I N T H I S I S S U E
Betting the Farm - What are you gambling
with?
Deal or No Deal? - Decision Making Tips
CADD Manager Blog
Moved
Survey
- BAD CAD? - How bad - who fixes it.
A R T I C L E S
Betting the Farm - What are you gambling
with?
CAD Managers have to bet on things all the time. And that is not just
because Autodesk University is in Las Vegas.
I am all for planning and proactively mapping out where you are going to
be in the future. By planning your workload and prepping for the next phase
of technology upgrades you can avoid the unexpected from happening. But even
when you plan ahead, map out the steps, effectively manage the process of
change, there will be times when you have to roll the dice. You have planned
enough, thought enough and thought through the possible and probable
scenarios of any given task. Now is the time to flip the switch and put
something into place.
On some issues, even with all your planning, you need to throw the switch
with a few unknowns in place. This is when a CAD Manager has to "bet the
farm". The term is an American creation that comes from the concept of
placing your entire future on one event or decision. If it succeeds, then
you have much success. If it fails, then you will experience a major
setback. "Betting the Farm" is not something you want to do a lot.
Sometimes you may be betting the farm without realizing it. These times
may come and go without you even noticing if nothing happens while the bet
is on. Let's look at a few that might bite you...
You Bet the Farm when you...
Deal or No Deal? - Decision Making Tips
Making decisions is a large part of the CAD Managers day. We make them
all the time. Hopefully your making more good ones than bad. Decision making
does not have to be just random selections of suitcases like the American TV
show. It is something that - if you practice - you can actually increase
your odds of making a good decision every time.
Maybe you have Decidophobia - Defined as "a persistent, abnormal, and
unwarranted fear of making decisions". This actually exists and sometimes
cripples people who just can't make the call.
Here are some tips for making the bad ones good and the good ones better.
More...
CADD Manager Blog Moved
After a good amount of setup - I moved my blog from Blogger to
WordPress. I am still working on
it. I have moved all of the posts to the new site.
I have added a more robust categories drop down and a categories cloud.
The Archives are now under a dropdown.
I am testing out a Poll widget, Pages and more. The Pages still link back to
my website until I move them all. I still need to figure out how to refocus
the RSS feeds and such.
Let me know what you think by posting a comment on the new site.
Here is the link... New CADD
Manager Blog.
Give it a test drive and let me know what works and what fails.
Thanks so much for reading...
December 2007 Survey
BAD CAD - How bad is it?
Who fixes it?
I delivered a class at AU2007 on BAD CAD, so
a survey help to show how much of it there is...
76% said that they encounter BAD CAD every
day or at least once a week. That is a lot of bad files. Most of
the time it was bad because of not following standards. What was
interesting was that YOU have to fix these files.
Since there is such wide evidence of BAD CAD
and obviously someone needs to fix it. Well - who do you think that
might be? 65% of you spending up to 4 hours of
your week just fixing these things.
See the complete results...
Take the January Survey -
What did you do before you became CAD
Manager?
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