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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: April 29, 2003 09:40 AM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Pat working on draft endorsement for SDS and Com Metrics.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Edits on Endorsement Draft for SRI
3...Foster Circle of Advocates to Grow Culture of Knowledge
4...Foundational Docs in References to Facilitate Citations Alignement


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CONTACTS 
0201 - SRI International                                                                                                                                                  O-00000103 0701
020101 - Mr. Pat Lincoln; Director
020103 - Computer Science Laboratory                                                                                                                                      O-00000103 0701
0202 - Boeing                                                                                                                                                             O-00000816 0505
020201 - Mr. Garold L. Johnson
020203 - Modeling and Simulation                                                                                                                                          O-00000816 0505

SUBJECTS
Endorse SDS Pat Write Letter to Curt Carlson Recommending Research an
Endorse SDS Pilot Test Loan C13 for Pat to Experiment So He Can Make
Meeting Pat Lincoln Issue Endorsement of SDS
SRI Meeting Pat Lincoln Endorse SDS for Research Review Opportunities

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1506 -    ..
1507 - Summary/Objective
1508 -
150801 - Follow up ref SDS 19 0000. ref SDS 18 0000.
150802 -
150803 - Pat has begun review of the draft endorsement of SDS, ref OF 13 0001,
150804 - submitted on 030417. ref SDS 14 EQ6G  He wants to complete review this
150805 - week.
150807 -  ..
150808 - We discussed interest in SDS today by Stuart Harrow at DCMA, who would
150809 - like to accomplish SDS support for good management by using Microsoft
150810 - tools he is now using. ref SDS 20 EB9X  The draft letter on SDS
150811 - explains experience at SRI showing that trying to accomplish KM with
150812 - IT is a lot of hard work, ref OF 13 Q49I, as Pat and I discussed
150813 - during the meeting at SRI on 020729. ref SDS 6 JI7N
150815 -  ..
150816 - Our immediate goal is to get this draft, ref OF 14 0001, published in
150817 - a form acceptable to Pat so that it is a resource we can regularly
150818 - rely on to explain complex issues that are hard to convey consistently
150819 - in conversation, until people gain experience using SDS for doing
150820 - knowledge management, rather than merely talking about it, ref SDS 18
150821 - 9P3Y, as related in the record on 010924. ref SDS 3 XT5F
150823 -  ..
150824 - We reviewed planning on 030421 to consider addressing this letter
150825 - someone other than Rod, say, Pat's boss or to Curt.  Another idea we
150826 - considered is to publish this material in a professional journal.
150827 -
150828 -      [...below, Gary submits edits on grammar and syntax,
150829 -      which was adopted; Gary also offers to assist Pat with editing to
150830 -      produce a more a concise presentation. ref SDS 0 XU4N
150832 -  ..
150833 - Pat said another department at SRI is in the formative stages working
150834 - on SDS-type tools for intelligence to support national security.  He
150835 - feels the draft letter might wind up being submitted to this group,
150836 - per action item on 030421. ref SDS 18 9P3Y  National security is an
150837 - area of research in the draft. ref OF 14 MB4L
150839 -  ..
150840 - This might be a source of funding for Welch, as well, per action item
150841 - 4 on 030421. ref SDS 18 QL3O
150842 -
150843 -     Scheduled follow up on 030506.
150844 -
150845 -         [On 030507 sent follow up letter to Pat. ref SDS 24 0001
150847 -  ..
150848 - Submitted email to Pat with link to this record confirming
150849 - understandings.
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SUBJECTS
Endorsement SRI Draft Letter of SDS 01020400ary Submitted Edits to Im
Endorsement Draft Edits for SRI Dated 030417 Correct Grammar Syntax
Endorsement Gary Offers Editing Support for New Draft Under R

