CONTACTS 
0201 - Digital Agility Incorporated                                                                                                                                       O-00000852 0101
020101 - Mr. Bruce O'Dell; Principal Consultant                                                                                                                           O-00000852 0101
020103 - Executive Office                                                                                                                                                 O-00000852 0101

SUBJECTS
Digital Agility Communication Metrics Review Bruce Presents Interest

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0603 -    ..
0604 - Summary/Objective
0605 -
060501 - Follow up ref SDS 25 U062.
060502 -
060503 - Glad that Bruce had time look for Welchco and remembered where to
060504 - look.  His initial analysis has encouraged further review. ref SDS 0
060505 - OM6V  Bruce's company, Digital Agility, provides IT consulting
060506 - services that offer potential for collaboration in several directions.
060507 - ref SDS 0 GQ3M  Submitted a letter inviting additional work up on SDS
060508 - and Com Metrics. ref SDS 0 TO4F
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060515 -  ..
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0608 - Progress
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060901 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Bruce, following up discussions at
060902 - Stanford for Doug's event on 060129. ref SDS 25 U062
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060904 -    1.  I really enjoyed our conversation at Doug Engelbart's party
060905 -        this afternoon.  I'm intrigued by your insights into
060906 -        organizational dysfunction (and meta-dysfunction) and your
060907 -        perspective on root cures for root problems. ref DRT 1 0001
060909 -  ..
060910 - Bruce has a good memory and strong initiative following up discussion
060911 - at Stanford during Doug's party on 060131, and without benefit of a
060912 - business card nor writing anything down. ref SDS 25 TV5O
060914 -  ..
060915 - Bruce has a website with clear, concise explanation of his company,
060916 - Digital Agility...
060917 -
060918 -            http://www.digitalagility.com/
060919 -
060920 - ...which states in part...
060921 -
060922 -        Digital Agility is a consulting firm for large-scale systems
060923 -        and application architecture and enterprise security
060924 -        integration.  They develop workflow and business process
060925 -        management implementations for project and program management,
060926 -        organizational change, and performance engineering,
060928 -  ..
060929 - Would be helpful to get an example or two of work product.
060931 -  ..
060932 - The firm's consulting role might be conducive to Communication Metrics
060933 - support for program and project management, illustrated by the report
060934 - the US Corps of Engineers issued on SDS. ref DRP 4 6172
060936 -  ..
060937 - Bruce continues...
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060939 -    2.  I'd like to take time to read and ponder the information on
060940 -        your web site; even at first glance I see an all-too-accurate
060941 -        portrayal of the ad-hoc world of improvised distraction that
060942 -        occupies most of my work day.  I'll be preoccupied for a day or
060943 -        two with work on my friend Dorothy's documentary, but will have
060944 -        some additional questions for you soon after my return to
060945 -        Minneapolis. ref DRT 1 WN6F
060947 -  ..
060948 - Bruce has a good voice framing issues that need fixing.  Campbell
060949 - points out that humans are designed for "ad hoc" reliance on
060950 - experience, rather than logic, reported on 900303. ref SDS 1 4456
060951 - Pinker at MIT goes further and says making mistakes remembering
060952 - relevant experience is a feature not a bug of human cognition.
060953 - reviewed on 990329. ref SDS 3 3196  This aspect of human biology
060954 - provides opportunity for technology to strengthen intelligence, called
060955 - out in NWO. ref OF 11 A56M
060956 -
060958 -  ..
060959 - The challenge of transformation is carving out time for cognitive
060960 - overhead, illustrated by the ENIAC project, when Mauchly submitted his
060961 - memo to Goldstine. ref OF 14 OO8O
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0612 - 0130
0613 -
061301 - Submitted ref DIT 1 001 via email to Bruce, saying thanks for taking
061302 - time to review Com Metrics, and looking forward to further comment.
061303 -
061304 -    1.  Thanks for timely comment in your letter yesterday, on our
061305 -        visit this past Saturday at Stanford. ref SDS 25 U062
061307 -         ..
061308 -    2.  SDS uses "precision access" to relevant context.  It initially
061309 -        looks overwhelming.  The rule is:  Open the primary link, but
061310 -        don't open every subsidiary link." ref DIT 1 RR6J
061312 -         ..
061313 -    3.  SDS links are an asset to learn more about an issue, to
061314 -        understand context, and to verify accuracy based on alignment
061315 -        with original sources. ref DIT 1 LV6N  This reflects the fact
061316 -        that "accuracy" is the primary metric of communication.
061317 -        ref OF 6 16EF
061319 -         ..
061320 -    4.  There are a lot of links, because some days we need to know
061321 -        more about x, and on other days we need to chase down y.  So,
061322 -        for any given situation, we only need to follow a small portion
061323 -        of links in the record, just as the mind filters links
061324 -        internally based on "situational awareness." ref DIT 1 008J
061326 -         ..
061327 -    5.  Therefore, read all of the material at the primary link, per
061328 -        above, but only read a para or two for subsidiary links, then
061329 -        click back to the primary material. ref DIT 1 LI8F  This
061330 -        implements "Clear, Concise, Complete Communication, explained
061331 -        more fully in NWO. ref OF 12 A44G
061333 -         ..
061334 -    6.  Per above rule, this is a subsidiary link, and so need not be
061335 -        opened, unless time permits and you want a deeper explanation.
061336 -        So, read a few para, then close this link. ref DIT 1 004N
061338 -         ..
061339 -    7.  Again enjoyed meeting you and Dorothy.  Look forward to further
061340 -        comment, when time permits. ref DIT 1 9J9G
061342 -         ..
061343 -    8.  Post Script
061348 -         ..
061349 -    9.  By copy, letting Gary Johnson at Boeing know of your inquiry,
061350 -        since he is learning SDS, and worked on getting the program
061351 -        accepted as a Boeing standard for organizational memory.  That
061352 -        effort succeeded at several review levels, so some folks "got
061353 -        it," but ultimately failed at the final review by corporate
061354 -        folks.  In any case, if we get a chance to work together, Gary
061355 -        would be involved. ref DIT 1 00ER
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