{"id":700,"date":"2008-10-29T04:21:35","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T11:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=700"},"modified":"2016-03-07T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T00:07:08","slug":"do-you-add-value-providing-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2008\/10\/do-you-add-value-providing-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you add Value? &#8211; Providing Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 5 of 17 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/series\/adding-value\/\" class=\"series-94\" title=\"Adding Value\">Adding Value<\/a><\/div><p><strong>CAD Managers give structure to CAD processes. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are you providing the structure that your firm needs?\u00a0 Structure comes from more than just the CAD Standards.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few things that provide structure to your firm:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0 Purchasing processes. <\/strong> I have talked about having an approved software list when I wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2007\/04\/preventative-cad-management\/\">Preventative CAD Management<\/a> and how they can provide you with a structure for selecting and purchasing software.\u00a0 Keep a list of the software that your firm uses and stick to it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0\u00a0 Defined migration plans for upgrades.<\/strong> Thing like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2008\/08\/when-to-upgrade\/\">When to Upgrade<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2008\/07\/cad-upgrades-the-double-jump\/\">When others are Jumping.<\/a> But beyond that &#8211; do you provide a well planned out migration process for upgrading.\u00a0 I wrote on this for AUGI some time back (starting in May 2005) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.augi.com\/publications\/hotnews.asp?page=825\">take a look.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0\u00a0 The CAD Standards. <\/strong> You number one way of providing structure.\u00a0 Here are a few post on that issue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2007\/11\/cad-standards-not-set-in-stone\/\">CAD Standards &#8211; Not set in Stone<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2008\/04\/written-cad-standards-making-progress\/\">Written CAD Standards<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2007\/02\/cad-standards-based-on-principles\/\">CAD Standards based on Principles<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Or just the whole topic of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/category\/cad-standards\/\">CAD Standards<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0\u00a0 Troubleshooting problems. <\/strong> Do you bring a structure to your investigations of troubles.\u00a0 Systematic approaches to finding out what the root problem is and moving toward an answer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0\u00a0 Training. <\/strong> Do you develop a structured approach and outline to training?\u00a0 The overarching plan and the outline of each class.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<br>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 5 of 17 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/series\/adding-value\/\" class=\"series-94\" title=\"Adding Value\">Adding Value<\/a><\/div><p>CAD Managers give structure to CAD processes. Are you providing the structure that your firm needs?\u00a0 Structure comes from more than just the CAD Standards. Here are a few things that provide structure to your firm: 1.\u00a0 Purchasing processes. 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