Functional and Space Programming
Shashikant Sharma, Saurabh Kumar Singh · 2024
A functional program is a multi-purpose document that describes, in detail, the proposed services to be addressed in a capital project, specifying human, technical, and building resources necessary for it to function as intended. Overall, the functional program documents the scope of services, objectives, and basic operational description of each component to be addressed in a capital project, workload, and staffing of the components, together with an estimate and description of the facility resources (space) required to support them. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the activities and the functional needs of each component, the relationships between the components that must be accommodated within the capital project, and the relation of the capital project components to the broader systems external to it.