THE WELCH COMPANY
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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: April 12, 1995 05:00 PM Wednesday; Rod Welch

Attend PMI monthly meeting in San Francisco, Gabbiano's.

1...Summary/Objective
.............Asilomar Conference Problem
.............PMI President
.............PMI President
2...Project Manager's Forum 1730 - 1830
...Impact of Changes on Projects
3...Dinner Program 2000
...Project Magic Dates
...Schedule Control Failed Using World's Greatest Scheduling Tool
...Features Fallacy Market Conditions Evolving Causes Scope Creep
...Scope Creep Causes 8 Month Delay Product Update Release
...Product Development Weaknesses Caused by Features Fallacy
...Solutions
...Cost/Benefit Discipline
.......Management, Leadership, Knowledge
.......Reality is Harsh Metric
...Truth is a Moving Target on Information Highway
...Lessons Learned: Do we need a new tool; Missing Ingredient?
...Truth Fails When Leadership is Too Busy to Listen
...People Fail Tell Truth When Leadership Fails to Listen
...Speak Truth to Power Courage of Prometheus Overcome Fear of Knowledge
...........Truth Conflicts with Practices of Internal Management
...........Fear of Accountability Breeds Fear of Telling the Truth
.......Joel is a fast study. He talked about the importance of
4...Follow Up


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Primavera Systems, Inc.                                                                                                                                            O-00000094 0101
020101 - Mr. Joel M. Koppleman; President
0202 - Kelar Corporation                                                                                                                                                  O-00000213 0201
020201 - Ms. Shirin Oshidari; Primavera Product Manager

