Win the workWin the work: Contract award…
The update
Sam updates the promise and the parts list with the real people, the real dates and the real firms. The café owner is replaced by someone who is actually here.
Stage 3 · Get ready · Stop 3 of 8 · The right way
The plan grows up
The back alley's bill so far: 49 weeks · See the bill
The right way
On the published shelf
The promise, agreed, goes on the published shelf, where everyone works to the same version. It's kept live, not filed.
DesignDesign: Month two…
One answer
Alex's firm asks which naming rules to use, and gets the answer everyone got. Helen, the divisional director, finds the plan at quarter end is still the plan.
Sam: Section four.
Helen: Same as last quarter, except where it's better.
The folder called TENDERThree versions, a café owner on the team, and a lost weekend.
The promise, agreedOne version, on the published shelf, kept live.
Now there is: The promise, agreed (the confirmed BEP), and the parts list (the delivery plans), on the published shelf for everyone to work to.
What's going on here
The promise written to win the job is a proposal. Once the job is won, it has to be updated with the real team and agreed with the client, then kept where everyone can work to it. A plan nobody updates becomes a plan nobody follows.
New at this stop
- The published shelf
- Where finished, agreed information goes, so people can build from it and rely on it. (The published state.)
In the town See it in the town: Who updated the plan after the party?
The promise was the lead firm's answer to the order, written to win the job. Now it grows up: the real team, the real dates and a parts list to match, agreed with Client Town. It goes on the published shelf in the Site Office, new at this stop, where everyone works to the same version. Kept live there, it stays the plan people actually follow, not the one in the folder next to the cake photos.
Fix it Running on a plan nobody wrote down? Write it up.
- Find the version of the plan people actually quote, and who holds it.
- Update the team, dates and firms, then agree it with the client.
- Put it on the published shelf and retire the tender copies.
A note for the information manager: Give the plan an owner and a review date, because a promise nobody updates soon becomes a document nobody opens.
Try it on your job
Find the version of your job's plan that people are actually using. Is it the same one the client has?
ISO 19650 From the bid to the plan
| ISO 19650 says | Means | In the town |
|---|---|---|
| BIM execution plan (BEP) | the delivery team's account of how it will meet the client's information needs, first offered at tender and then confirmed after appointment | the promise, agreed |
| Master information delivery plan (MIDP) | the combined plan of all the information the team will deliver, who delivers it and when | the parts list |
| Task information delivery plan (TIDP) | one task team's own schedule of what it will produce and by when | each firm's lines on the parts list |
| Published state | where information goes once it has been checked and agreed as fit to use, such as for building | the published shelf |
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.