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DIARY: July 26, 2004 01:07 PM Monday;
Rod Welch
Letter to Morris on background for commenting on ASB filing at Aerospace company.
1...Summary/Objective
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CONTACTS
0201 - Intel Corporation O-00000704 0201
020101 - Mr. Morris E. Jones;
SUBJECTS
Background History Morris Evaluation SDS for Preparing Comments on S
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1004 - Summary/Objective
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100501 - Follow up ref SDS 12 0000, ref SDS 11 0000.
100502 -
100503 - On 040714 Gary submitted the 1st draft of the ASB filing to Morris,
100504 - and requested comments on how to consolidate, particularly in defining
100505 - a new standard for software tools and application. ref SDS 12 0001
100507 - ..
100508 - We discussed this briefly on 040724. ref SDS 13 0001
100510 - ..
100511 - Today, submitted a letter saying...
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100513 - 1. Subject: Test Data for Get, Split, Join, and Recl Commands
100514 - Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:21:30 -0700
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100522 - 2. Morris,
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100524 - Following up our discussion this past Saturday, 040722, on
100525 - preparing an ASB filing for an SDS standard at Aerospace company, a few
100526 - weeks ago, on 040630, Gary submitted an explanation of
100527 - "situational awareness." ref SDS 10 FZ6L, which suggests there
100528 - is an audience for theory and practice of SDS, as set out in
100529 - POIMS. This background seems to align with your analysis of
100530 - SDS reported on November 23, 1991, ref SDS 1 0477, and so might
100531 - support your review and comments on the current draft the ASB
100532 - to define a standard for SDS. ref DIT 1 0001
100534 - ..
100535 - 3. At that time, in November 1991, you explained SDS is different
100536 - from the way executives work using conversation to expedite,
100537 - ref DIT 1 BU6Q, because talk is cheap, fast and easy using
100538 - "feel good" management. ref SDS 1 1331
100540 - ..
100541 - 4. A year later on 921127 you related that feel good management on
100542 - the job causes inconsequential details to become major
100543 - problems. ref DIT 1 BU6X You further indicated SDS support for
100544 - tracking communication in meetings, calls and documents to
100545 - maintain alignment with objectives, requirements and
100546 - commitments helps people avoid little deviations that later
100547 - escalate into big problems. ref SDS 2 0674 A few years later,
100548 - after gaining more experience with SDS support, on 950303 you
100549 - drafted your famous bow and arrow diagram to illustrate how SDS
100550 - strengthens command and control of the work, ref SDS 3 M34O, as
100551 - explained in POIMS. ref OF 1 1113
100553 - ..
100554 - 5. The following year, on 960406, you mentioned part of the
100555 - problem is that people cannot find relevant details quickly,
100556 - when needed, and so wind up relying on remembering only the
100557 - gist of the story, ref DIT 1 BV3U, which often proves to be
100558 - incorrect. ref SDS 5 4249 On 010425 you noted SDS solves the
100559 - problem by positioning everything in the right place at the
100560 - right time. ref SDS 7 EP7F On 010916 other people began
100561 - noticing SDS solves the problem by making finding critical
100562 - details fast and easy. ref SDS 8 0001 A week or so later on
100563 - 010924 you made a similar comment noting that nobody uses
100564 - software the way SDS is used to make finding relevant details
100565 - fast and easy. ref SDS 9 XT5F
100567 - ..
100568 - 6. Our current assignment preparing an ASB filing is to come up
100569 - with one, or, at most, two words that summarize the "standard"
100570 - for SDS capability, ref OF 2 PR3O, which you have previously
100571 - described. ref DIT 1 BV4S
100573 - ..
100574 - 7. In our discussion on Saturday, you mentioned a "standard" for
100575 - communication that has several thousand pages. In this
100576 - exercise, we want to start with only one or two words, and then
100577 - construct one or two paragraphs that distinguish the standard
100578 - for SDS from say the standard for email, wordprocessing, and
100579 - Sharepoint. ref DIT 1 4P4K
100581 - ..
100582 - You initially proposed the word "organization," based on the
100583 - telecon we had with Bill DeHart on 000709, when you asked Bill
100584 - what SDS does that is different, ref DIT 1 4P5I, and he used
100585 - "organization" to summarize the benefit of getting information
100586 - in the context of daily work, background and objectives that is
100587 - timely and accurate for getting things done quickly and
100588 - correctly. ref SDS 6 2419
100590 - ..
100591 - 8. As noted, you made the same point a year later on 010425 by
100592 - observing that the typical day scenario using SDS is
100593 - unbelievable (i.e., a "utopia"), ref DIT 1 BV6Q, because
100594 - everything is in the right place at the right time. ref SDS 7
100595 - EP7F
100597 - ..
100598 - 9. How then to prepare a write up that helps people see the
100599 - opportunity to accomplish the "unbelievable" ability to quickly
100600 - and accurately draw on a wide range of critical details across
100601 - days, months, years and decades of experience, but without
100602 - stepping on the toes of other vendors, which you cautioned
100603 - about in our discussion on Saturday. ref DIT 1 BV6Y
100605 - ..
100606 - 10. Does Gary's research on "situational awareness" help,
100607 - ref DIT 1 BV7V, as shown in the record on 040630? ref SDS 10
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