There are many ways to have meetings that are unproductive. Confused topics, no prep, misunderstood agendas and more can wreak havoc on your progress. So many of these creep into your meeting attempts and derail your efforts. So let’s discuss some ideas that might help keep your meetings on track. Start by Setting good ground […]
There are some general items that the CAD Standard reviewer will oversee. They typically do not work for the CAD Manager but are involved beyond the level of CAD User. They will help you define and review the docs and standards you create. Below is a list that I have used to outline the duties […]
Continue reading about Creating a CAD Standards Review Team – What they do
When beginning the discussion on CAD Standards it may be helpful to do a quick triage of subjects. Check out my list to see a good starting point. Use a quick list like this to define what areas you will need to dig deeper on and which ones you can move through quickly. You can […]
Key Players only Make sure that your team has the key players involved and no fluff. Finding out who these people are may be a challenge. Since the CAD Standard will be a document for the end users, select the people on your team from the end user pool. Talk to the users in the […]
Continue reading about Creating a CAD Standards Review Team – Who? – Part two
A Team of Individuals You may not have total control over who is part of the team This can happen easily as some teams are defined by those that either get on it by the nature of their title or the nature of the politics in the office. This is a hard one to work […]
Continue reading about Creating a CAD Standards Review Team – Who to Pick
Creating your team from scratch When it comes time to set aside a group of people from your firm to help define and review a CAD Standard you will need to think long and hard about who should be on the team. Size Creative teams are usually 3-5 persons in size. Your team will need […]
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Gathering the team that actually is involved with generating the input and holding the discussions about CAD Standards is critical to the success of your efforts. Don’t just let the team develop itself. You have to work at creating a positive team. There are two kinds of teams that you may work with. Created and […]
Continue reading about Inheriting a CAD Standards Review Team
When you start thinking of creating or reviewing your CAD standards, it has to be done through teams. Not many firms will just let one person define the standard without talking to anyone. Even if the group is small, it still needs to be defined. If you have a small firm, you can keep things […]
The poll posted for April involves the discussion topic that I have been blogging on for the past several posts. Some may think that their standard is the best, some may think it is okay and others may take the perspective that it needs work – a lot of work. So let us all know […]
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