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Management Information Systems

Notes Effective management of the design process is crucial for the success of the project. If should
involve:

 A lead manager
 The co-ordination of the consultants, including and interlocking matrix of their appointment
documents which should also bare a clear relationship with the construction contract.

 A detailed check list of the design requirements in the appointment documents of
consultants. This should also be se out in the main context documentation.
 Ensuring the client fully understands the design proposals.

 Particular care over the integration of the building services design, and the avoidance of
“fuzzy edges” between consultants and specialist engineering contractors.
 The use of Coordinated Project Information

 Signing off the various stages when they have been achieved, but with sufficient flexibility
to accommodate the commercial wishes of clients.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
3. One would expect creative design practices to exploit emerging .................................. in
imaginative ways that support the realization of their design visions.
4. The .................................. who knows exactly what is required can instruct the intended
provider.

4.3 Internet based Business Models

The last thing you want to do is throw up a Website or a Web page, include an email address, and
call it done! Regardless of the type of business, you have to determine what you’re going to do
behind the scenes and how your electronic commerce efforts will fit in with your regular
business processes.

There is no simple step-by-step list of things you need to do to establish an E-commerce process,
no “one size fits all” method. But remember these facts:

 It’s not cheap.
 It’s not easy.
 It’s not fast.
Some companies have spent millions of dollars only to fold up their E-commerce operations
because they just weren’t working. Some companies have built a Website without thinking
through the entire process; only to find out they have seriously hurt their normal operations.
Some companies have realized that E-commerce was simply not the Holy Grail it was made out
to be.
You need to analyze what you want the mission of the Website to be. Are you going to have a
Website that simply offers information about your company and its products? Are you going to
sell only to consumers? What impact will that have on your current retail outlets? How are you
going to get people to your Website in the first place? How are you going to keep them coming
back? If you sell business-to-business, do you have the back-end processes in place to handle the
increased sales? Who will host the Website: your company internally? a Web host service?

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