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DIARY: April 16, 2003 01:18 PM Wednesday; Rod Welch

Gary comments on dual environment to reduce errors.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Attitudes Change Experience Using SDS for Good Management
3...Transformation from IT to Knowledge Shown by Gary's Using SDS
4...Using SDS Improves Understanding of KM Com Metrics Good Management


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Boeing
020101 - Mr. Garold L. Johnson
020103 - Modeling and Simulation
0202 - Dynamic Alternatives
020201 - Mr. Garold L. Johnson

SUBJECTS
Errors Discovered by Proof Reading Using SDS Design for Dua  Environm
Proof Read Using SDS Design for Dual Environment Creating Reords in S
Gary Assigned to Capture Record of Technical Review Meetings Coming U
2nd Pair of Eyes Dual Environment Create Reords in SDS Review in Brow
Discover Errors Proof Read Using SDS Design for Dual Environment Crea
Multiple Views Multiple Windows Links Enhance Understanding Computer
Multiple Views Accuracy Improved Proof Read Using SDS Design for Dual
Binary Forces of Nature
Accuracy Communication Biggest Risk Conversation Email Accuracy Impor
Thinking and Doing KM Dilemma Difficult to Allocate Time
Errors Discovered by Proof Reading Using SDS Design for Dual Environm

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4814 - Summary/Objective
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481501 - Follow up ref SDS 39 0000. ref SDS 37 0000.
481502 -
481503 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Gary responding to the letter yesterday,
481504 - ref DIP 1 0001, on the advantage of a dual environment design to
481505 - reduce errors in analysis and communication by using the SDS process
481506 - of "multiple views" for proof reading, that has the effect of review
481507 - by a "second pair of eyes," ref SDS 39 0001, and so is another
481508 - dimension of "double entry" bookkeeping concept of binary structure
481509 - for improving accuracy in communication, thus supports Communication
481510 - Metrics, as set out in POIMS. ref OF 4 3I8M
481512 -  ..
481513 - Gary says today.....
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481515 -    1.  Your point that multiple views of created content facilitates
481516 -        proofreading is well taken.
481518 -  ..
481519 - "Multiple views" is a strong insight which supports the idea of a
481520 - binary structure that is fundamental to existence.  This idea was
481521 - first considered on 950812 for leveraging human cognition. ref SDS 10
481522 - DH7K  Accurate understanding falls within that scope.
481524 -  ..
481525 - Gary continues...
481526 -
481527 -    2.  It is definitely something to consider before introducing too
481528 -        much of the "single tool" concept into SDS. ref DRT 1 FI6I
481530 -         ..
481531 -    3.  This is a factor that I have folded into my ideas on software
481532 -        design - artifacts that represent different mental activities
481533 -        should have different representations. I have seen attempts to
481534 -        design software using pseudocode (a formal English that looks a
481535 -        lot like code) come to grief because the application was being
481536 -        coded rather than designed, and the design step got missed.
481537 -        ref DRT 1 WZ6M
481539 -         ..
481540 -    4.  For somebody who is experienced, this is not so much an issue,
481541 -        but most people have a hard time separating concerns.
481542 -        ref DRT 1 MZ7K
481544 -         ..
481545 -    5.  I think that this is part of the problem with maintaining
481546 -        software requirements in Word - it looks like a prose document,
481547 -        so it gets treated as a prose document, not a set of
481548 -        requirements. ref DRT 1 UZ7O
481550 -         ..
481551 -    6.  Given the value of this, perhaps we should consider (for the
481552 -        new SDS) the ability to launch the published page in the
481553 -        browser for review even during content creation and as a
481554 -        preparation for the web.  Perhaps confidential record could be
481555 -        published to WL only and not to WT to support this sort of
481556 -        proofreading? ref DRT 1 2I8J
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SUBJECTS
SDS Enables Intelligence Unique Design Experience Enables Discoveryi

