sentences:  It was initiated in response to the success of Key Performance Indicators devised for assessing construction process issues such as timely completion, financial control and safety on site by the construction industry's Movement for Innovation (M4I).The aim of the DQI systems was to ensure that the M4I's indicators of construction process were balanced by an assessment of the building as a product.The Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex was commissioned to develop the indicator tool, which was launched as an online resource on 1 October 2003.