DesignDesign: Friday…
In Alex's own room
In Alex's own room, the Checker, who didn't draw 042, checks it against the rules. Two comments go back: the wrong template, and a drain clipping a foundation.
Stage 4 · Design it · Stop 3 of 7 · The right way
Checked, actually
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The right way
Approved, then shared
Alex fixes both, the Checker looks again, and the team approves it. 042 goes onto the shared table as S1, P01: to work around, not build from.
DesignDesign: Month five…
The dig
The drain goes round the foundation, as drawn. The digger never meets the concrete.
TickedForty ticks in four minutes, and a clang in month five.
CheckedTwo comments, one fix, and a drain that goes round the foundation.
Now there is: Drawing 042, checked and approved inside the team (best practice: originate, check, review, approve), then on the shared table (the shared state).
What's going on here
A tick is a claim, not a check. Every piece of work should be checked by someone who didn't make it, against the rules and what it's for, before it leaves the team. The label then says honestly what it's fit for.
New at this stop
- Your own room
- Where a team makes its work before anyone else sees it. (Work in progress.)
- Checked and approved
- Before anything is shared, someone who didn't make it checks it, and someone approves it. (Best practice spells it out as four steps: originate, check, review, approve.)
- The shared table
- Where a team puts work so other teams can build around it. Not for building from yet. S1 on the label means just that. (The shared state.)
In the town See it in the town: Ticked by whom, against what, in four minutes?
Drawing 042 starts in Alex's own room, where his team makes it before anyone else sees it. Before it leaves, the Checker, who didn't draw it, checks it against the rules, and the team approves it. Only then does it go onto the shared table in the Site Office as S1, P01, for the other firms to work around but not build from. The published shelf is still a long way off.
Fix it Already sharing ticked drawings? Start checking for real.
- Pick five recent shares and ask who checked each, against what.
- Make sure the checker is never the person who drew it.
- Pull anything unchecked back off the shared table and check it.
A note for the information manager: Ask for every check to leave evidence, such as comments or the checker's name, so a tick means someone actually looked.
Try it on your job
Pick five things your team shared this week. Can you see who checked each one, and against what?
ISO 19650 From your own room to the shared table
| ISO 19650 says | Means | In the town |
|---|---|---|
| Work in progress state | information still being made by a task team and not yet visible to others | your own room |
| Quality assurance check, then review and approval for sharing | the team checks information against the job's rules and its purpose, then approves it before anyone else gets it | checked and approved |
| Shared state | information approved by its team for others to coordinate with, not to build from | the shared table |
Based on the ISO 19650 series: the ideas come from the standard; the plain-English wording, examples and advice are InfoTown's. ISO 19650 and its UK National Annex are © ISO and BSI. You'll hear the same language across the industry. Read more for free in the Information Management Initiative (IMI) Framework guidance from BSI and nima. For the full requirements, use the standard itself.