SUBJECTS
PMI Monthly meetings
Developing Leads, PMI

0504 -
0504 -    ..
0505 - Summary/Objective
0506 -
050601 - Follow up ref SDS 19 0000.
050602 -
050603 - The program was supportive of SDS objectives and the need for
050604 - communication metrics.  Got a number of leads for joint marketing and
050605 - new assignments.  PMI needs help to develop the Asilomar Conference
050606 - this year.
050607 -
050608 -    Assigned this record to management productivity and executive
050609 -    challenge because the feature speaker is CEO of a major software
050610 -    developer who recounts significant management difficulties despite
050611 -    using one of the best control programs available and having the
050612 -    highest level of expertise possible to apply it.  The solution for
050613 -    better management to outwit the nefarious Murphy's Law of inexplic-
050614 -    able mistakes, must, therefore, be elsewhere.
050615 -
050617 -  ..
0507 -
0508 -
0509 - Progress
0510 -
051001 - Visited with:
051003 -          ..
051004 -      •  Met Jake McMichael briefly.  He brought a woman colleague from
051005 -         Sandia to the meeting.
051006 -
051007 -             I mentioned the call from Mike Birnbaum about the meeting
051008 -             on Friday for funding a research project on SDS, ref SDS
051009 -             23 line 60.  Jake said he will attend this meeting.  He
051010 -             noted to his colleague that Sandia has been unable to
051011 -             budget using SDS.  I cited the advantage of sponsoring a
051012 -             research project to create more evidence that, like at
051013 -             PG&E, SDS increases income more than cost.  Telephones,
051014 -             desks, filing cabinets, accountants, engineers, salesmen,
051015 -             all cost money, but they are essential in a modern age.
051016 -             SDS is essential in the emerging age of the Information
051017 -             Highway. Sandia can test this on themselves.  It is not
051018 -             clear how strongly Jake will advocate SDS as a good
051019 -             candidate for a research project to improve management
051020 -             productivity.
051021 -                  ..
051022 -                  This evening's program by Joel Koppleman adds
051023 -                  weight to the need for Communication Metrics.
051024 -
051026 -          ..
051027 -      •  Dan Ono re project to evaluate communication metrics, ref SDS
051028 -         20 line 50.
051029 -
051030 -             Did not see Dan this evening.
051031 -
051033 -          ..
051034 -      •  Sherrill McDonald re same thing, ref SDS 19 line 113.
051035 -
051036 -             Said hello to Sherrill, but did not have an occasion to
051037 -             talk to him.  He did say he got my survey form, ref SDS 19
051038 -             line 117.
051039 -                  ..
051040 -                  I met Joan (pronounced Jzohn), a woman who is
051041 -                  the personnel director at Kaiser.
051043 -                   ..
051044 -                  She sat next to me at dinner and said Kaiser and
051045 -                  another design firm have recently won joint award of
051046 -                  a $3.5B environmental clean-up project.
051047 -
051049 -              ..
051050 -             Asilomar Conference Problem
051051 -
051052 -             Bill DeHart said Tom Markey has withdrawn from his
051053 -             assignment to manage the Asilomar conference because of
051054 -             difficulty getting a feature speaker.
051055 -
051056 -             He and Stan Watson (with PG&E) plan to consider taking up
051057 -             the charge.  We considered the idea of doing a follow up
051058 -             to the Murphy's Law subject from the presentation last
051059 -             year, by offering communication metrics as a solution. We
051060 -             could use the PG&E experience.  Possibly Dan Ono would
051061 -             contribute on this.  They need someone of stature to be a
051062 -             primary speaker.
051063 -
051065 -              ..
051066 -             PMI President
051067 -
051068 -             Bob Denmark requested nominations from the floor for next
051069 -             year's officers.  I wanted to nominate Sherrill McDonald,
051070 -             based on our discussions that the chapter needs a leader
051071 -             with energy and charisma, ref SDS 12 line 125, Did not do
051072 -             this because it seems that if he had wanted the job, the
051073 -             nominating committee would have included him on the slate.
051074 -             Since they did not do so, I did not want to put him in an
051075 -             embarrassing position of having to decline the nomination.
051076 -             I suppose I could have framed a nomination as an accolade
051077 -             so he could have graciously declined, but I did not think
051078 -             of this in time.
051080 -          ..
051081 -      •  Rosanne Sykes per ref SDS 21 line 93.
051082 -             ..
051083 -             Bill introduced me to Rosanne.  We scheduled for me
051084 -             to call her in the morning about visiting with her later
051085 -             in the day to show SDS.
051087 -              ..
051088 -             PMI President
051089 -
051090 -             Bob Denmark announced last night that Rosanne has been
051091 -             nominated for President of PMI NCC, for the coming year.
051092 -
051093 -
051094 -      •  Chris Snyder per ref SDS 14 line 58, mention discussions with
051095 -         Microsoft on evaluation MS Project, ref SDS 22 line 55.
051096 -
051097 -             Don't think Chris showed up.
051099 -          ..
051100 -      •  John Barsky, City of San Franciso, per ref SDS 17 line 47.
051101 -
051102 -         What is John's view of how SDS would be applied to solve
051103 -         claims and support his management, per ref SDS 18 line 48.
051104 -             ..
051105 -             Did not see John this evening.
051106 -
051108 -          ..
051109 -      •  Bill DeHart said he expects to have a meeting with Terry
051110 -         Morford week after next when I am back in town, following up
051111 -         discussion at ref SDS 18 line 83.  He has talked to Terry
051112 -         about this and it seems to be in the works.
051114 -          ..
051115 -         Scheduled follow up for 950424.
051116 -
051118 -  ..
051120 -  ..
051121 - Project Manager's Forum       1730 - 1830
051122 -
051123 -   Impact of Changes on Projects
051124 -   C. William Ibbs, Ph D.
051125 -   Construction Engineering & Management Program
051126 -   University California, Berkeley
051127 -
051128 -       A question for this topic is why are so many changes needed, in
051129 -       light of the fact we have such improved methodologies to design
051130 -       faster and more carefully.  Is there a role for better
051131 -       communications in reducing the need for and impact of changes?
051133 -    ..
051134 -   Turned out this presentation was not made, because the speaker was
051135 -   sick or something.
051136 -
051137 -
051139 -  ..
051141 -  ..
051142 - Dinner Program              2000
051144 -    ..
051145 -   Project Magic Dates
051146 -   Joel M. Koppleman President Primavera Systems
051147 -
051148 -       Should ask about advantages of automating and integrating cost,
051149 -       schedule and communications.  I asked a form of this question
051150 -       below. ref SDS 0 3920
051152 -    ..
051153 -   Visited with Joel briefly before his presentation during the social
051154 -   hour.
051156 -    ..
051157 -   Joel remembered POIMS, which seemed to indicate he has read the
051158 -   material, submitted on 940525, ref SDS 8 8539, and discussed on
051159 -   941016. ref SDS 10 1011
051160 -
051161 -       Discussed Joel assigning someone to study the POIMS paper and
051162 -       report to him about opportunities to accomplish Primavera's
051163 -       market objectives.  Joel said he will do this.  But he has not
051164 -       followed up on anything else he has indicated an intent to do,
051165 -       so there is low likelihood he will remember this task.
051166 -
051167 -
051168 -
0512 -

