Corporate Space Planners now have a new way of determining how many workspaces their organization actually needs. AgilQuest’s Usage Information Model (UIM) is a process for using actual use data to address the two key workforce and workplace measurements needed in the space planning process:

1. how much space does each individual actually use, and
2. how often is each workspace actually used.

Real Workplace Analytics

The AgilQuest Usage Information Model (UIM) is a tailored operational model that uses data collected for any building or the entire corporate real estate portfolio on a continual basis.  The model uses data from building infrastructure systems, such as security, telephony and reservation systems which recognize when people enter the building and use their assigned or scheduled workspace.  These presence events are captured and maintained in what AgilQuest calls the "Commander Data Warehouse."

Usage Information Model

The UIM, based on AgilQuest’s Commander, provides valuable data analysis and trending information that enables organizations to actively manage current and future real-estate utilization to reduce real estate overhead.

For example, a Usage Information Model might produce a graph that shows (a) the number of employees assigned to a facility over time, (b) the number or workspaces provided, (c) the number of assigned and reserved workspaces, and (d) the number of spaces actually used. The Real Estate managers could then see the value of their agile workplace (the difference between employees assigned and workplaces provided) and could also see if they can reduce total spaces and increase the ROI even further.