I've been in my new job as CAD manager for 3 months now. I've identified a few problems I can help my colleagues with immediately (Training, standards e.t.c) but there is an issue I'd like your advice on.
As a company, we're pretty good at understanding how many hours we've sold on a project and how they are being used. The trouble isn't going over the sold hours. The trouble is that we are not meeting our deadlines.
It seems to me that we are not actually using the hours we have sold. We are rushing the process by allowing our project managers to set unrealistic deadlines. Every time we miss a deadline, there is an impact on the work that is scheduled to follow. We are always on the back foot.
What advice can you give me on managing a busy CAD schedule, to make sure that we set realistic goals and achieve them?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
Paul