Programming

Category A: Design and Construction Documents
Minimum Hours Required: 80

Definition
Programming is the process of discovering the owner/client’s requirements and desires for a project and setting them down in written, numerical, and graphic form. For a project to be successful, all participants, including the owner/client, must understand and agree on the program at the outset. 

Core Competencies
At the completion of your internship, you should be able to:

• use information gathering and data collection techniques to organize and evaluate programming data
• establish the scope, design objectives, limitations, and criteria that reflect the owner/client’s requirements and needs for a project
• set forth the program requirements in written, numerical, and graphic form
• research and assess information from post-occupancy evaluations of similar building types
• assess a project’s feasibility

See the IDP Guidelines for more information.