SOLUTIONS - JUMPSTART PROGRAM FOR AUTOCAD CIVIL 3D

When an organization decides to make the migration from their old design platform to AutoCAD Civil 3D, there are some fundamental items that must be addressed before they can train all of the users. The first item is styles creation. Most firms want their deliverables to look the same in AutoCAD Civil 3D as they did in their old design software. This means styles and standards must be developed to allow for simple creation of the same deliverables. Secondly, to harness the power of AutoCAD Civil 3D, the organization's processes and workflows must change. Since these two items must be completed before training the entire organization is possible, we created the JumpStart Program to give organizations an easy and quick way to start their migration process.

WHAT THE JUMPSTART PROGRAM INCLUDES

Eagle Point's JumpStart Program for AutoCAD Civil 3D includes 4 days of onsite Civil 3D implementation work. The first 1.5 days are dedicated to styles creation and training, the next 2 days detail process creation and training, and the last half day is used to train key people on how to use the Task Navigator within Civil 3D.

DAYS 1-2 (1.5): An Eagle Point engineer works with the selected styles owner(s) to create styles for a certain project type. As they work together, the styles are created and the owner(s) learn how to create new styles, modify existing styles, and manage the styles and templates. It is imperative to learn how to create and modify styles because style creation is an on-going job. Many times a new project requires a new style to be created or an old style to be modified. The styles owner(s) need to be able to handle this dynamic work without having to rely on outside consultants.

DAYS 2-4 (2): An Eagle Point engineer works with the subject matter experts from a certain project type. The engineer interviews the subject matter experts to determine how work gets done today. Then, using that knowledge, the engineer fine tunes the existing process to include AutoCAD Civil 3D technology. This ensures the company can keep its existing process and  immediately be able to take advantage of the powerful features in AutoCAD Civil 3D. During this time, the process owner(s) are trained on how to create new processes. This is imperative because new processes need to be created and old processes modified to take advantage of new functionality or to document processes for different project types.

DAY 4 (.5): During the final half day, an Eagle Point engineer trains a select group of pilot users on how to use the Task Navigator to walk through the processes created during days 2-4. This allows a small group of people to get accustomed to using AutoCAD Civil 3D and the processes while the Eagle Point engineer is still there to answer questions and fine tune the solution.