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680401 -  ..
680402 - Attitudes Change Experience Using SDS for Good Management
680403 - Transformation from IT to Knowledge Shown by Gary's Using SDS
680404 - Using SDS Improves Understanding of KM Com Metrics Good Management
680405 -
680406 - Gary's letter today demonstrates a constructive collaboration is
680407 - forming which holds promise of progress on goals for making SDS
680408 - commercially viable. ref SDS 0 3H3H  This is further progress on
680409 - objectives set on 020924, ref SDS 23 0001, discussed again on 021125,
680410 - ref SDS 25 S57M, and which we have tried to incorporate into agreement
680411 - on 030126. ref SDS 29 TB4F  It is difficult to imagine a better
680412 - working relationship, and so seems to solve part of the problem Gary
680413 - cited on 011006 about inability to collaborate on improving daily
680414 - work. ref SDS 17 JQ6K
680416 -  ..
680417 - Recent analysis in Gary's SDS record on 030413 shows progress learning
680418 - and using SDS. ref SDS 36 0001  Gary cites correlation on 030413
680419 - between SDS and his goals for Knowledge Management reported in his
680420 - earlier record on 030208. ref SDS 30 0001
680422 -  ..
680423 - Gary notes on 030413 he is using SDS primarily to improve productivity
680424 - of meetings. ref SDS 36 MK4K  This addresses a common concern about
680425 - poor productivity of communication, especially in meetings, noted by
680426 - Eric Jennett, one of the founders of PMI.  On 940114 Jennett commented
680427 - in an interview that despite significant advances using technology for
680428 - better cost and schedule metrics, poor productivity in meetings
680429 - continues to cause major management problems. ref SDS 7 2290
680431 -  ..
680432 - Making meaninful progress improving daily work helps solve
680433 - transformation problems of people getting discouraged about using good
680434 - management, which Gary cited in a letter on 011006, ref SDS 17 O99K,
680435 - and even more so in a letter on 020217, ref SDS 21 425M  Gary's strong
680436 - articulation of Communication Metrics enabling a practice of Knowledge
680437 - Management advances transformation to improve productivity by working
680438 - intelligently. ref SDS 36 BY62  Transformation is further evident in
680439 - Gary's SDS records on Aerospace company's project for developing DOD
680440 - objectives to strengthen combat capabilities.
680441 -
680442 -        Job interview at Aerospace company. 030121, ref SDS 28 JM5N
680443 -        TEM assignment for Com Metrics..... 030410, ref SDS 34 0001
680444 -        Review CMM programming spec........ 030410, ref SDS 35 0001
680445 -        TEM begin capture record........... 030415, ref SDS 38 0001
680447 -  ..
680448 - Gary's analysis on 030413 complements his anlaysis on 030316
680449 - explaining advantages of integrated design for improving management
680450 - productivity through better communications. ref SDS 31 EV4N
680452 -  ..
680453 - The importance of better productivity enabled by SDS was cited by
680454 - Steve Balmer on 010510 as a goal of Microsoft. ref SDS 16 YG5K  Last
680455 - year on 021108 Bill Gates confirmed that Microsoft's goal is to
680456 - improve productivity, and that Microsoft planned to accomplish this
680457 - goal by integrating commands in Microsoft programs. ref SDS 24 EFBE,
680458 -
680459 -     [On 040102 Gary making good progress learning SDS and developing
680460 -     skills for Com Metrics capturing the record with narrative and
680461 -     beginning to add links. ref SDS 42 529F and ref SDS 42 PT5K
680463 -      ..
680464 -     [On 040129 Gary's review of SDS foundational documents shows
680465 -     progress on linking analysis to original sources. ref SDS 43 4T9X
680467 -  ..
680468 - On 030316 Gary noted that SDS improves productivity better than other
680469 - methods by integrating a critical mass of complementary functions.
680470 - ref SDS 31 EV4N  This sounds like progress on Gary's goal reported in
