Working drawing management
5.6 A less sophisticated network, with the advantage that the time scale is immediately apparent. More readily
understandable by the average client (and architect?) than a computer print out
own purposes, a more detailed network of their own
activities within the team management’s framework.)
Make it simple. Its value as a document is that it can
respond rapidly to a changed situation, and it must
always be a realistic statement of the current position if it
is to retain its credibility. It is no use having a programme
drawn so beautifully and in so much detail that no one
has the heart to redraw it when it becomes out of date.
Involve the client. Many of the client’s activities are
critical ones, particularly his formal approvals at various
stages in the design, and he must be made aware of
his responsibilities at the outset, along with the
other members of the design team. In so far as his
approval may be conditional on consideration by
committees within his own organisation adequate
time for decision-making must be built into the
programme.