FasTracking
 
 
 
Extreme Design/Build/Use
 
 
When Tishman hired me to do a New York project in 1963, it was because I had managed to convince John Tishman and several of his key people that I had a new way of building that combined design and construction in a more fruitful relationship. They hired me to test this theory out on a project they wanted completed in a very brief period of time. The drawings were already completed, but because this was a Federally funded project with an elaborate and time-consuming approval process, they thought that employing me and my methods to expedite this process would be a good proof-of-concept test. That it was.
 
Out of this experience I refined a method that I have employed and continued to develop ever since.
 
Over the years, “Fast Tracking” has become a popular term and there are many who claim that they “do it;” however, I have found that this is rarely the case. At best, what is “done” is a very watered down version of what I had in mind and have been able to accomplish in several projects. What seems to be meant by the now popular term fast tracking is an accelerated build process with a somewhat better coupling between the design and construction work. This is a refinement, at best, of the way that developers have worked for years. While this is an improvement it is not significant nor adequate.
 
The following is a detailed explanation of what I mean by FasTracking and a description of the protocols and rules-of-engagement necessary for doing it. A second piece [link], FasTracking Methods, contains a more detailed how-to description of the tools and techniques necessary for success.
 
FasTracking can be used in relative isolation from the family of Taylor Methods. This does not mean, however, that it is just a technique and conceptually unrelated to the science, philosophy and means that we have created. FasTracking is, at the root of it, an exercise in massive parallel processing.
 
 
 
FasTracking is first and foremost about the relationship - and rules-of-engagement (which should be stated as formal protocols) - between the ValueWeb [link] members who are executing a project. It changes the default rules and relationships that now exist (a a social norm) that governs projects of all kinds and puts in place a new Operating System (OS) - a new way of working - that integrates the Design/Build(manufacture)/Use process. FasTracking requires information transparency (The Ten Step Process [link]) and systemic management of the PROCESS and support system of a project. FasTracking (or extreme FasTracking to distinguish it from the prevalent model) is the systematic process of removing hidden wasted time and money from a project while augmenting the integration of high-value-added design contribution throughout the entire life cycle of the project and its resulting builot artifact.
 
 
12/06/02
 
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