Space Management and Timetabling

There is a long history of good practice in the area of space management and timetabling and this is addressed in the first section of this good practice guide entitled background. It is also important to understand the institutional context before embarking on any review and key questions to ask are also addressed in this first section.

The rest of the good practice guide is laid out in accordance with the framework SUMS Consulting typically adopts when embarking on a review of teaching space management. This framework typically consists of three layers - planning and governance, the process itself and the enablers of the process. A typical example is shown below and forms the structure of the rest of the good practice guide.

Planning and Governance

Benchmarking

Policy

Planning

Timetabling Process

Collect Data

Timetable

Publish

Ad hoc Roombooking

Monitor Space

The Enablers of the Process

People

Systems

Organisation

Timelines

A pdf copy of the Good Practice Guide can be downloaded by clicking here.