The Information Management Assignment Matrix: Who Does It, Who Answers for It, Who Is Asked and Who Is Told
From Reimagining AEC · 15:53
Show by Sepehr Abrishami
In his independent podcast Reimagining AEC, Dr Sepehr Abrishami takes the UK template that expands ISO 19650-2 into one hundred and thirty information management tasks and asks how a project settles, for each one, who does it, who answers for it, who is consulted and who is informed. One task, the review of information before it is shared in the common data environment, serves as the test case for the four RACI allocations and the rule of a single accountable party, a reading of one row of the template, the split between what the standard fixes and what parties agree, and the cascade of the task into a building services subcontractor's own team.Chapters0:00 Opening: one hundred and thirty tasks and one review2:40 Why the function is assigned, and the four letters5:47 Reading a row, and where the template stops8:49 What is fixed, what can change, and how the matrix is agreed11:07 Task 6.4.1 across the project and inside a services subcontractor14:02 CloseAfter listening, you should be able to:Explain why ISO 19650-2 requires the information management function to be assigned.Distinguish the four RACI allocations and the rule of one accountable party.Interpret the structure of the assignment matrix template.Apply the matrix to complete, agree and cascade allocations for a project.ReferencesBritish Standards Institution. (2018). BS EN ISO 19650-2:2018 Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM). Information management using building information modelling. Part 2: Delivery phase of the assets (UK National Annex revised 2021). BSI.British Standards Institution. (2020). BS EN ISO 19650-5:2020 Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM). Information management using building information modelling. Part 5: Security-minded approach to information management. BSI.Churcher, D., Davidson, S., & Kemp, A. (Eds.). (2020). Information management according to BS EN ISO 19650: Guidance Part 2: Parties, teams and processes for the delivery phase of the assets (Edition 5). UK BIM Framework.Churcher, D., Davidson, S., & Kemp, A. (Eds.). (2021). Information management according to BS EN ISO 19650: Guidance Part A: The information management function and resources (Edition 2). UK BIM Framework.nima. (2025, May 30). New IMI Framework to extend UK BIM Framework. https://wearenima.im/new-imi-framework/nima. (2026, March 12). Consultation opens on proposed changes to ISO 19650 Parts 1 and 2. https://wearenima.im/consultation-opens-on-proposed-changes-to-iso-19650-parts-1-and-2/UK BIM Framework. (2023). Information protocol to support BS EN ISO 19650-2: The delivery phase of assets (Edition 6). UK BIM Framework and Construction Industry Council.UK BIM Framework. (2021). Information management assignment matrix [Template in Word, Excel and Airtable formats]. https://imiframework.org/resources/Reimagining AEC is Dr Sepehr Abrishami's own podcast. Related episodes take up neighbouring subjects one at a time, among them the information management function, the parties and teams of ISO 19650-2 and information delivery planning, and each can be heard in any order.
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