From the course: BIM Management: Techniques for Managing People and Processes

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Internal buy-in

Internal buy-in

From the course: BIM Management: Techniques for Managing People and Processes

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Internal buy-in

- [Instructor] The first kind of authority I call internal buy-in. The internal authority is typically generated from the different groups you see in this image, upper management, middle management, your workers and project teams. Upper management buy-in is usually achieved if you can generate financial value may that be in procuring projects, reducing risk factors, or in simply reducing costs. Upper management derived authority is one of the easiest ways to get your agenda pushed out in an office environment. If your upper management does not buy-in, then it's likely that you have very little authority and you'll not have the budget nor the project to use it on. Middle management buy-in occurs when a department or a powerful individual in a department is willing to take on the risk of adopting a process or technology because they believe it will make the project better. In whatever way, better is defined by addressing their needs. This kind of authority is usually minimal, but it…

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