CONTACTS 
0201 - Skylimit Resources Corporation       502 419 7641
020101 - Mr. Dave Campbell; President
020102 - dave.campbell@skylimit.com

SUBJECTS
POIMS Implement Technology Improve Management
Campbell, Dave Requests Information on SDS, with Skylimit

4604 -    ..
4605 - Summary/Objective
4606 -
460601 - Follow up ref SDS 57 0000, ref SDS 55 0000.
460602 -
460603 - Dave Campbell inquires about SDS from looking at SDS records on the
460604 - Internet.  He wants to know if XML can improve SDS?  Dave business,
460605 - SRC, provides consulting for Lotus Notes.  Sent a letter explaining
460606 - Com Metrics can be accomplished using Microsoft programs, secretaries,
460607 - accountants and 3x5 cards. Microsoft is working on XML programs to
460608 - improve management productivity. ref SDS 0 VR5J
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4609 - Progress
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461002 - Communication Metrics Demonstrates Added Value on Internet
461003 -
461004 - Follow up ref SDS 57 UB3L.
461005 -
461006 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Dave Campbell asking about Communication
461007 - Metrics as a result of stumbling onto SDS records on the Internet, and
461008 - was intrigued by clicking around following SDS links, similar to
461009 - report on 010820. ref SDS 55 F45F
461010 -
461011 -      [On 010905 Dave explains how he encountered SDS records.
461012 -      ref SDS 58 ZQ4J
461013 -
461014 - Dave founded Skylimit Resources Corporation in Lexington, KY, which is
461015 - described at....
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461017 -
461018 -        http://www.skylimit.com/sites/skylimit/site.nsf
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461021 - ....as follows....
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461024 -        SRC was started in 1996 as a specialized consulting firm
461025 -        focusing primarily on Lotus Notes/Domino technology. This has
461026 -        remained the primary focus, but as SRC clients expressed the
461027 -        need for additional services and capabilities, SRC expanded to
461028 -        meet those requests.
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461030 -        Working with partners and subcontractors, SRC offers products
461031 -        and services in all areas of Information Technology, including
461032 -        networking, Microsoft technologies, LINUX, telecomm, hosting
461033 -        and co-location, training, management consulting, even hardware
461034 -        and software.
461035 -
461036 -        The company was founded by Dave Campbell, a Louisville native
461037 -        and 1985 graduate of UofL Speed School (EE). His background
461038 -        includes technical positions in military systems research,
461039 -        manufacturing, telecommunications, healthcare, and significant
461040 -        technical support front-line and management roles for regional
461041 -        consulting companies and start-ups.
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461043 -
461044 - Dave advises he is a consultant and uses an 'electronic diary'
461045 - approach as it ultimately is the most versatile format, especially
461046 - with incomplete requirements. ref DRT 1 V65K
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461048 - Dave asks....
461049 -
461050 -       What tools are used to implement Communication Metrics?
461051 -       ref DRT 1 DE6H
461052 -
461053 -       I am a Lotus Notes professional, and I think it would be an
461054 -       ideal back-end. ref DRT 1 RE6K
461055 -
461056 -       Has newer technology, such as XML, made CM easier / harder /
461057 -       obsolete? ref DRT 1 JE6N
461058 - ..
461059 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 thanking Dave for his interest in Com
461060 - Metrics, and explaining his idea of a diary is part of the solution,
461061 - ref DIT 1 HG6M as explained in POIMS. ref OF 1 5312
461062 -
461063 - Explain....
461064 -
461065 -  1.  KM is beginning to wain, ref DIT 1 5E6L, as explaination of SDS
461066 -      capability to manage organizational memory with a diary, per Pat
461067 -      Lincoln's report on 010426. ref SDS 42 657O and recently on
461068 -      010730 reported by Stuart Harrow at DCMA. ref SDS 54 2N5K
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461070 -  2.  SDS implements Com Metrics. ref DIT 1 HG6M
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461072 -  3.  Morris reported on 010720 that a lot of SDS tasks can be done
461073 -      with Microsoft programs, ref DIT 1 HP8I, accountants, secretaries
461074 -      and 3x5 cards. ref SDS 52 0K5K
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461076 -  4.  Microcoft is trying to develop technology using XML for improving
461077 -      productivity of management, ref DIT 1 AP8O, reported by Steve
461078 -      Balmer, president of Microsoft, in a broadcast on 010510.
461079 -      ref SDS 46 8Y8H
461080 -
461081 -  5.  IBM tried to convert Lotus Notes into SDS-type capability,
461082 -      ref DIT 1 1P9J, as reported on 001130. ref SDS 27 F26K
461083 -
461084 -  6.  Jack Park has proposed using XML to support SDS, ref DIT 1 BT4I,
461085 -      also, reported on 001130. ref SDS 28 0001
461086 -
461087 -  7.  Jack has recently launched an open source project called Nexist
461088 -      that is inspired by Doug Engelbart's writings for an OHS/DKR,
461089 -      reported on 010821. ref SDS 56 D93I
461090 -                                  ..
461091 -  8.  Can you provide an example of LN work product to illustrate
461092 -      your idea of a "backend"? ref DIT 1 0P5M Jack mentioned something
461093 -      similar on 010223. ref SDS 34 RG6M
461094 -
461095 -          [On 010905 Dave cannot provide work product, but indicates
461096 -          interest in developing SDS capability in LN. ref SDS 58 H84O
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461098 -  9.  Com Metrics in some respects entails a new way of working.  SDS
461099 -      makes it possible to use good management practices consistently,
461100 -      see for example Covey reviewed on 921205. ref SDS 4 2229
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461102 - 10.  SDS extends traditional management by adding a few new tasks that
461103 -      people are not used to doing, but which turn out to be helpful,
461104 -      see steps for using SDS on 001219. ref SDS 30 FO5M
461105 -      ..
461106 - 11.  Since good management is hard to use consistently, and
461107 -      since adding organization, analysis, alignment, summary and
461108 -      feedback, i.e., intelligence, to daily management, explained in
461109 -      POIMS, ref OF 1 0367, is a new way of working, ref DIT 1 613T,
461110 -      Com Metrics embodies the idea of adding a work role for using
461111 -      SDS, explained in NWO, ref OF 2 33CE, that aligns communication
461112 -      with objectives, requirements and commitments, similar to the way
461113 -      accountants align daily finances with budgets. reported on
461114 -      000908, ref SDS 23 MW8R, and on 010122. ref SDS 31 EU4N
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461116 - 12.  The theory is that since communication provides guidance and
461117 -      collaboration, ref DIT 1 5224, adding proactive metrics to
461118 -      communication before actual work takes place saves time and money
461119 -      better than traditional cost and schedule control that report
461120 -      results of failed communication, explained in NWO. ref OF 2 29G5
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461122 - 13.  In the abstract, this is a simple concept, ref DIT 1 NW6H, but
461123 -      acceptance of proactive management to avoid problems is slowed by
461124 -      cultural forces discussed on 990527. ref SDS 13 1233
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