{"id":2775,"date":"2012-05-21T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=2775"},"modified":"2012-05-22T08:55:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T15:55:34","slug":"constriction-of-having-no-control-trails-of-a-new-cad-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2012\/05\/constriction-of-having-no-control-trails-of-a-new-cad-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Constriction of Having No Control – Trails of a New CAD Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series The Trials of a New CAD Manager<\/a><\/div>

Trial Two:\u00a0 The Constriction of Having No Control<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trial number two is related to number one (The Authority Challenge<\/a>) but it relates to not having control.\u00a0 You have no control over key areas that impact your success. This relates to people and projects.<\/p>\n

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Symptoms of this Trial:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The existing workforce that you have to work with is in place.\u00a0 They may need training or support and you have no control over the budget to get them what they need.\u00a0 New hires come into the company and you have no control to interview them and provide input during the hiring process of how well they know CAD or BIM.<\/p>\n

New Project start in CAD any you are not informed.\u00a0 You have no control to prevent users from just opening CAD and starting a new project from scratch or by copying an old project that may contain terrible files.\u00a0 The project kickoff does not include a brief discussion of CAD issues and the team runs ahead of you and does whatever they want.<\/p>\n

When this Trial comes your way:<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is not much you can do if you inherit a user base that is not what you might hope in production and software understanding.\u00a0 You get what you get.\u00a0 But moving them toward a better understanding of the tools and processes must include training.\u00a0 Work toward getting a budget and start free lunch and learn sessions that will instruct them on the proper way of getting things done.\u00a0 Create a new hire checklist that includes some form of testing (written test) or evaluation (there are tools out there for that) and press for it to be adopted.\u00a0 Evaluation and education are life long efforts.\u00a0 Get them started as soon as you can.\u00a0 Little by little you can move mountains<\/p>\n

Create a Project Kickoff checklist that includes all of the needed functions one or two pages.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Add things like project folder structure, standard symbol and block locations, where to get the proper border, etc.\u00a0 The list can be used by anyone, but if needed you can step in and offer to create the project for them.\u00a0 It may take a couple of hours, but getting the team going in the right direction will reap benefits.<\/p>\n
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This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series The Trials of a New CAD Manager<\/a><\/div>

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