SUBJECTS
Cost Schedule Communications - Enterprise
Proactive Management Discovers Problems
Metrics Discover and Fix Mistakes

0905 -
090601 -    ..
090602 -   Schedule Control Failed Using World's Greatest Scheduling Tool
090603 -
090604 -   Joel gave an insightful, entertaining presentation on difficulties
090605 -   Primavera had getting its Windows program created.  They were about
090606 -   8 months behind their original schedule despite the fact that they
090607 -   used Primavera to plan and "control" the work.  Joel expressed
090608 -   frustration about continual staff forecasts of completing the work
090609 -   in just "one more week," that were not realized.
090611 -    ..
090612 -   This is the source of the lecture title, "magic dates," explained by
090613 -   Joel below in assessing remedies. ref SDS 0 3920
090614 -
090615 -       [On 950705 disallusionment with "Project Managers," ref SDS 30
090616 -       2165, and on 950817 at PG&E, ref SDS 33 7447.]
090618 -    ..
090619 -   Features Fallacy Market Conditions Evolving Causes Scope Creep
090620 -   Scope Creep Causes 8 Month Delay Product Update Release
090621 -   Product Development Weaknesses Caused by Features Fallacy
090622 -
090623 -   Primavera had difficulty finding qualified people under an acceler-
090624 -   ated pace of development.  A major problem was "scope creep" from
090625 -   the evolving nature of the technology, and the consequent need to
090626 -   provide features demanded by the market, especially so that
090627 -   reviewers in major pub- lications would not pan the product because
090628 -   it lacked particular modalities however slight their contribution
090629 -   might be to using the program.  Joel said, as CEO and founder, he
090630 -   contributed to this problem because of his constant exposure to
090631 -   customers and hearing their needs/requests.  It is not clear in
090632 -   retrospect whether a better result could have been obtained by not
090633 -   heeding and keeping pace with market demands.
090634 -
090636 -    ..
090637 -   Solutions
090638 -
090639 -   Joel recommended better planning, especially writing detailed
090640 -   product requirements in advance of coding, as one way to get better
090641 -   estimates of time and cost.  He added though that requirements specs
090642 -   he has seen on more recent development efforts, seem excessive,
090643 -   indicating it is hard to discern the best level of effort on this
090644 -   task.  It does however support the course Morris suggests for SDS,
090645 -   ref SDS 13 line 37.  Joel indicated that Windows development tools
090646 -   are now much improved from what was available during most of the
090647 -   coding of their project.
090649 -        ..
090650 -       I called Morris this evening and mentioned scope creep problem
090651 -       at Primavera; which is similar to discussions on Chips
090652 -       downsizing, reported on 911221. ref SDS 3 6E5G  Morris is
090653 -       somewhat familiar with Primavera.  Chips may use it to schedule
090654 -       their projects.  Not sure.
090656 -        ..
090657 -       His parents are in town this evening, for the Easter period.  He
090658 -       could not talk long.
090659 -
090661 -    ..
090662 -   Cost/Benefit Discipline
090663 -
090664 -   Joel said Primavera has recently hired a product manager from Lotus
090665 -   Development who seems to be able to exercise greater control on
090666 -   scope creep which plagued their Primavera Windows development
090667 -   project.  He described a process of defining scope change packages
090668 -   according to time, cost and benefits.
090669 -
090670 -
0907 -

SUBJECTS
Reliable Accuracy Alphabet External Object Internal Thoughts Shape Cr
Truth Reliability Overcome Deception Complexity for Decision Support
Speak Truth to Power Courage Executives Don't Want to Listen

