CONTACTS 
0201 - Corps of Engineers, SFD            415 977 8400 fax 8483
020101 - Mr. Thompson F. Keesling, Architect; Assistant Chief =415 977 8473
020102 - Construction Operations Division =415 977 8480

SUBJECTS
COE Evaluation Communication Metrics
Summary Analysis
New Realities 21st Century, Prepare

0805 -    ..
0806 - Summary/Objective
0807 -
080701 - Follow up ref SDS 39 4562, ref SDS 37 2341.
080702 -
080703 - Reviewed Tom's edits and developed changes needed to finalize the
080704 - cost savings analysis.
080705 -
080706 -    [See incorporation of Tom's edits, ref SDS 42 line 95.]
080707 -
080708 -
080709 -
0808 -
0809 -
0810 - Discussion
0811 -   ..
081101 - Tom has following edits:
081102 -
081103 -   1.  Incorporate USACE Strategic Vision
081104 -       ..
081105 -       The introduction of the document has a statement by the
081106 -       Chief of Engineers and Commander, Lieutenant General Joe N.
081107 -       Ballard. It reflects LTC Thompson's proposal to change the San
081108 -       Francisco District, dated 970516 which cites need to prepare for
081109 -       new realities. ref SDS 8 8278
081110 -
081111 -       The Commander has penned a handwritten footnote the published
081112 -       remarks that says:
081113 -
081114 -          Be Prepared
081115 -
081116 -          I have great expectations for the Corps.  Toghether, we will
081117 -          transform a good organization into a great organization --
081118 -          one that is prepared for the 21st century.
081119 -
081120 -       This is the precise objective of Communication Metrics, per
081121 -       title of the paper on POIMS for the PMI 1994 symposium...
081122 -
081123 -          POIMS, the Art of Automated Management for the 21st Century
081124 -
081125 -       ..., and we already cite it by inference with language on the
081126 -       changing business environment, ref OF 1 line 58.  The Commanders
081127 -       vision statement provides a source to link that supports the aim
081128 -       of the report and permits a more direct expression of the
081129 -       objective.
081130 -
081131 -           [Added this to cost savings report at, ref SDS 42 2652.]
081132 -
081133 -           [Used this for presentation to HQUSACE, per planning on
081134 -           971125, ref SDS 43 3246.]
081135 -
081136 -           [On 971202 HQUSACE personnel were unaware of "new realities"
081137 -           and need to prepare for 21st century.
081138 -
081139 -
081140 -   2.  Change the pronoun from "we" to "I" since it is his estimate.
081141 -
081142 -   3.  We decided to make the distinction between construction
081143 -       management costs and District Operations cost, ref OF 1 line 29.
081144 -       This will be defined more carefully in Attachment 1, since there
081145 -       is some confusion between the way Districts describe operations
081146 -       as pertaining to the entire District budget, and the apparent
081147 -       objective of Jim Jones to identify potential savings from
081148 -       overhead budgets which he seems to call "operations" that are
081149 -       accounted separately from projects, per our telecon on 970926,
081150 -       ref SDS 29 line 253.
081151 -
081152 -   4.  Tom wants to make more clear the distinction between cost
081153 -       avoidance and cost savings from reduced time required by Corps
081154 -       of Engineers staff on claim issues.
081155 -
081156 -   5.  Reviewed the change for savings on District Operations cost from
081157 -       4% to 6% per analysis on 971006, ref SDS 40 line 72.  Tom
081158 -       concurred with this change.
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