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1...People who spend 12 hours looking at Com Metrics might make the
2...get buy-in for pilot testing SDS, then write me a letter and let me
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Aviation Project, Jim Burkinshaw
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1511 - Summary/Objective
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151201 - Follow up ref SDS 87 0000, ref SDS 86 0000.
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151203 - Call about purchasing SDS and incorporating it into system for the
151204 - aviation industry, using it for managing the business and tracking
151205 - software engineering.
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151207 - [On 001212 Jim called to follow up. ref SDS 89 0001
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151601 - Jim Burkinshaw called about using Communication Metrics from finding a
151602 - record about Peter Drucker, similar to an inquiry a few weeks ago.
151603 - ref SDS 87 0001
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151605 - Jim Burkinshaw
151606 - steven_burkinshaw@becgy.com
151607 - 403 252 8049
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151610 - Jim is in Calgary located in Alberta, Canada, approximately 200 miles
151611 - north of Montana.
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151614 - He spent 12 hours studying Communication Metrics in...
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151616 - • POIMS
151617 - • New World Order...
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151619 - Jim found welchco.com by searching the web for ways to implement Peter
151620 - Drucker's ideas from his book...
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151623 - Management, Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices
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151626 - Jim found an SDS record on Drucker, and followed links of interest,
151627 - which led to the Welch home page, where he found a formal explanation
151628 - of Communication Metrics.
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151630 - People who spend 12 hours looking at Com Metrics might make the
151631 - web site an effective advertising vehicle.
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151633 - Who is selling to executives, engineers and startup entreprenurs?
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151636 - Jim was complimentary about explanations of Drucker's work in the SDS
151637 - record, and noticed in moving through various records on the web that
151638 - SDS implements good management practice called out by Drucker.
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151640 - While we talked this morning, I explained to Jim how to find detailed
151641 - analysis prepared on 931130 of Drucker's book. ref SDS 2 0001 Jim
151642 - found this under Publications listed on the Welch home page...
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151645 - http://www.welchco.com/00501.HTM#4460
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151648 - Jim feels Communication Metrics can support a project his company is
151649 - doing to create an integrated operating system for aviation
151650 - management.
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151652 - The company seems to be a start up comprised of Jim and another
151653 - person, and two other people in another city north of Calgary. The
151654 - person working with Jim is a sort of management efficiency expert from
151655 - ranger training he received in the military. One of the other two
151656 - people is a computer programmer.
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151658 - The product the company is developing, as near as I could understand
151659 - from talking to Jim, is a method of color coding parts that require
151660 - periodic maintenance. Jim said their program keeps an inventory of
151661 - parts that change color based on the urgency of providing preventive
151662 - maintenance, per manufacturer's recommendations. This makes it easier
151663 - to establish priority for scheduling service and leveling resources.
151664 - ..
151665 - Jim described three (3) applications of Com Metrics for his
151666 - company...
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151668 - 1. SDS could be part of the company's maintenance management
151669 - product they sell to track work performed, problems and
151670 - pending issues. The SDS record makes maintenance history
151671 - readily available linked to the context of customer (pilot)
151672 - requests, manufacturer requirements, and government
151673 - regulations. It improves the quality of the work to reduce
151674 - mistakes and increase earnings. In the event of a failure,
151675 - the record shows good faith performance to mitigate damage
151676 - claims.
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151678 - Example is the record on 990507. ref SDS 23 0000
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151680 - 2. SDS supports management of the company. Jim said they want to
151681 - track understandings from meetings and other communication,
151682 - which now wander away from objectives and commitments. This
151683 - is a common problem cited at Intel on 970603. ref SDS 15 5803
151684 - This is done the same way as step 1.
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151686 - There is a challenge that customers of SDS have to overcome
151687 - using SDS. Managers often don't want to use good practice
151688 - called out by Drucker; they want to tell people what to do or
151689 - send an email, and then go home. Drucker calls for analysis to
151690 - verify what is told or written is aligned with objectives and
151691 - requirements. SDS makes it fun, fast and easy to add this
151692 - "intelligence" to management that saves time and money by
151693 - reducing mistakes. Many managers prefer to avoid the cost of
151694 - intelligence and incur the cost of failure later.
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151696 - Example of SDS support for meetings at SRI on 000518 at SRI.
151697 - ref SDS 56 0001
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151699 - Example of meeting at Intel on 000517. ref SDS 55 0001
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151701 - 3. SDS tracks software development showing correlation between
151702 - code created, history of prior work on save features, and
151703 - project objectives, customer requirements and commitments.
151704 - This is accomplished the same way as step 1 and 2.
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151706 - Jim said the other partners have difficulty supporting the
151707 - programming partner in correlating software code to project
151708 - requirements. He feels SDS can help the programmer.
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151710 - On 990524 this was proposed to improve productivity of IT
151711 - engineers, ref SDS 24 0876, but rejected because managers push
151712 - engineers to save time by avoiding good engineering practices.
151713 - ref SDS 24 6892 Report the next day that, like managers and
151714 - mechanics, engineers don't want to use good engineering
151715 - practices, because they want to just do "technology."
151716 - ref SDS 25 0966 On 000817 report that good practice saves
151717 - time, ref SDS 55 2064, but is rarely used because engineers
151718 - don't feel it saves time at the time.
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151720 - Example of good engineering practice that saves time and money
151721 - is on 990530. ref SDS 27 6689
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151723 - In this case, the firm is small so there is an opportunity to
151724 - develop save time and money by using good engineering
151725 - practice, and if the firm grows, there will be cultural
151726 - support for front-end investment of good management practice
151727 - for saving time and money.
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151729 - Jim asked if SDS is for sale and how his company can get it?
151730 -
151731 - I explained we are developing a business plan for marketing SDS and
151732 - have not yet settled on sales terms and conditions.
151733 -
151734 - We reviewed past practice of providing service to enable companies to
151735 - learn how to use Communication Metrics.
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151737 - This service could range from $5K to $50K for a three month pilot test
151738 - to evaluate the uses Jim proposes, per above. ref SDS 0 OS6K,
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151740 - I suggested that Jim review his ideas with colleagues. See if he can
151741 - get buy-in for pilot testing SDS, then write me a letter and let me
151742 - know if the company wants to proceed.
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151744 - Jim asked for my email address.
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151746 - We went through the Welch web site to show Jim how to get click on
151747 - Rod Welch to get an email address.
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