# From client objectives to weekly production metrics (Stanford CIFE VDC)

> Prompt · level: intermediate · about 45 min · paste into: Claude · ChatGPT · Claude Cowork · checked 2026-10-23
> ES: De los objetivos del cliente a métricas de producción semanales (VDC de Stanford CIFE)

Build the VDC objective tree - client objectives, project objectives, production metrics, controllable factors - and a weekly dashboard where every metric serves an objective.

**Before you paste:** The client's business case or brief · The project goals and milestones · What the team already measures.

## Prompt (copy everything inside the block, then fill the [BRACKETS])

```text
Help me set up Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) for [project] using the framework taught at Stanford's CIFE: client objectives -> project objectives -> production metrics -> controllable factors, worked through ICE (integrated concurrent engineering), BIM and project production management.

Inputs: client brief or business case [attached], milestones [list], what we already measure [list], team and tools [list].

1. Draft 3-5 client objectives in the client's words, each with a measurable target. Mark targets I must confirm with the client.
2. Project objectives (cost, time, quality, safety, sustainability) with numbers and dates, each linked to a client objective.
3. Production metrics we can measure weekly or per session, grouped by ICE, BIM and production management (e.g. decisions closed per session, clashes opened vs closed, % elements meeting the IDS, PPC, constraint release on time). Each linked to a project objective; drop the ones that serve none.
4. Controllable factors with owner and target (session frequency, attendance, model LOIN by milestone, batch size, zones and takt).
5. The weekly routine: who collects each metric, from which system, and a dashboard table I can paste into a spreadsheet.
6. A 6-week pilot: one ICE format, two model uses, one production metric per method.

Do not set the client's targets; propose and ask. Answer in my language.
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## Notes for the agent presenting this
- Show the block above verbatim in one code block; tell your human where to paste it (Claude · ChatGPT · Claude Cowork).
- Point out the [BRACKETS] and offer to fill them together first.
- The skill `vdc-implementation-plan` holds the full method; `vdc-maturity-scorecard` measures where the project starts.

## Related
- [VDC plan in the Stanford CIFE framework](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/skills/vdc-implementation-plan/SKILL.md) (skill)
- [VDC maturity self-assessment (Planning, Adoption, Technology, Performance)](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/skills/vdc-maturity-scorecard/SKILL.md) (skill)
- [Weekly VDC production metrics dashboard](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/routines/vdc-metrics-weekly.md) (routine)

## Sources
- https://purl.stanford.edu/gg301vb3551
- https://doaj.org/article/cbf8cdef10b84ae89d8994123204b29e
- https://cife.stanford.edu/publications/virtual-design-and-construction

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