CONTACTS 
0201 - PMI - N. Calif Chapter             415 768 5057
020101 - Mr. Sherrill McDonald, PMP; Vice President, Membership =510 843 5764
020102 - Information

SUBJECTS
PMI Monthly meetings
PMI NCC Membership Survey

0504 -    ..
0505 - Summary/Objective
0506 -
050601 - Followed up work at ref SDS 10 line 34.  Received notice of the April
050602 - 12, PMI meeting.  Scheduled call for reservations on 950403.
050603 -
050604 -
050605 -
050606 - Agenda
050607 -
050608 -
050609 -     •  Social                        1700 - 1900
050610 -     •  Project Manager's Forum       1730 - 1830
050611 -
050612 -          Impact of Changes on Projects
050613 -          C. William Ibbs, Ph D.
050614 -          Construction Engineering & Management Program
050615 -          University California, Berkeley
050616 -
050617 -          A question for this topic is why are so many changes needed,
050618 -          in light of the fact we have such improved methodologies to
050619 -          design faster and more carefully.  Is there a role for
050620 -          better communications in reducing the need for and impact of
050621 -          changes?
050622 -
050623 -
050624 -     •  Dinner                        1900   2000
050625 -     •  Program                       2000   2100
050626 -
050627 -          Project Magic Dates
050628 -          Joel M. Koppelman
050629 -          President Primavera Systems
050630 -
050631 -          This may present an opportunity to follow up with Joel from
050632 -          our discussions at the PMI conference in Vancouver, ref SDS
050633 -          1 line 45.
050634 -
050635 -          In any case, a question, he may be able to field is on the
050636 -          advantages of automating and integrating cost, schedule and
050637 -          communications.
050638 -
050639 -
050640 - There is a survey form in the Newsletter asking for input.  I
050641 - submitted it via ref DIT 2 line 22.
050642 -
050643 -
050644 -
050645 -
050646 -
0507 -

SUBJECTS
Send product information, requesting give
Murphy's Law, avoiding mistakes

0705 - Summary/Objective
0706 -
070601 - Followed up work at ref SDS 11 line 56, and my letter to Sherrill on
070602 - Communication Metrics at ref DIP 3 line 29, submitting the notes on
070603 - the Kerzner lecture.
070604 -
070605 - Submitted follow-up, ref DIT 1 line 31, to Sherrill today, because he
070606 - has an article in the PMI Newsletter on new membership, asking for
070607 - "fresh views," ref DIT 1 line 38.  The Newsletter includes a survey
070608 - seeking input from members on program improvements.  I am submitting
070609 - the survey to the PMI address separately, via ref DIT 2 line 22.
070610 -
070611 - The PMI Newsletter on page 10 shows a diagram of:
070612 -
070613 -                       Project Manager's
070614 -                    Problem Solving Flowsheet
070615 -
070616 -   ...this is a humerous characterization of how managers cope with
070617 -   the tension arising from unexpected problems.  It reflects the
070618 -   enormous frustration attributed to "Murphy's Law".
070619 -
070620 -   Since PMI devoted an entire page to the Newsletter, it suggests
070621 -   this is a common problem and that it is not yet solved, since the
070622 -   Newsletter offers no solutions.
070623 -
070624 - Since Sherrill and I have considered this matter previuously, I will
070625 - submit a more recent analysis of how communication metrics solves
070626 - Murphy's Law by discovering the cause of problems before they occur,
070627 - ref SDS 12 line 51.
070628 -
070629 - I submitted information on this to Sherrill at ref SDS 11 line 56,
070630 - but he had not had time to read it.
070631 -
070632 -
070633 -
070634 -
0707 -

SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Evaluation, Studies
Surveys
Cost/Benefit Evaluation

1006 -   ..
100601 - Follow up work at ref SDS 9 9483 to develop some survey data or
100602 - other quantitative information showing how SDS can improve management
100603 - productivity.
100604 -
100605 - On 950223 discussed with Morris need for cost/benefit analysis of SDS,
100606 - ref SDS 8 5567, and designing a metric to evaluate SDS. ref SDS 8 5868
100607 -
100608 - The PMI Newsletter on page 2 discusses the February dinner meeting
100609 - in San Ramone.  One part of the program was presented by:
100610 -
100611 -                      T. Michal Dyer
100612 -                      Director
100613 -                      Technology Transfer Program
100614 -                      Sandia National Laboratory
100615 -
100616 -     ...explaining business partnerships between the Department of
100617 -     Energy and the private sector.
100618 -
100619 - This was related by the PM Formum presentation on:
100620 -
100621 -                      Quality Function Deployment
100622 -
100623 -     ...which is a method to translate customer needs into technical
100624 -     requirements for a product decision making and concensus
100625 -     building.
100626 -
100627 -
100628 - Sandia Business Partnering
100629 -
100630 - PMI page 6 says:
100631 -
100632 -     In 1989 the National Competitiveness Technology Transfer Act es-
100633 -     tablished a framework for Department of Energy laboratories to
100634 -     sign cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs with
100635 -     private industry. Sandia Labs has since executed 204 CRADAs with
100636 -     a total value of approximately $604 million as part of its
100637 -     Technology Transfer Program. These partnerships with private
100638 -     industry combine Sandia-developed technologies, processes and
100639 -     special technical knowledge with cost, performance and delivery
100640 -     business principles and result in new and enhanced technologies
100641 -     that have both commercial and national security benefits.<
100642 -
100643 -     T. Michal Dyer described CRADA projects as being distributed over
100644 -     five broad technical areas: advanced manufacturing technologies,
100645 -     computer architecture and applications, energy and environment,
100646 -     advanced materials and processes and microelectronics. Sandia
100647 -     Labs has partnered with large and small businesses, industrial
100648 -     consortia, universities, municiple govemments and other
100649 -     laboratories. CRADAs often involve clusters of companies
100650 -     representing segments of a specific industry as well as with
100651 -     organizations that represent an entire industry.
100652 -
100653 -     Dr. Dyer emphazised that the evolution of DOE Laboratories is
100654 -     reflected in the mission of the Technology Transfer Program, i.e.
100655 -     to enhance US economic competitveness in world markets by
100656 -     applying laboratory strengths to problems of national importance.
100657 -     He was very positive about the changes that the Technology
100658 -     Transfer Program has prompted within Sandia Labs as well. He
100659 -     noted that the Lab was significantly more accessible and they are
100660 -     becoming good business partners.
100661 -
100662 -
100663 - Since one of the areas for sponsoring technology transfer is computer
100664 - applications, Sandia may be able to do a research program with us.
100665 -
100666 -     [Followed this up at ref SDS 13 line 47.]
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100668 -
100669 -
100670 -