Sophometrics — process consulting

"I asked Doug to join our project team because the client asked us to step outside their traditional workplace into a more collaborative, productive environment. Doug augmented our research and formulated an innovative measuring system to clearly define client priorities. Doug is one of the few people who can grasp the details and, in the same moment, describe an expanded context that enriches project perspective."

Arlan Collins, Managing Principal
Collins Woerman

Sophometrics offers planning, process consulting, and reliability consulting services to the design profession and construction industry. Our consulting is founded on a combination of technical experience and process acumen. This is useful because the most effective design solutions are based on a combination of cross discipline thinking — including at least structural, mechanical, & electrical disciplines — and are based on a combination of activities — including at least design, construction, & maintenance. Thus, the most complex problems, including the problem of obtaining and maintaining highly reliable systems, demands that everyone focus on integrating across traditional areas of expertise. This is where Sophometrics thinks and works.

Sophometrics is proud to introduce design metrics to the building industry. A term used in the software world, it refers to techniques for getting feedback about software, as it's being developed, in order to enable better decisions and generate reliable products without frustrating, costly, late-process changes.

The most valuable feature of design metrics is that they can be integrated into a creative team process to strengthen decisions. Sophometrics creates targeted metrics adapted to the complexities of building delivery to recover precious financial and design value.

We call our version of design metrics  DēMeSM (pronounced deem).

With  DēMeSM, Sophometrics can help clients translate owner/user priorities into clear project language that all team members can share, taking uncertainty out of the process. That's the transparency teams need. Without it, decisions feel more like risks.

DēMeSM is the product of sophisticated observation and analysis. It is, like the best tools, a pleasure to use. We'd love to show you how it works.

Read more about  DēMeSM in the web log.

Sophometrics’ consulting services include:

Design Metrics

  • Discovering and describing the key elements for project success
  • Translating this strategy into measurable goals
  • Monitoring progress toward project goals

Design Process

  • Planning the activities of a multi-discipline design team
  • Implementing the design team's action plan
  • Optimizing the efficiency/cost equation