Everyone involved in the building design and construction industry should use Choosing By Advantages (CBA) to promote informed decision-making. CBA ensures thorough consideration of all options, leading to better-designed buildings, efficient resource allocation, and minimized risks, ultimately enhancing project outcomes and stakeholder satisfaction.

The speakers will provide a high-level explanation of the CBA process explaining how it functions including the unique steps required and the terms used. Then, the speakers will coach the audience, in groups of four, while they use CBA to decide where a group of four wildly different people pick a location for a common vacation.

The Choosing By Advantages (CBA) process emphasizes identifying advantages (not disadvantages) in decision-making. Stakeholders list objectives, generate options, and assess advantages. Values are assigned to advantages, alternatives evaluated, cost considered and the most advantageous alternative selected. CBA ensures transparency, thoroughness, and objectivity, particularly in complex decisions.

Recommended Reading:

• https://leanconstruction.org/lean-topics/choosing-by-advantages/
• https://lean-construction-gcs.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/08152929/Choosing_by_Advantages-cba_meaning.pdf

Speaker Information

• Ron Migliori, SE. has participated on more than two dozen IPD projects and numerous design-build projects. Ron has conducted workshops, training, and facilitated on many different Lean concepts and tools.
• Paz Arroyo, Ph.D. is a Quality Leader at DPR Construction. She co-founded CollabDecisions a platform to share knowledge on how to make collaborative decisions.
• Larry Summerfield, SE since 2008 has helped lead IPD projects by developing and facilitating on-boarding and training programs.

Buffet dinner is included.