680471 - his letter on 020114 looking for tools to help him capture and develop
680472 - his ideas. ref SDS 20 XY5K
680474 -  ..
680475 - It is very gratifying to see struggle and then success implementing a
680476 - new way of working with SDS, as explained in POIMS. ref OF 3 11G5  On
680477 - 921205 Covey relates the challenge of overcoming bad habits that makes
680478 - learning good management practices difficult. ref SDS 6 4803  Later
680479 - on 980307 Andy Grove notes people are tethered to bad management
680480 - because biology drives people to work on familiar things in familiar
680481 - ways.
680482 -
680483 -     [On 031008 Gary's letter to CSG explains experience at Aerospace
680484 -     company using SDS brings progress on understanding how SDS
680485 -     implements POIMS requirements for technology that changes people's
680486 -     attitudes about investing time for using good management.
680487 -     ref SDS 41 Z755
680489 -  ..
680490 - Changing attitudes about SDS compared to Gary's letter on 011222,
680491 - ref SDS 19 R98K, shows continued growth of support for the theory in
680492 - POIMS cited in Gary's earlier record on 030116 saying that experience
680493 - using SDS according to the design enables people to use good
680494 - management, ref SDS 27 0W6L, and over time, benefits of accurate
680495 - understanding from faster access to the record, when needed, saves
680496 - time and money, and avoids frustrations of error.  Saving time and
680497 - money and reducing stress changes attitudes by building confidence
680498 - that good management can be used consistently and so justifies
680499 - investing time for better productivity and earnings, ref OF 4 6649,
680500 - also, discussed with Jeff Conklin on 020301. ref SDS 22 RT5R  We got
680501 - this far with Morris on the first day, 910520, ref SDS 3 JE6M, and
680502 - then the wheels came off, reported on 910523, ref SDS 4 2736, and
680503 - further on 920215. ref SDS 5 5820  So, there is a long way to go, but
680504 - we have made progresss since sending SDS to Gary on 020924.
680505 - ref SDS 23 0001
680506 -
680507 -     [On 040203 attitudes change from company management resisting good
680508 -     management to insisting Gary invest more time for organizational
680509 -     memory. ref SDS 44 NB70
680511 -      ..
680512 -     [On 040227 attitudes change from trying to replace SDS to demand
680513 -     for approval to use SDS rather than popular technologies.
680514 -     ref SDS 45 RH6K
680516 -  ..
680517 - The test will be coming up on how well the group at Aerospace company
680518 - and the contract management folks with the US Army accept getting SDS
680519 - records.
680520 -
680521 -     [On 030702 US Army rep, Nancy, reported SDS record are
680522 -     comprehensive. ref SDS 40 IX8L
680524 -      ..
680525 -     [On 041110 despair delivering the goods to give people experience
680526 -     with the power of SDS to augment intellignece that enables good
680527 -     management takes time. ref SDS 46 KN8V
680529 -  ..
680530 - Experience shows there is sometimes initial grumbling.  It is rare
680531 - that new methods are uniformly accepted by everyone all at once.
680532 - Buckminster Fuller says 50 years is needed for an established culture
680533 - to adopt improvements, reported on 011210. ref SDS 18 R66K  We were
680534 - lucky at PG&E when the lead rep with the State of California
680535 - miraculously accepted SDS on 940901 after a meeting with PG&E where
680536 - SDS was explained. ref SDS 8 4920  We were lucky again when Max
680537 - Blodgett recognized on 960105 the need for a "scribe" after returning
680538 - from a vacation to Egypt. ref SDS 11 3999  Later Max exercised
680539 - leadership to apply SDS for Com Metrics that enabled USACE staff to
680540 - discover good management saves time and money. ref SDS 12 IJ7S
680542 -  ..
680543 - Now, after severn (7) years maybe luck is once again with us, as Gary
680544 - gains confidence using SDS at Aerospace company.
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