Talking about CAD Standards Processes

You need to be talking about the process you are using for defining or refining the CAD Standards to as many people as you can. This allows them to be informed and to offer input. It also allows them to see that you are working in a measured progressive way. It lets them know that you have planned it out and are now working the plan.

Start letting people know what you are doing.

The first ones who need to know are the teams that you have developed. These are defined here. Let them know as much as you possibly can about each step of this journey. Show them documents and planning papers and whatever you have created to schedule the process. If it would help to create a PowerPoint slide deck then do that. Do whatever it takes to get the message out.

Don’t operate in a vacuum.

Not talking to those who are impacted by the standard or those that can help you get it done may have negative consequences. They will feel like you are acting without consulting anyone. They may feel slighted. Or they may think that you are doing or planning something that you are not. It never stops amazing me how rumors and corporate scuttlebutt changes the most innocuous plan into a diabolical offensive to take over the world.

Don’t let it happen to you. Talk to people.