Comments on: Standardizing Your Company - Part 2: How Standardized Are You? http://www.civil3d.com/2008/06/standardizing-your-company-part-2-how-standardized-are-you/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:17:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: civil3d.com » Blog Archive » Standardizing Your Company - Part 3: Start at the Top http://www.civil3d.com/2008/06/standardizing-your-company-part-2-how-standardized-are-you/#comment-47230 civil3d.com » Blog Archive » Standardizing Your Company - Part 3: Start at the Top Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:46:53 +0000 http://www.civil3d.com/2008/06/standardizing-your-company-part-2-how-standardized-are-you/#comment-47230 [...] you have been tuning in to these weekly posts then last week you would have taken the survey to determine whether your CAD standards are solid enough to proceed with a full-on Civil 3D [...] [...] you have been tuning in to these weekly posts then last week you would have taken the survey to determine whether your CAD standards are solid enough to proceed with a full-on Civil 3D [...]

]]> By: Eric Chappell http://www.civil3d.com/2008/06/standardizing-your-company-part-2-how-standardized-are-you/#comment-47144 Eric Chappell Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:31:10 +0000 http://www.civil3d.com/2008/06/standardizing-your-company-part-2-how-standardized-are-you/#comment-47144 Great point, Jon and very, very true for a lot of companies. However, what I'm after here is the level of automation in place indicating just how advanced the company is in its use of standards. The first 4 questions take care of adherence on their own. If tools are in place but your folks aren't using them, then you'll score low on the first 4 questions but high on the last which will help boost your score a bit. I think this is as it should be. Thanks for the comment! Great point, Jon and very, very true for a lot of companies. However, what I’m after here is the level of automation in place indicating just how advanced the company is in its use of standards. The first 4 questions take care of adherence on their own. If tools are in place but your folks aren’t using them, then you’ll score low on the first 4 questions but high on the last which will help boost your score a bit. I think this is as it should be.

Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Jon Rizzo http://www.civil3d.com/2008/06/standardizing-your-company-part-2-how-standardized-are-you/#comment-47143 Jon Rizzo Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:17:51 +0000 http://www.civil3d.com/2008/06/standardizing-your-company-part-2-how-standardized-are-you/#comment-47143 I think question #5 should be "Do your users take advantage of integrated tools that automate adherence to the company standards". We have automated tools for this purpose, but their use is spotty. Some folks swear by them, while others detest them. Power users and "I know best" types always tend towards doing their own thing, regardless of how easy it is to follow the standards. Do our user HAVE access to these tools? Always. Do they use them? Sometimes. I think question #5 should be “Do your users take advantage of integrated tools that automate adherence to the company standards”. We have automated tools for this purpose, but their use is spotty. Some folks swear by them, while others detest them. Power users and “I know best” types always tend towards doing their own thing, regardless of how easy it is to follow the standards. Do our user HAVE access to these tools? Always. Do they use them? Sometimes.

]]> By: Eric Chappell http://www.civil3d.com/2008/06/standardizing-your-company-part-2-how-standardized-are-you/#comment-47136 Eric Chappell Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:53:37 +0000 http://www.civil3d.com/2008/06/standardizing-your-company-part-2-how-standardized-are-you/#comment-47136 Thanks! Funny you should mention people skills. You'll be reading a lot in future posts about how important the human side of standardization really is. Thanks! Funny you should mention people skills. You’ll be reading a lot in future posts about how important the human side of standardization really is.

]]> By: Dustin Manning http://www.civil3d.com/2008/06/standardizing-your-company-part-2-how-standardized-are-you/#comment-47134 Dustin Manning Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:49:02 +0000 http://www.civil3d.com/2008/06/standardizing-your-company-part-2-how-standardized-are-you/#comment-47134 This is great. Now, only if my people skills were as great as my desire for standardization. Keep it coming Eric. This is great. Now, only if my people skills were as great as my desire for standardization. Keep it coming Eric.

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