Example of adjacency calculation
The SSP adjacency definition specifies the required nearness (adjacency) between business units, departments or teams. The adjacency requirement value (1 to 9) is a factor that indicates whether departments (or teams) should be put closer together or further apart. Value 9: the adjacency of the two departments is very important. Value 1: the adjacency of the two departments is not important at all.
• Are departments in different buildings, but close by, for example the same site? This adds adjacency 'points'.
• Are departments in the same building? This adds adjacency 'points'.
• Are departments on different but consecutive floors? This adds adjacency 'points'.
• Are departments on the same floor? This adds adjacency 'points'.
Table: Co-location values
Co-location type | Description | Value |
|---|
On the same floor | Persons on the same floor | 9 |
One floor above or below | Persons on a different but near floor | 7 |
In the same building | Persons in the same building | 5 |
The following table indicates the prioritization, i.e. the requirement for adjacency:
Table: Adjacency priorities
Department | D 1 | D 2 | D 3 | D 4 | D 5 |
|---|
D 1 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
D 2 | - | 9 | - | - | - |
D 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | - | - |
D 4 | 5 | 6 | - | 9 | - |
D 5 | 7 | 8 | - | 1 | 9 |
What do the values in this table express?
• All staff of a department should preferably be co-located (values 9)
• Departments D1 and D5 take first priority in co-locating (value 9)
• Departments D2 and D5 take second priority in co-locating (value 8)
• Department D4 should be co-located with D1 and D2 evenly, this is the third priority (value 5)
• Departments D1 and D3 should be co-located, taking fourth priority (value 4)
• Departments D2 and D3 should be co-located, taking fifth priority (value 2)