| 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. |
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| 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. |
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