CONTACTS 
0201 - State of California                  916 445 6038
020101 - Department of Transportation
020102 - Mr. Iman Sallam, P.E.
020103 - Senior Transportation Engineer =916 653 2084
020104 - Construction Program MS-44
020105 - Field Automation
0202 - State of California                  916 445 6038
020201 - Department of Transportation
020202 - Mr. John McMillan; 916 653 4686
020203 - Construction Management

SUBJECTS
Common Administration
Caltrans, Self-evident Cost Savings
Clear Concise Complete Communication
Demonstrate SDS, Communication Metrics
Design Support
Diary record, Journal
History Case Studies, Root Causes
Organizational Memory Knowledge Repository History Experience Diary C

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1411 - Summary/Objective
1412 -
141201 - Follow up ref SDS 10 0000, ref SDS 8 0000.
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141203 - Called and left messages for Iman and John about progress reviewing
141204 - Communication Metrics to support Caltrans' management.
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141206 - Submitted ref DIT 1 linked to this record for background that
141207 - facilitates comment by Iman and John.  Linked to explanation of
141208 - intelligence in POIMS to provide orientation. ref OF 1 0582
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1415 - Progress
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141602 - Field Automation Meeting on 990430, Communication Metrics Trial
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141604 - Follow up ref SDS 10 9471.
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141606 - Left message for Iman about results of his meeting on 990430, which we
141607 - discussed that day. ref SDS 10 9471
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141609 - Did he discuss Communication Metrics at the meeting on 990430, as we
141610 - had planned. ref SDS 10 4615
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141612 - Has he talked to John McMillan?
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141614 - Advantages of Communication Metrics are on 990413. ref SDS 4 2635.
141615 - Have managers at Caltrans reviewed this opportunity in relation to
141616 - solving daily problems and needs?
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141618 - Has the partnering manager reviewed using Communication Metrics for
141619 - Common Administration, discussed on 990414. ref SDS 5 8845
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141621 - I called and left a message with John, also, asking if Iman has
141622 - talked to him about Communication Metrics?  On 990430, Iman had not
141623 - talked to John about our meeting on 990414. ref SDS 10 9471  Has
141624 - anything happened since?
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141626 - Explained that Iman indicated Communication Metrics could support
141627 - Caltran's field diary system. discussed on 990414. ref SDS 5 6960
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141629 - I asked for John's evaluation of providing an "intelligence" support
141630 - role for Caltrans, based on the email traffic John has received on
141631 - discussions, e.g., on 990420. ref SDS 7 7056, submitted with my
141632 - letter. ref DIP 1, which was sent on 990421. ref SDS 8 0627
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141634 - Mentioned having left a message for Iman.
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141636 - Also mentioned Empathic Design that has some prominence lately from
141637 - the interview of Andy Grove yesterday, who was Time Man of the Year in
141638 - 1998, because of superior management at Intel. ref SDS 11 0682
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141643 - Enterprise Management Integrates Cross Functional Operations
141644 - Communication Metrics Supports Design and Construction Management
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141646 - Follow up ref SDS 10 3468.
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141648 - In the message to Iman, I asked if he has notified anyone at Caltrans
141649 - about his idea to start Communication Metrics during the design stage
141650 - before construction, so there is a good record of the various agencies
141651 - and vendors contacted in establishing design criteria and decisions.
141652 - He said current practice makes it difficult to get relevant
141653 - information from the project record on a timely basis during
141654 - construction, and this is a problem Communication Metrics solves.
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