4005 -
400601 -        ..
400602 -       Management, Leadership, Knowledge
400603 -
400604 -       The problems Joel cites have occurred on projects since the time
400605 -       of the pyramids, including the challenge of new technology,
400606 -       e.g., the space shuttle, ref SDS 5 4499.  Aristotle and Thomas
400607 -       Aquinas were correct that disasters result from an accumulation
400608 -       of small misunderstandings, i.e., a "comedy of errors," along
400609 -       the way that are magnified by the press of time and the tension
400610 -       of hierarchy, ref SDS 9 5583.  These forces in combination with
400611 -       modern day gridlock from increased flows of information, obscure
400612 -       the true state of affairs.
400614 -        ..
400615 -       Reality is Harsh Metric
400616 -
400617 -       Managers who cannot convert information into knowledge at the
400618 -       time it is needed, discover with the fullness of time the harsh
400619 -       reality that knowledge is the only source of true power.
400620 -       Leadership disconnected from understanding is a rudderless ship
400621 -       that reaches its destination only after the most arduous
400622 -       journey.
400623 -
400624 -           [Managers abhor nit picking, ref SDS 27 8599, but wind up
400625 -           drifting in circles. ref SDS 27 9442
400627 -            ..
400628 -           [On 950603 history of rejecting CPM planning is an example
400629 -           showing ignorance, fear and denial of good management.
400630 -           ref SDS 28 5554
400632 -            ..
400633 -           [On 950603 example of culture drifting in circles, repeating
400634 -           mistakes, because lessons from history are not learned.
400635 -           ref SDS 28 0217
400637 -            ..
400638 -           [On 960301 Morris feels managers are unproductive overhead
400639 -           ref SDS 36 4692
400641 -            ..
400642 -           [On 960302 Drucker explains that managers make resources
400643 -           productive. ref SDS 36 PO6H
400645 -            ..
400646 -           [On 951208 using sound management practice consistently is
400647 -           the essence of the pyramid analogy. ref SDS 34 4772
400649 -            ..
400650 -           [On 950812 "reality is harsh metric" in NWO paper.
400651 -           ref SDS 32 4371 and ref SDS 32 AE46
400652 -
400654 -    ..
400655 -   Truth is a Moving Target on Information Highway
400656 -   Lessons Learned: Do we need a new tool; Missing Ingredient?
400657 -
400658 -   Asked Joel, as the CEO, Chairman and founder, if he can share
400659 -   lessons learned about how Primavera's management methods could be
400660 -   changed to get better results than he reported today, per above?
400661 -   ref SDS 0 2355  Could there have been a missing ingredient in the
400662 -   communication process that would have helped Primavera overcome
400663 -   difficulties cited this evening, since it appears that the world's
400664 -   greatest cost and schedule tools implemented by the best
400665 -   practitioners, were inadequate?
400667 -    ..
400668 -   Might it have helped Primavera to integrate cost, schedule and
400669 -   communication, since communication seems to have been the cause of
400670 -   project difficulties? per ref SDS 0 3910
400671 -
400672 -        [On 971004 Stanford closed its "Project Office" because the
400673 -        "best and brightest" could not succeed. ref SDS 43 0000]
400674 -
400675 -
400677 -    ..
400678 -   Truth Fails When Leadership is Too Busy to Listen
400679 -   People Fail Tell Truth When Leadership Fails to Listen
400680 -   Speak Truth to Power Courage of Prometheus Overcome Fear of Knowledge
400681 -
400682 -   Joel said the main problem he had as CEO of Primevera getting things
400683 -   done on time and within budget, per above, ref SDS 0 2355, was that
400684 -   managers and engineers did not tell the truth.
400686 -    ..
400687 -   Joel did not take time to explain the distinction between managers
400688 -   who do not tell the "truth," and executives who won't listen to the
400689 -   truth (on 890809 listening improves productivity, and is improved by
400690 -   going to seminars, ref SDS 2 CJ9J).  Joel did not distinguish
400691 -   telling the truth from managers who "protect" the boss by
400692 -   summarizing details in clear, concise communication that omits
400693 -   context, because the boss demands the "bottom line" and the "big
400694 -   picture" in 25 words or 30 seconds before catching a plane for an
400695 -   important event, which Joel cited in our meeting on 941016.
400696 -   ref SDS 11 9563  Managers protect executives at Dinwiddie from
400697 -   details per meeting on 940506. ref SDS 7 2945
400699 -    ..
400700 -   How does clear and concise communication differ from "telling the
400701 -   truth"?
400703 -    ..
400704 -   This record suggests a better partnership is needed between
400705 -   leadership and technology, discussed on 890809. ref SDS 2 SE5F
400706 -
400707 -             [On 950502 discussed PMI Asilomar conference on building
400708 -             better partnership between leadership and technology.
400709 -             ref SDS 25 5830
400711 -              ..
400712 -             [On 950428 seminar reported that technology has reduced
