{"id":3143,"date":"2014-01-31T06:58:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T13:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=3143"},"modified":"2014-01-28T21:59:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T04:59:17","slug":"critical-conversations-about-cad-when-issues-decend-into-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2014\/01\/critical-conversations-about-cad-when-issues-decend-into-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Conversations about CAD \u2013 When Issues Decend into Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Critical Conversations<\/a><\/div>

CAD Issues that are brought to you must be addressed.\u00a0 CAD problems can corrupt CAD files, cripple progress and ruin projects.\u00a0 This is not a good thing.\u00a0 Issues have to be dealt with when they arise.\u00a0 Better yet – tackle them when they are just concerns before they become failures.<\/p>\n

But failures happen.\u00a0 They are often avoidable when issues are caught early and addressed, but can still happen even when you know they are coming.\u00a0 I have seen train wreck projects that continue to cascade down the line toward failure.\u00a0 I have seen countless man-hours chewed up fixing things that were left in a mess.\u00a0 I have seen users do very interesting things that mangle files.<\/p>\n

When an issue goes unaddressed it breed failure.\u00a0 Things break and may become irreparable.\u00a0 Then you have to recreate things to get them working.\u00a0 CAD failures impact you as the CAD Manager.\u00a0 They reflect badly on your ability to keep things running smoothly.\u00a0 They may not be something that you could have prevented, but others think you can.<\/p>\n

When CAD Failures Happen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take ownership of the repair.\u00a0 Do whatever you can to get things back on track.\u00a0 Personally take charge of the situation and make adjustments and suggestions as needed.<\/p>\n

Speak the truth.\u00a0 Don’t candy coat things.\u00a0 Tell people what the problem is and what you think the fix is.\u00a0 Don’t place blame, but do not let blame land on your shoulders if it is not warranted.\u00a0 Others will try to place it firmly in your hands, so document your findings and tell people what really might have cause the problem.\u00a0 Keep it positive and not a negative attack on anyone, but get your perspective out there.<\/p>\n

Address the issues directly with management.\u00a0 Take the conversation as high up the food chain as you can take it.\u00a0 As you move higher, keep the conversation brief unless they ask more questions.\u00a0 Most upper managers do not want a forensic investigation outlined to them in detail.\u00a0 They want a concise explanation of the problem and a definitive plan to correct it.<\/p>\n

Follow through on the repairs.\u00a0 If you are doing them, let people know when they are done.\u00a0 If others are doing them, check in often for updates and examine the results to verify that the fix really worked.<\/p>\n

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This entry is part 8 of 8 in the series Critical Conversations<\/a><\/div>

CAD Issues that are brought to you must be addressed.\u00a0 CAD problems can corrupt CAD files, cripple progress and ruin projects.\u00a0 This is not a good thing.\u00a0 Issues have to be dealt with when they arise.\u00a0 Better yet – tackle them when they are just concerns before they become failures. But failures happen.\u00a0 They are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8],"tags":[],"series":[78],"class_list":["post-3143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cad-management","category-cad-standards","series-critical-conversations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3143"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3147,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3143\/revisions\/3147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3143"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=3143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}