During 2003 there have been two consultation phases for the Integration
Toolkit, during which its content, structure and navigation have been
incrementally developed and improved. The most recent phase of consultation
concluded on 17 October 2003.
In this recent consultation there were very few comments on content;
most comments were concerned with presentation and navigation. The following
is a summary of what was suggested/recommended in your feedback, together
with the actions taken by the drafting and design teams in response.
This collective activity has led to this version, launched by the Strategic
Forum for Construction on 9 December 2003.
What you said
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What action we took
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The benefits of integrated working need to be highlighted more
prominently. They need to be clear hard benefits in order to convince
people that it is in their commercial interests to use the Toolkit.
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We have redesigned the home page so that the
benefits are the main feature, expressed in commercial terms.
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The navigation needs to be improved.
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The home page has been substantially
redesigned. We have re-ordered the sections to bring the 'Using
the Toolkit' section upfront and renamed that section as 'Toolkit
Guide'
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It should be easier for first time visitors to get the most
out of the Toolkit.
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The restructured Toolkit
Guide section
(formerly Using the Toolkit) makes it clear where users should
start. The Maturity Assessment has been given more prominence as
an important starting point.
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The overall presentation needs to be improved.
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We have incorporated more visual elements and improved the layout.
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Users should have the ability to print PDF versions of the workbooks.
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PDF files
of each workbook are included in this version. |
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Include a search facility.
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We have investigated search engines and have not included them
in this version because of the incompatibility of search facilities
between Web and CD ROM versions, the poor quality and high cost
of the available search engines.
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Include the titles of the workbooks in the site map.
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Titles of all workbooks are now set out in full in the site
map.
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Answer the question 'How do I do it?'
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We now make it clearer what the Toolkit can and cannot do on
the home page and in the Toolkit Guide section. There have been
a number of questions of this type; we have added a new page with
the ten most frequently asked questions.
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Provide a summary of the tools and resources.
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We now have alphabetical listings of tools
and resources,
colour coded to make it clear that they relate to supply chains,
integrated project teams or more general use.
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Simplify the Integrated Project Team workbooks.
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We have merged the last four workbooks to create Workbook
6.
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Put a date of revision on each workbook page.
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Each workbook now includes the current version number and date
on the footer of each page.
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You could request proposals for tools that have been developed/used
by users.
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We have included an invitation to propose tools, linked to the
feedback form on the Strategic Forum website.
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Provide more examples of projects.
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We have included an invitation to propose examples of completed
or future projects.
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