400713 -             productivity of leadership. ref SDS 24 3921
400715 -              ..
400716 -             [On 960103 Intel executives make decisions based on style
400717 -             because there is not enough time to understand content.
400718 -             ref SDS 35 8409
400720 -              ..
400721 -             [On 960301 Drucker calls "managing managrs" the hardest
400722 -             part of management. ref SDS 36 5760
400724 -              ..
400725 -             [On 960311 leaderhip has long been at war with technology;
400726 -             needs better partnership. ref SDS 38 G635
400728 -              ..
400729 -             [On 960627 Intel expects technology will cause information
400730 -             overload to get worse. ref SDS 41 2912]
400732 -              ..
400733 -             [On 980307 Andy Grove calls on managers not to be "wimps"
400734 -             ref SDS 44 1091, but also warns that executives are in
400735 -             denial about the cause of their problems being inadequate
400736 -             executive management. ref SDS 44 5517]
400738 -              ..
400739 -             [On 990625 article says CEOS fail to execute because of
400740 -             psyche. ref SDS 46 1024]
400742 -              ..
400743 -             [On 990924 explain cause and solution to high cost of
400744 -             mistakes is lack of alignment which causes meaning drift.
400745 -             and makes communication the biggest risk in enterprise.
400746 -             ref SDS 47 5576]
400748 -              ..
400749 -             [On 991001 NASA lost $125M space orbiter that crashed in
400750 -             Mars due to incomplete communication. ref SDS 48 0001]
400752 -              ..
400753 -             [On 991221 study shows doctors omit critical information
400754 -             in 90% of communications with patients. ref SDS 49 0001]
400756 -              ..
400757 -             [On 991227 example executive omits information in
400758 -             communication due to limited time. ref SDS 50 9844]
400760 -              ..
400761 -             [On 000720 feedback critical metric to discover truth and
400762 -             refine accuracy. ref SDS 51 2960
400763 -
400765 -            ..
400766 -           Truth Conflicts with Practices of Internal Management
400767 -           Fear of Accountability Breeds Fear of Telling the Truth
400768 -
400769 -           Joel's conclusions that the cause of management failure is
400770 -           due to people not telling the truth, ref SDS 0 4543, from
400771 -           Primavera's difficult project, ref SDS 0 2355, shows that
400772 -           fear of accountability, which is endemic to internal
400773 -           management, creates an aversion to understanding, commonly
400774 -           called "documentation" (see Cal Tech seminar on 921021, at
400775 -           ref SDS 5 4390), that undermines effective management,
400776 -           regardless of good standards and methods, per discussion
400777 -           with Morris, see ref SDS 2 0880.  Similar concern arose at
400778 -           DNRC. ref SDS 4 6546
400780 -            ..
400781 -           [See follow up for PMI event to find better solution, ref
400782 -           SDS 19 line 75.]
400784 -            ..
400785 -           [On 950803 reviewed Perini experience on Oro Lomo pumping
400786 -           plant as example of management similar to Primavera's. ref
400787 -           SDS 25 7878
400789 -            ..
400790 -           [See feeling that accountability is harrassment and results
400791 -           in accusing project managers of lying, ref SDS 30 2955 and
400792 -           at ref SDS 30 6684.]
400794 -            ..
400795 -           [Used "truth" in PMI Comm. article on Asilomar, ref SDS 39
400796 -           8888; developed ideas at ref SDS 40 2222.]
400798 -            ..
400799 -           [On 980405 fear of accountability inhibits use of
400800 -           Communication Metrics. ref SDS 45 5065]
400801 -
400803 -        ..
400804 -       This seems to fit the model of the leader racing ahead of the
400805 -       team, which Communication Metrics is aimed at resolving, per
400806 -       ref SDS 12 2108.
400807 -
400809 -        ..
400810 -       Joel is a fast study.  He talked about the importance of
400811 -       details, but gives the impression of being impatient with the
400812 -       process of acquiring and imparting understanding.  I asked about
400813 -       the effect of hierarchy on the management process at Primavera.
400814 -       Could anything have been done proactively to dig out of the
400815 -       "system" what was truly occurring.  Joel did not answer this
400816 -       directly.  He did, in answer to another questioner, acknowledge
400817 -       that his decision making was not always sound.
400818 -
400819 -           [See explanation of executive mindset that prefers Crisis
400820 -           Management, ref SDS 42 1897.]
400822 -        ..
400823 -       The main point from Primavera's experience is that something
400824 -       else is needed to improve productivity, besides good schedule
400825 -       and budget software.  I believe it is:
400826 -
400827 -                        Communication Metrics
400828 -
400829 -           ...for reasons at ref SDS 15 8492, ref SDS 26 5555.
400830 -
400831 -
400832 -
4009 -

