Emerging Information Technologies for Facilities Owners Research and Practical Applications: Symposium Proceedings (2001) / Chapter Skim
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Available and emerging information technologies hold the promise of enhancing the quality of federal workplaces; supporting worker productivity; improving capital asset management, programming, and decision making; reducing project delivery time; and changing how buildings are constructed and operated. Federal agencies, however, face a significant challenge in identifying technologies that will justify the investment of time, dollars, and resources, will have the flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances over the longer term, and will not be obsolete before they are deployed.
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The purpose of the symposium was to bring together building industry stakeholders from government, the private sector, and academia to begin to identify: · information technology trends; · the potential impacts of information technology on facility planning, design, construction, and operation processes, and the people involved in those processes; · issues facilities owners should consider when planning and purchasing information technologies; · issues facilities owners should consider in managing the impacts of information technologies on people and processes; · information technology initiatives being developed by government, academia, and the private sector to support various aspects of facility management; and · research needs and opportunities for additional collaboration. RECURRING THEMES Neither the speakers nor the members of the audience were asked to arrive at a consensus on emerging information technology issues for the A-E-C industry or the federal government or to make recommendations for resolving such issues.
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The speaker cautioned that the first generation of extranets is so pioneering that users should carefully consider a range of issues, including data security and trusted content, process, business relationships, mobility, linkage with legacy systems, customer support, and the ability to customize interfaces, before contracting for an extranet service. Information technologies have the potential to seamlessly connect facility management processes and practices and to enhance productivity, but barriers remain to the realization of these objectives.
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An organization or manager first should understand the nature of the work and then determine how information technologies can help and when they can hinder interaction and understanding. As organizations employ technologies that move information from "stove pipes" owned by individuals to the World Wide Web, where information is shared, managers need to understand that traditional relationships among people and offices will change.
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Information technologies can also enhance collaboration processes, but there must first be a reason to collaborate. Collaborative, interactive processes themselves require interactions and debate that is often better done face to face than electronically.
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