A Great Way To Use Chief

[WendyWelton]

I work in front of my clients on a regular basis. I do all my Schematic Design this way.

I started working this way by hand, in a 4 hour session I call the House Call. I go to people's homes, we talk for about a half hour. For additions, I then measure only what pertains to the design (1/2 hour). We sketch a variety of design options for 2 hours, and the last hour is spent finalizing the chosen direction.

I just started trying this out using Chief and found that I need 5 hours to do what I did in 4 hours by hand. However, the final product is much more sophisticated and a better launching pad for Design Development.

It takes some guts and very good people skills, but it's a very affective way of making sure the design really floats their boat. Oh, and I get paid at the end of the session. Do the work, get paid, go home. It works.

Wendy