{"id":827,"date":"2009-05-12T05:10:18","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T13:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=827"},"modified":"2009-05-10T19:24:11","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T03:24:11","slug":"cad-standard-concept-not-a-how-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2009\/05\/cad-standard-concept-not-a-how-to\/","title":{"rendered":"CAD Standard Concept &#8211; Not a &#8220;How To&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2007\/11\/cad-standards-ideal\/\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have posted a lot of scattered concepts that may impact your CAD Standard.\u00a0 Here are some of them&#8230; and a new one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/2007\/11\/cad-standards-ideal\/\">The Standard is an Ideal \u2013 you may never reach perfection<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/2007\/11\/cad-standards-target-to-hit\/\">The Standard is a target to be hit, not a path to follow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/2007\/11\/cad-standards-not-set-in-stone\/\">The Standard is not to be Set in Stone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/2007\/11\/cad-standards-not-set-in-stone\/\">If the Standard is silent \u2013 users can do whatever they want<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now a new one&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Standard is not a \u201chow to\u201d manual<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do not make the standard into a how to manual or a training manual.<span> <\/span>The reason I say this is that I think those docs need to be separate from the actual Standard.<span> <\/span>Remember my statement above about the Standard being a target to hit, but not a path to get there embodies this concept.\u00a0 Some people like to make one book out of it &#8211; I do not.<span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>I say to keep them apart is for the following reasons:<\/p>\n<p><em>The training will change for each version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is a chance that the training manual will change as you update the software.<span> <\/span>From release to release there are subtle changes in the commands that are changed by the developers. <span> <\/span>It is out of your control.<span> <\/span>This would require an update of the training manuals.<\/p>\n<p><em>Your training docs may not get updated as often as your standard<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you are starting to define you standard it will keep evolving and expanding as you move into ever increasing areas of definition.<span> <\/span>As you add pages to your standard, you impact the whole document.<span> <\/span>Your training efforts may skip a release or two, but your standard should not.<\/p>\n<p><em>Your \u201chow to\u201d may be documented in several places.<\/em><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some may be written, some may be video and some may be screen caps.<span> <\/span>Having training modules embedded in your standard just clutters things up.<\/p>\n<p><em>You may have to share your standard with others.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A lot of clients and consultants may ask for a copy of your standard.\u00a0 This is a good thing.\u00a0 Share it.<\/p>\n<p>But, if you include your training portion with it, then you are giving away your methods.\u00a0 You should avoid doing that.\u00a0 Sharing a standard does not give away trade secrets, or let people know how you do things.\u00a0 Everyone has a standard.\u00a0 Yours is nothing special.\u00a0 But the methods you use to achieve that standard may be unique and you would not want to let everyone know your inside productivity methods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have posted a lot of scattered concepts that may impact your CAD Standard.\u00a0 Here are some of them&#8230; and a new one. 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