This error rate results mainly from staff making bookings and then forgetting to cancel them when their plans change. This results in empty meeting rooms and unusable booking slots - these 'no-shows' result in considerable frustration for all those staff who can rarely get a convenient meeting room or time.
Like in a hotel, performing a check in at around the time of your reservation confirms your booking and holds the room for you. If any of your colleagues have forgotten to cancel a meeting room they no longer need then their failure to check in will result in their booking being cancelled automatically and the booking slot will be returned to the available pool for others to use.
With desk booking - the number of desks provided should be planned around your maximum demand. This means, that in all but the most unusual occasions, you should be able to find an available desk for your required time slot. So, with desks, your search is for the
Designing a system to help staff intuitively and quickly book their room and desk requirements is not trivial. Two completely different interfaces are required - one optimised for availability searches (e.g. for rooms) and one for time slot searches (e.g. for desks).
Plan B Solutions on HSJ Partnership Awards' Shortlist
Plan B Solutions has been shortlisted in Health Service Journal's 2018 Partnership Awards in the prestigious
partners with Plan B Solutions to further develop the Authority's 'Smarter Working' Solution
Plan B Solutions has now completed more than 2,000,000 work space measurements during workplace utilisation studies.
Plan B Solutions announces 'Smove moveS'
To provide workplace performance appraisal solutions and project and relocation management services