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1906 - 1854
190701 -  ..
190702 - Edits on Endorsement Draft for SRI
190703 -
190704 - Follow up ref SDS 14 KO5O.
190705 -
190706 - Gary submitted some edits that clean up grammar and
190707 - syntactical errors, ref OF 14 0001, which is reported in his record
190708 - for today, ref SDS 22 0001, for improving the draft supplemental
190709 - endorsement for SRI submitted on 030417. ref SDS 14 KO5O
190711 -  ..
190712 - Review showed these edits are acceptable, so moved Gary's new file
190713 - file into the original and published to the Internet. ref OF 13 0001
190715 -  ..
190716 - Gary called this evening to discuss his edits.
190718 -  ..
190719 - Explained everything was accepted, and has been published to the
190720 - Internet.
190722 -  ..
190723 - Gary mentioned that he has ideas for a major edit that would provide
190724 - more concise presentation, and add structure that might be helpful
190725 - based on experience using SDS at Aerospace company, and Gary's work developing
190726 - requirements on major procurements.
190727 -
190728 -       [...below, Gary suggests new SDS function that makes
190729 -       foundational documents for SDS and Com Metrics fast and easy to
190730 -       list in an SDS record for incorporating into daily work.
190731 -       ref SDS 0 02DA
190733 -        ..
190734 -       [On 030519 Gary called Pat and discussed ideas on endorsement.
190735 -       ref SDS 25 FY4I
190737 -  ..
190738 - I will notify Pat about Gary's plans to produce an alternate version
190739 - and that he can feel free to work with Gary, if he wishes, per above.
190740 - ref SDS 0 KZ3G  Before things are nailed permenantly, I would like to
190741 - have a look.
190743 -  ..
190744 - Submitted email to Gary with link to this record confirming
190745 - understandings.  Copy to Pat Lincoln.
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SUBJECTS
Foundational SDS Com Metrics Gary Suggests Function to Plac  Foundati
Cite Foundational SDS Com Metrics Gary Suggests Function to Place Fou
Link Communication to POIMS Shows Commitment to SDS and KM for Awardi
Theory Foundational Documents in Reference Field of SDS Record to Fac
Foundational Documents Need New SDS Function to Make Citing POIMS NWO
Culture of Knolwedge Cite SDS Foundational Documents

4208 -
420901 -  ..
420902 - Foster Circle of Advocates to Grow Culture of Knowledge
420903 - Foundational Docs in References to Facilitate Citations Alignement
420904 -
420905 - Follow up ref SDS 10 U46N.
420906 -
420907 - Gary asked about getting a new function in the Documents menu of an
420908 - SDS record that will post all of the foundational documents for SDS
420909 - and Com Metrics in the Reference field of the current record.
420910 -
420911 -     [On 030628 Gary suggested adding "forward links" to automated
420912 -     functions. ref SDS 26 PN7L
420914 -  ..
420915 - Gary wants a way to quickly list SDS foundational documents in an SDS
420916 - record so he can link to the language that correlates theory with
420917 - practice using SDS. This objective has been on the agenda consistently
420918 - since 011105, as discussed recently on 030316, ref SDS 10 U46N, and
420919 - cited in the record on 020924 submitting SDS to Gary. ref SDS 8 0001
420920 -
420921 -      [...in another record, created this new feature. ref SDS 23 0001
420923 -  ..
420924 - We reviewed SDS capability for automatically creating the fields and
420925 - posting locations for any documents in the Reference field, simply by
420926 - pressing Enter or double clicking to link.
420928 -  ..
420929 - Gary points out that adding References and structure automatically by
420930 - linking to a file in another record is handy when people know where
420931 - things are located.  Since knowing the location of documents in the
420932 - record takes time, having a feature to build structures automatically
420933 - for foundational documents that explain SDS and Com Metrics without
420934 - having to get them from another record can be helpful to new users.
420935 - It also helps to see the full range of documents that are available as
420936 - a prompt to remind about issues to cover and alignment to add.
420938 -  ..
420939 - Gary's suggestion is another step toward growing a culture of
420940 - knowledge by fostering a circle of advocates, as explained by Don
420941 - Rumsfeld in the record on 020131. ref SDS 4 6L5K  Advocacy is easier
420942 - when the tools make it fast and easy for people to make connections
420943 - between daily work and the theory that explains it.
420944 -
420945 -      [...in another record this morning, Stuart Harrow at DCMA asked
420946 -      how to support SDS tasks for finding information by using other
420947 -      programs? ref SDS 20 EB9X  This seemed like an odd request, but
420948 -      since we have that information, ref SDS 20 S14J, it provides
420949 -      another opportunity to grow demand for SDS by demonstrating
420950 -      unique capabilities.
420952 -  ..
420953 - We considered today that email and weblogs are two large waves forming
420954 - on the horizon that grow latent demand for SDS tools to manage the
420955 - record.  As people expand the record, they remember the gist of
420956 - information.  Some people want to go check their memory for accuracy,
420957 - while others want to link to prior understandings in order to
420958 - establish accuracy.  As first a few people do this, others will
420959 - discover that these few have better memory.  This grows awareness
420960 - about the value of SDS capabilities for creating these links using all
420961 - of the related tools explained in POIMS. ref OF 4 KH8J
420963 -  ..
420964 - Submitted email to Gary with link to this record confirming
420965 - understandings.
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