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AutoCAD2011ProductivityStudy

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2 ©2010DavidS.Cohn

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ComparisonofUserProductivityBetween

AutoCAD2008andAutoCAD2011

ByDavidS.Cohn

ExecutiveSummary

Whiletheoverallperformanceofasoftwareprogramorhardwareplatformcanbemeasuredusingstandard

benchmarks,actualuserproductivityisamoredifficultmetrictogauge,sinceitoftenincludesperceptionsof

theoveralluserexperienceandmustaccountfordifferencesinthemethodsemployedwhileusingthe

software.

ordertoquantifythepotentialproductivityimprovementatypicaluserislikelytoexperiencewhen

upgradingtothelatestversionofAutoCAD®,wedevisedaseriesoftestsinvolvingtimingtherepeatedre‐

creationofaselectionofdrawingsusingbothAutoCA D2008andAutoCAD2011.Thedrawingsusedwere

judgedtoberepresentativeofthosethatwouldbeproducedbytypicalAutoCADusers.

ThetestswereperformedbyDavidCohn,widelyrecognizedasanexpertintheuseofAutoCAD,utilizingthe

featuresandfunctionshejudgedtobethemostexpedientmeansofproducingtheendresultineach

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respectiveversionofthesoftware.Thesoftwarewasrunoncomputerhardwareandoperatingsystemstypical

ofwhatwaslikelytobeemployedbyanactualcustomer.

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2:24

4:48

7:12

9:36

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14:24

Auto CAD2008 AutoCAD2011 AutoCAD2011and

newworkstation

Time(hours:minutes)

TimetoComplete

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Theresultsofthestudywerequitedramatic.Ittooknearly13.5hourstocompletetheeightdrawingsusing

AutoCAD2008comparedto9.25hourstocompletethesameeightdrawingsusingAutoCAD2011.This

representsanimprovementinoveralluserproductivityof31percentasaresultofupgradingfrom

AutoCAD

2008toAutoCAD2011,withoutanychangeinthecomputeronwhichAutoCADwasrun.Whenthe

workstationwasalsoupgradedtoamoremodernsystemrunningWindows®7,thetimerequiredtocomplete

theeightdrawingswasfurtherreducedto7.5hours,animprovementinoveralluserproductivity

of44

percent.

Whilenotconsideredinthequantitativeresultsofthisstudy,additionalfunctionalityavailablewhenrunning

Windows7couldfurtherimproveoverallproductivity.

Althoughtheresultsreportedinthisstudywouldlikelyvarydependingonthelevelofexperienceoftheuser

andthenatureofthedrawingsbeing

produced,similarimprovementsinpersonalproductivityarelikely,due

toimprovementsinthefeaturesandfunctionalityavailableinAutoCAD2011comparedtoAutoCAD2008.This

levelofimprovementinpersonalproductivityissosignificantthatmostuserswillfinditeasilyjustifiesthecost

ofupgrading.

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