CONTACTS 
0201 - Wideman, R. Max                      604 736 7025
020101 - Mr. R. Max Wideman

SUBJECTS
Wideman Associates
Cognitive Science Unfamiliar, Quackery
PM Trends, Changes, Innovations
Hard Work Rather than Intelligent Work
Rework Avoided Expand Span of Attention 7
Communication 90% Time Key Success Factor
Communication Main Factor of Successful
PM Trends, Changes, Innovations

1510 -    ..
1511 - Summary/Objective
1512 -
151201 - Follow up ref SDS 23 0000, ref SDS 22 0000.
151202 -
151203 - Received ref DRT 1 from Max which submits his paper...
151204 -
151205 -                    Defining PM Knowledge as
151206 -                    a Basis for Global Communication,
151207 -                    Learning and Professionalism
151208 -
151209 -     ...responding to my letter, ref DIP 3, sent on 990311. ref SDS 23
151210 -     3472
151211 - ..
151212 - To read the paper, we need Acrobat Reader 3.0, so downloaded it
151213 - from Adobe.  Max gave the address. ref SDS 24 8568  There is not an
151214 - easy way to capture the underlying material in order to add alignment,
151215 - analysis, organization and summary ("intelligence." ref OF 1 0582).
151216 -
151217 - Sent ref DIT 1 with link to this record asking for the actual doc.
151218 -
151219 -      [On 990319 received instructions on using Acrobat cut and paste
151220 -      to get the text. ref SDS 26 6120]
151221 - ..
151222 - Max explains that project management across industries and
151223 - cultures on a global scale, requires common definitions and
151224 - relationships between defined areas, of project management to
151225 - facilitate "communication." ref OF 6 9408 and ref OF 6 6864
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151227 - This proposition supports "communication" as the primary engine of
151228 - management and the most important factor of project success, reviewed
151229 - previously on 970829. ref SDS 15 6666  This needs to be set out by
151230 - opinion leaders expressly, and it needs to be stated directly that
151231 - "communication" requires less talk and more "intelligence," and that
151232 - "intelligence" needs to be explained over and over and over again,
151233 - because it is a mystery, because it is not physically observable, as
151234 - discussed on 980305. ref SDS 22 6300
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151236 - "Communication" is not defined in the paper.  On 990221, reviewed a PM
151237 - glossary; commented that goal of communication is "community" or
151238 - common action which requires shared meaning. ref SDS 18 8449
151239 - ..
151240 - The paper makes generous use of "context maps" to illustrate
151241 - domains of processes and relationships toward defining a knolwedge
151242 - structure for Project Management, and to show how it fits
151243 - strategically within general management. ref OF 6 3240
151244 -
151245 -     [On 990314 Roy Roebuck explains Context Management. ref SDS 25
151246 -     9648]
151247 -
151248 -     [On 990427 Roy Roebuck's NSF proposal relies on Context Management
151249 -     to support Enterprise Management on the web. ref SDS 27 3360]
151250 -
151251 -     [On 990428 notified Max about NSF proposal. ref SDS 28 4020]
151252 - ..
151253 - The paper cites a "communication" goal set by leaders of the
151254 - Global Project Management Forum (GPMF) to "share information," .....
151255 - ref OF 6 9450, but there is no explanation of what that means.
151256 -
151257 - "Shared meaning" requires aligning information on specific experience
151258 - with key words and phrases, so that, over time, "action" and results
151259 - can be associated with those words and phrases, in particular the
151260 - history of cause and effect.  Common explanations for common
151261 - experiences build shared meaning, a key goal of communication, as a
151262 - predicate to cooperative action, the ultimate goal of communication,
151263 - per analysis on 950327. ref SDS 7 7777
151264 - ..
151265 - At the end of the paper, ref OF 6 3280, Miller's work is cited
151266 - suggesting that people can generally follow about seven subjects ...
151267 - ref OF 4, which Max submitted on 990303. ref SDS 20 6120  Max notes
151268 - that the diagrams in his paper, prepared prior to encountering
151269 - Miller's work, turned out to have about seven main nodes. ref OF 6
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151271 -
151272 - Max's paper links work to create a glossary for Project Management, on
151273 - 990221, ref SDS 18 8488, to the objectives for global communication on
151274 - PM, ref OF 6 7738, which makes sense based on the concept of "meaning"
151275 - as a process of definition.
151276 - ..
151277 - Max does not comment in his letter today, on the strength of
151278 - human memory dealing with original conditions, is a weakness in
151279 - dealing with circumstances the human mind has created, set out in the
151280 - Post Script (PS) of the letter to him on 990311. ref SDS 23 5852; ...
151281 - ref DIP 3 9570
151282 -
151283 -    [On 990319 Max responds he is not "into" the cognitive sciences.
151284 -    ref SDS 26 1750]
151285 -
151286 -    [On 990319 Max also observes that history is taxing for the busy,
151287 -    modern mind. ref SDS 26 8745]
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