Week 6 Homework 'Intent'

Intent could be considered as ones ideas about a project or their interpretation of a brief and what its aims are towards a particular project. It can define what a person might do or achieve throughout their working process.

‘participants work intensely with one another, observing and understanding each other’s moves, the reasoning behind them and the intentions’(Kvan 2000)

Though each person in the collaborative process could have a slightly different Intent towards approaching an idea, and therefore multiple ideas are a result of personal Intent.

So it is important that each member is informed of the others thoughts and design process, so that the work load can be distributed evenly. (Kvan 2000)

‘Part of the problem with the term ‘‘collaborative act’’ is that the activities that are undertaken in such acts may vary in intent and degrees of participation.’ (Kvan 2000)

Intent could be something that drives a project for example, a client expressing their particular intentions towards a project proposal or brief.
When the proposal is given to different disciplines it becomes clear to each member in the collaborative process what their intention should be and what approach they as an expertise in their field should take.

‘The participants have been engaged to work together because each has a particular expertise that can be contributed to the solution process.’ (Kvan 2000)

Intent means the will to do something, so each member must be on the same track and employees use their intent to encourage the collaborative process. Without this intent the collaborative process is unsuccessful and unnecessarily difficult.

'Collaborative success can therefore be said to be achieved when we have accomplished something in a group which could not be accomplished by an individual.' (Kvan 2000)

Figure 1: Intent Diagram


This image outlines the concepts of intent in a collaborative process. It could help members of the collaborative process by assisting members with their jobs by breaking down the project to create goals and assess any problems that may arise in the project and find solutions.


References:


Kvan, T 2000, ‘Collaborative Design: What is it?’ Representations of South Africa in the Sydney Morning Herald since the inauguration of Thabo Mbeki as president’, Automation in Construction, Volume 09, Issue 04, July 2000, accessed 24th April 2007, < http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V20-406WD6W-B&_user=37161&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000004218&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=37161&md5=ba1f1b8959897bc20b306b9cd1bfee4b>

Image:

Figure 1: Intent Diagram. Greg Balanko-Dickson: Small Business Coaching & Transitions, 2007. Retrieved on the 24th April 2007 at URL: <http://www.smallbusinesstransitions.com/category/transitions/fertilization/>