
DS 92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
Year: 2018
Editor: Marjanović D., Štorga M., Škec S., Bojčetić N., Pavković N.
Author: Pikas, Ergo; Oehmen, Josef; Koskela, Lauri; Thuesen, Christian
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 1301-1312
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0542
Abstract
One major reason for the poor performance of construction project delivery is related to the 'ill'-performed project definition stage. The emphasis on rational decision-making and methods have stifled the creativity important to problem structuring and solution generation. Problem is in the poor conceptualization of the project definition stage in construction. Taking the design literature as starting point, the intent here is to clarify the underlying concepts and principles related to project definition stage, and propose a simplified prescriptive framework for the project definition stage.
Keywords: project definition, collaborative design, argumentative design, design theory, design cognition