Abstract: Collaborative-design is very important production method in architectural design consulting enterprises. With the latest development of information technology, digital workflow management gradually getting more smoothly integrated into the collaborative design process, which will improve the production level in design enterprises. In East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd, with the knowledge and practices gain from Housing and Urban-Rural Development Ministry research "replacing blueprints with whiteprints strategy" and ECADI collaborative design digital management platform, achieve successful results in "replacing blueprints with whiteprints", even in the "paperless office". It proved that all kinds of management strategies like collaborative design standards, quality management, project management and knowledge management in architectural engineering designs & survey enterprises, can be greatly enhanced by the entire workflow digital management.