There also exist many uncontrollable elements in the production timeline, including zoning and permitting. Controlling risk exposure, in light of the many uncontrollable elements, becomes a formidable undertaking. Disciplines in this case does not denote design disciplines alone but also design specialties combined with operations, marketing, finance, licensing, development, and feasibility. Traditionally, the counsel and review of each individual discipline is incorporated into each project. The need for input from all quarters bogs down an accelerated rollout and is difficult to coordinate.
Human resources are always strained during an aggressive development plan.
The word prototype creates apprehension in the minds of many in the building trades, especially design and regulatory professionals. Architects envision insensitive rubber-stamped building design solutions while regulatory officials are skeptical that any two buildings can be built exactly the same way twice. Somewhere between this new concept and the traditional design and production process, however, lies a method that provides an acceptable level of design input while reducing project time and the increasing burden of regulatory impediment. Prototypical, not prototype, is the correct description for the Kit of Parts method. The key elements necessary to the success of a prototypical approach such as the Kit of Parts are focus, consensus, and commitment.