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provider. However, this is much more easily attained with clients who are more able and willing to “engage” the project process. ...

it is the client, a unit made up of competing interests, and surrounding the client is a web of players, all with their own prof ...

Client project manager. Client project managers generally come from either a corporate real estate or a facilities management d ...

call for a deviation from the standard floor plan to achieve an efficient work process. The project manager, on the other hand, ...

because the consultant sometimes acts as advisor to the client, and partnerbecause both designer and consultant attempt to devel ...

know where to assign responsibility for breakdowns or praise for accom- plishments. From the client’s perspective, all the playe ...

accountability feasible and to influence the entire project experience without being truly liable for others in the Project Circ ...

straints and details shapes the attributes of a design solution. Vigilance in understanding the need creates a more intelligent ...

In a now-famous interview with Charles Eames in 1972, interviewer Madame L. Amic asked if Eames had ever compromised. He replied ...

senior designer, project designer, technical manager, and studio support staff. However, the client and design team members also ...

obvious, compare the following statements made by a client and design team to express the same process: Client: “First select t ...

single project and result in a long-term association between client and inte- rior designer. Such one-to-one relationships need ...

for a short period, he or she should leave detailed information with the person who answers the phone, on voice mail and, if pos ...

review, even with express delivery service, could take a day or more for a client cross-country. But current technology and alte ...

Goals. What does the client want? What is the organization’s busi- ness mission? By what criteria does the client measure succe ...

the direction violates local codes or the designer’s code of ethics). The best the designer can do is educate the client on the ...

Because the designer is considered an “expert,” the client will rely heavily on the designer’s word. So the designer must be cle ...

Another useful strategy is to make documentation a discipline. By keeping a record of decisions and communication between interi ...

must take action to make personal connections with these people, treating them with the genuine respect and care they crave. Sch ...

tioning in the space. Ideally, the same population would have participated in a baseline evaluation to see how they measured the ...