{"id":524,"date":"2013-01-21T17:03:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T22:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/2013\/01\/21\/concept-feasibility-2\/"},"modified":"2017-04-21T14:43:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T18:43:13","slug":"concept-feasibility-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/?p=524","title":{"rendered":"Concept &#038; Feasibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Laying the groundwork for a successful project<\/h2>\n<p>Any cultural facilities project begins with a <b>vision<\/b>: an idea sparked within an organization that is driven by a <b>need<\/b> \u2013 something about the status quo that needs to be altered in order to better serve your artistic or cultural mission.\u00a0 Whether you are thinking about a major expansion or just adding a much-needed room to your facility, these considerations are critical to the success of your project.<\/p>\n<p>The objective of the Concept and Feasibility phase is to <b>develop the project\u2019s vision<\/b> and mission, articulate the <b>reasons for undertaking it<\/b>, find <b>effective solutions<\/b>, and assess whether they are <b>possible to achieve<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>This phase is the most complex, non-linear, and important of all, especially for large projects.\u00a0 It establishes a critical baseline that you will refer to throughout the capital project process.<\/p>\n<h2>First, develop the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/pibi\/?p=526\" target=\"_blank\">Project Concept<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Examine and articulate your facilities needs and aspirations<\/li>\n<li>Develop their critical indicators<\/li>\n<li>Identify solutions that address your needs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Then, test the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/pibi\/?p=528\" target=\"_blank\">Feasibility<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of these solutions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Against institutional, architectural, and fundraising parameters<\/li>\n<li>Within available budgets<\/li>\n<li>In response to stakeholder and community priorities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Also, develop the core team of people who will see the project through to completion \u2013 including:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Executive staff<\/li>\n<li>Board leadership<\/li>\n<li>Key donors<\/li>\n<li>Community leaders<\/li>\n<li>Expert consultants and other outside help<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Too often, especially in the arts where we are used to implementing ideas quickly on a shoestring budget, facilities projects go from initial idea right to design and construction without going through the other steps involved in project planning. In the Concept and Feasibility phase, critical choices are made that will guide decision-making and resource allocation for the duration of the effort.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/08\/ADDcircle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1959\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"ADDcircle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2013\/08\/ADDcircle.jpg\" width=\"42\" height=\"40\" \/><\/a>Concept and Feasibility is the most important phase in the whole project \u2013 if rushed it can result in expensive mistakes that are hard to fix; when undertaken diligently, it lays a solid groundwork for a project\u2019s success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laying the groundwork for a successful project Any cultural facilities project begins with a vision: an idea sparked within an organization that is driven by a need \u2013 something about the status quo that needs to be altered in order to better serve your artistic or cultural mission.\u00a0 Whether you are thinking about a major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-additions","category-concept-feasibility-additions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2527,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions\/2527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsbuildontario.ca\/pibi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}