Presenter: Rob Peake Management for Design | ACA

Transcript:Presenter: Rob Peake Management for Design | ACA:
Presenter: Rob Peake Management for Design | ACA Commenced as a shared services business Servicing design and project related businesses 20 people across 2 locations — Melbourne and Sydney Clients and Partners located in Australia, US, NZ and SE Asia Business of Architecture Session 3 Management for Design Services and Systems Strategic Direction Integrated Business Management Systems Services Assessment Review and Benchmarking Information & Technology Finance and Business People & Organization Business of Architecture Session 3 Introduction Business of Architecture Session 3 Most architects set up their own practices with little or no experience in running or building a business Business of architecture is not innate — so how do you learn the right way? Only a small fraction of what is required is part of our architectural education Business of Architecture is about clients, leadership, vision, contracts, negotiation, profit and loss, systems, people, fees and proposals, invoices, budgets, communications and finance etc. Introduction Are you running a business or designing and delivering buildings? Successful businesses understand the value of their worth and how to deliver and charge for it effectively There are common themes throughout all successful practices and businesses. What’s unique about architecture? Business of Architecture Session 3 The 10 foundations on which to build a successful and sustainable architectural business are: Purpose and Plan Leadership Systems Management Managing Risk Marketing, Communications and Brand Design and Delivery Succession Financial Control and Profitability Team Business of Architecture Session 3 Management and Operations Management has far less to do with people than you’ve been led to believe. Architects (and most people) are almost impossible to manage Managing is about managing a process — a way of doing things — a system Think about how things get done through people using great systems. Great businesses are those that use a great management system What is the result we want to achieve? Why aren’t we producing that result? Are our project expectations clearly communicated and understood? Do we lack a system and if we do, why aren’t we using it? This is how we manage around here not who manages here Business of Architecture Session 3 Management and Operations How do we manage our projects across the studio and each project Projects need a Project Plan — tasks by phase, timeframes, responsibility, work required, estimated of hours. Needs to match the scope! Schedule of consolidated projects Weekly programming meeting (45 mins) Priorities,