Without this equality, you will not be properly able to perform your job. Unfortunately, many senior managers find it irresistible to meddle in projects particularly where they are well acquainted with the client. This can destroy the project manager's authority and hurt project quality. Every organization must strive to push decision making to the lowest effective level. This is achieved through training, well documented procedures, good communications, effective hiring, and a variety of other techniques.
Continuous improvement is vital.
Your marketplace changes daily, the economy changes, legislation and regulations change, the labor market changes, and a thousand other things change. One important resource that designers can call upon to improve quality is to make use of peer review programs. Thirteen years later, five major organizations have endorsed the ACEC program, nearly 400 firms have been reviewed and several types of peer review have been created. Most were not even aware of the existence of peer review programs. Many perceive peer review as a fad of the 1980's.