Building Decisions
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978-1-032-85466-3 (ISBN)
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Decision-making is critical in many industries. Leaders make decisions daily, often hyperfocusing on cost at the expense of value for society and the environment. Unfortunately, project teams are poorly equipped to make decisions, and many prefer to avoid conflicts instead of having healthy discussions based on different perspectives. The good news is that we can learn ways of making decisions that drive better outcomes. Decisions are especially relevant in the construction industry, given the scale and long-term impact its projects create worldwide.
This book presents a practical framework and guidelines for group decision-making where multiple stakeholders have to come to a resolution. The authors introduce the reader to the Choosing by Advantages (CBA) decision-making system, explaining its principles and methods. The authors provide relatable examples, such as choosing a phone and renovating a kitchen. The book also includes case studies of large construction projects from the author's professional careers, including a museum in San Francisco, a tunnel in England, and the main railway station in Munich, to explain the CBA method. These varied examples will equip the reader with actionable tools to improve their own decision-making process through critical reflection.
Written by three experts who co-founded CollabDecisions in 2018, a platform to share knowledge on how to make decisions collaboratively. Paz, Annett, and Randi have published dozens of peer-reviewed papers and trained multiple practitioners to make collaborative, inclusive, and sustainable decisions using CBA. They have designed this book to help professionals in the construction industry, leaders, owners, investors, public agents, architects, contractors, engineers, and students new to the industry to make decisions that drive project success.
Paz Arroyo earned her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley, where she applied and compared multiple decision-making methods for sustainable building design and proved that Choosing by Advantages (CBA) was better at creating transparency, building consensus, and continuous learning. She has published dozens of scientific papers proving CBA benefits and making this method well-known globally in the Lean Construction community. She has consulted and taught CBA internationally. Paz also developed a popular Coursera class that teaches CBA, among other project management methods, reaching more than 300,000 students since 2016. As a Quality Leader at DPR Construction, a forward-thinking general contractor, she has helped the organisation and multiple construction projects make sound decisions with CBA. Annett Schöttle earned her Ph.D. at Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) on requirements and incentives to create a collaborative Lean project delivery system for capital projects based on the self-determination theory. As an independent Lean consultant, Annett empowers project teams by enhancing process transparency and fostering continuous improvement. Her expertise as a CBA trainer showcased through her work with a renowned German automobile manufacturer, where she developed and rolled out a global CBA training program. Annett doesn't just teach CBA; she guides teams in strategic decision-making. Co-founding CollabDecisions, Annett is committed to reshaping the future of megaprojects and transforming the construction industry. She regularly shares her insights as a lecturer at international universities. Randi Christensen is an engineer by background and earned her PhD at Aalborg University in Denmark, focusing on how to learn from project to project. She has then worked to make the construction industry more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable in different positions as a project manager, innovation manager, researcher, and member of various boards. By working in both practice and academia, she connects the two worlds and drives innovation. As Sustainability Director at an international engineering consultancy, she focuses on decision-making as a key discipline to drive projects in a more sustainable direction by always thinking of alternatives and including multiple voices and pools of knowledge.
Foreword by Glenn Ballard
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: What is a Decision?
Chapter 2: Why Decisions Do Not Stick
Chapter 3: Focus on Value and Cost
Chapter 4: Changing Bad Habits
Chapter 5: CBA, A Sound Decision-making Method
Chapter 6: CBA Tabular Method: Sustainable Museum Case Study
Chapter 7: Not all Decision-making Methods are Created Equal
Chapter 8: CBA and the Tendering Procedure of Construction Projects
Chapter 9: Building a Collaborative Decision-making Process
Chapter 10: Decisions and Innovations for our Future
Chapter 11: How to Build Better Decisions
Glossary
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.4.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 32 Halftones, black and white; 32 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie |
| Technik ► Bauwesen | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-85466-9 / 1032854669 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-85466-3 / 9781032854663 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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