Robert Green là ở đầu danh sách tất cả. -DOUG WIETBROCK, Chủ tịch, DC CADD Các bậc thầy của CAD quản lý, Robert tiếp tục là một cơ sở tri thức chính xác của thông tin. Robert có một sự kết hợp tuyệt vời của triết học, kinh nghiệm cuộc sống thực, và các dữ liệu thô có thể cung cấp cho bạn cái nhìn sâu sắc | 8 CHAPTER 1 WHAT S INVOLVED DEFINING THE POSITION There s probably no one right answer to what upper management s perspective on the CAD manager s role should be but I ve noticed that the following views are widely held by corporate management The CAD manager should enable CAD-related productivity. The CAD manager should strive for user efficiency and more profitable operation of the company. The CAD manager should remove complexity and make things simple because making things simple usually makes things go better. The CAD manager must keep CAD technology on budget and realize that there are no blank checks for software or hardware. In my 17 years of CAD management experience I ve found that CAD managers who don t subscribe to these views have rocky relationships with their management teams. Conversely if you live these ideals on a daily basis your management probably has a great opinion of you and your users probably like you as well When people work efficiently and you don t spend too much money everybody is happy. You re Never Done Though One glaring difference between the perspectives of your users and your management is that management expects constantly improving efficiency what I like to call the good enough isn t mentality. If you do a great job facilitating productivity making things simple and staying on budget as you go you re just setting the bar that much higher for next year. So what types of questions does your management ask about improving efficiency Here are some examples How can we get the same work done in less time How can we get more jobs done with the same number of people What s our CAD manager doing to make CAD processes work better six months from now A year from now Two years from now Although your users may achieve a state of satisfaction when their hardware and software systems are harmonized and productive management feels no such satisfaction. Whenever you feel particularly good about the state of your CAD environment pat yourself on
