PRECiSE:         Strategy for Defining
                            New Project Scope

Facility Managers know the importance of delivering a project that meets the operational and image expectations of the board of directors and users.  They also realize the difficulty in trying to meet these important goals within a marketplace where fluctuating revenues mean an ever-greater need for control of limited project resources.

Defining capital projects accurately in terms of size, quality expectations and cost at a stage when the project is not yet funded, much less designed, is one of the most difficult and risky responsibilities faced by the Facility Manager.  It is in response to this need that Dr. Stephen Kirk, FAIA developed PRECiSE; a process for formulating PREliminary Cost/Size Estimates.

PRECiSE focuses on the interdependent effects of decision-making with regard to quality, program and cost.  Data is collected and compiled in a computerized format that establishes the three planning models.  All three models are interactive and interdependent and the effect of various "what-if" scenarios can be simulated in a real-time workshop involving as many organization representatives as may be deemed appropriate to the scope of the project.  This allows project expectations and project resources to be brought into "balance" and define project scope parameters before the onset of the design process.

PRECiSE is applicable to almost any size project.  KIRK's extensive database allows the process to be utilized for renovation projects as well as new construction.  In a modified form, PRECiSE can also lend greater accuracy to your strategic or long-range facility planning efforts.