Space planning and management

Checklist

Overview

The planning and management of the relationship of space, people and business activities are critical to the success of all organisations. This function is often called Facilities Management (FM), The management process is continuous but there are peak moments of change, such as office moves, company mergers, downsizing, new desk sharing policies and recently, as we have seen, response to a global pandemic driving general cultural change in workplace design and use. You may seek short term support for critical decisions, or systems to integrate long term with your FM processes.

The following checklists outline key issues for management and planning of space. The checklists should be used as reminders of questions to ask yourself and principles to follow as the process unfolds – they do not provide specific answers. More detailed guidance such as provided by IWFM and other specialists is needed to supplement the checklists.