CAD Manager Responsibilities: 3 Steps to Perfect the Process

January 1, 2000

CAD Manager Responsibilities: 3 Steps to Perfect the Process

A CAD manager’s job includes a range of duties such as managing a large team of people, providing them guidance and direction, ensuring technical excellence, developing and monitoring CAD design standards, etc.

Here are a few steps CAD managers can take to be successful and guarantee better results.

Step #1: Develop CAD Design Standards

Every CAD manager needs to develop, monitor, and implement the CAD design standards  to ensure that the CAD project team meets customers' demands.

Start by developing a Project Initiation Document or PID, including the number of workers required in a CAD project team. The CAD manager also needs to manage the project budget and schedule for the CAD team.

If the project deadline is approaching, the CAD Manager must maintain constant communication with the clients to ensure they are updated on any critical issues occurring within the project.

It is also the CAD manager's responsibility to clarify any technical concerns or queries the clients have and coordinate and negotiate with them for successful resolutions.

Step #2: Set Clear Goals and Draft A Plan

You need to turn the project document into a more concrete plan by setting clear and achievable goals for the tasks ahead. The best strategy is to set SMART goals, which stand for specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely.

Another acronym essential to remember when drafting a plan is CLEAR, which stands for collaborative, limited, emotional, appreciable, and refinable.

These adjectives have broad meanings that will help a CAD manager guide their team on executing each task and producing the desired results by identifying opportunities resulting in a more efficient and productive workflow.

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