It is interesting to see the parallels with my work with solid modeling in CAD. I'm constantly harping on the people I work with to think about what they are wo

It is interesting to see the parallels with my work with solid modeling in CAD. I'm constantly harping on the people I work with to think about what they are working on and structure it in a way that can be edited later (as well as stability). This often means a larger/less efficient feature tree, but it is actually maintainable. Just this week my insistence that we build the model to be flexible meant that we were able to fix something in 5 minutes instead of days. Updating colleagues work without talking to them is something I often struggle with though. On one hand I absolutely hate it when others change my work without at least getting the history as to why I did it that way. Thus I try my very best to give others the courtesy of discussing it with them first. On the other hand, if something isn't being paid the proper attention, or they aren't making progress, sometimes it is a useful way to light a fire under certain people if asking politely hasn't worked.