SUBJECTS
PMI Monthly meetings
Developing Leads, PMI

4204 -
420501 -  ..
420502 - Follow Up
420503 -
420504 - After the presentation this evening I invited Joel to come by in the
420505 - morning to see how SDS improves communications.  He has a meeting at
420506 - 0800, so I suggested we do it at 0600; he would have to get up at
420507 - 0500.  He asked for my card, and said he will try to call me during
420508 - the day, to see if we can do it after his 0800 meeting.
420509 -
420510 -
420512 -  ..
4206 -
4207 -
4208 - New Contacts
4209 -   ..
420901 - Catherine L. Tonne Integrated Project Systems 1070 Sixth Avenue,
420902 - Suite 110 Belmont, CA  94002 415 802 1020 fax 673 1724
420903 -
420904 -
420905 -         2525 Seventh Street
420906 -         Livermore, CA  94550
420907 -         510 449 3832 fax 3541
420908 -
420910 -     ..
420911 -    Catherine works a good deal from her home, as do members of her
420912 -    firm.  She described this as a "virtual" company.  She does a lot
420913 -    of traveling.  Currently they are providing project management
420914 -    training for Dell Corporation in Austin TX.  They do not use a lot
420915 -    of tools.  This is similar to Project Mentors.
420916 -    ..
420917 -    I explained the Communication Metrics ideas.  My feeling is
420918 -    that this could help IPS' customers implement project management
420919 -    more effectively for the reasons at ref SDS 6 line 217, and for the
420920 -    same reasons it would have helped Primavera as explained by Joel
420921 -    this evening.
420922 -    ..
420923 -    Catherine asked me to call her tomorrow morning.
420924 -
420925 -
420927 -  ..
420928 - Mary L. Schramke, Ph.D.
420929 - Marketing Specialist
420930 - Genetic Systems Division
420931 - Bio-Rad Laboratories
420932 - Life Science Group
420933 - 2000 Alfred Nobel Drive
420934 - Hercules, CA  94547
420935 - 510 741 6717 fax 1051
420936 -
420937 -    Mary is a guest this evening, considering becoming a member.
420938 -    ..
420939 -    I explained the ideas of communication metrics, and she
420940 -    requested information.
420941 -
420942 - ..
420943 - Carl G. Rahal Management Consultant Lionsgate Associates P.O.
420944 - Box 1283 Los Gatos, CA  95031
420946 -  ..
420947 - 408 353 2543 fax 3273
420948 -
420949 -    Carl said he is managing a project at NASA in Sunnyvale.  I briefly
420950 -    explained the ideas of communication metrics.  He asked me to call
420951 -    him or send information.
420952 -
420953 -
420954 -
420956 -  ..
420957 - Isaac Ponte
420958 - President
420959 - IBI
420960 - 231 Marketplace #117
420961 - San Ramon, CA  94583
420962 - 510 906 9466
420963 -    ..
420964 -    Isaac is formerly a controls manager for Davy Construction.
420965 -    We discussed briefly with Shirin Oshidari who was demonstrating
420966 -    Primavera, ideas about using resource leveling.  I asked about the
420967 -    true value to improving earnings of the investment in these types
420968 -    of analysis.  Isaac seems a strong advocate.
420970 -     ..
420971 -    He described a procedure where he had a colleague take notes at
420972 -    progress meetings, and seemed to indicate they were organized
420973 -    according to project controls, i.e., budget and schedule accounts.
420974 -    This is going in the direction of SDS and communication metrics. I
420975 -    explained this in summary.  Isaac asked me to contact him.
420977 -     ..
420978 -    I think as a consultant, he could be an Ambassador of Change using
420979 -    SDS, as part of his business motto:
420980 -
420981 -                         Helping you to succeed...
420982 -
420983 - ..
420984 - Shirin Oshidari Kelar Corporation 901 Market Street Suite 390
420985 - San Francisco, CA  94103 415 399 1200
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420987 -    Shirin remembered working with me on the DNRC project.  She said
420988 -    resource leveling in Primavera is used by Caltrans to support
420989 -    requests for changing staffing.
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420991 -    Bill asked how Primavera solves the problem of maintaining unique
420992 -    activity scope identification.  Shirin showed us the example on the
420993 -    screen that seemed to solve this point.  Bill asked about adding
420994 -    notes to describe activity scope.  Shirin showed this and it seemed
420995 -    more awkward than MS Project.
420997 -     ..
420998 -    I tried to scroll the schedule up and down, and it would not budge.
420999 -    Shirin said this is because they have several schedule files in
421000 -    memory and this slows down processing.  Seemed like she was able
421001 -    to get things to run a little faster after closing some files.
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421004 -    Shirin asked me to call her tomorrow about seeing SDS.
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