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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: July 30, 2003 07:28 AM Wednesday; Rod Welch

Called Gary on progress meeting with Nancy on SDS evaluation.

1...Summary/Objective
2...SDS Records Conversion to HTML Fails When Subject Omitted
3...Intranet SDS Records Distrubuted Internally via Email Links Accessible
4...Links Accessible Intranet SDS Records Distrubuted Internally via Email
.....................anytime anywherre intelligence
5...Instant Access to Organizational Memory Adds Value Saves Time
6...Organizational Memory Instant Access to Context Adds Value Saves Time
7...Links Add Value to Organizational Memory Instant Access to Context

ACTION ITEMS.................. Click here to comment!

1...Gary will make inquiries for WBS to guide development of SI.

CONTACTS 
0201/- Boeing                                                                                                                                                             O-00000816 0505
020101 - Mr. Garold L. Johnson
020103/- Modeling and Simulation                                                                                                                                          O-00000816 0505

SUBJECTS
SDS Sales Strategy Educate Teach Gary Prepared Special Word V
Circle of Advocates for Transformation to SDS Strategy Build Experien
Plan Teach Educate Nancy Bucher Gary Prepared Special Word Ve
Attitudes Change Experience SDS Demonstrate Memory Better than Most,

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0707 - Summary/Objective
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070801 - Follow up ref SDS 17 TN72, ref SDS 12 WG54.
070802 -
070803 - Gary said Nancy will be in the office tomorrow so he will try to get
070804 - some time for the "2nd Act" to demonstrate why flexible structure is
070805 - essential for working "intelligently" to advance from IT to a culture
070806 - of knowledge that enables using CFISR in the office in order to
070807 - develop CFISR for the further battle field.
070808 -
070809 -     [On 030804 Gary reports meeting with Nancy and planning follow up
070810 -     to show correlation between SDS and CFISR. ref SDS 18 OH6J
070812 -  ..
070813 - This implements planning on....
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070815 -        Nancy "Gets it!" management needs
070816 -        support for organizational memory
070817 -        2nd Act to visit Nancy and
070818 -        demonstrates SDS for Com Metrics....... 020702, ref SDS 11 1D46
070820 -         ..
070821 -        Planning for meeting with Nancy........ 020715, ref SDS 12 WH68
070823 -         ..
070824 -        CFISR for office essential step
070825 -        to develop effective support for
070826 -        battlefield; SDS enables CFISR
070827 -        in the office to manage the
070828 -        project................................ 020729, ref SDS 17 TN92
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SUBJECTS
HTML Convert SDS Records Fail When SDS Record Does Not Have a Subject
Organic Structure Subject Index SDS WBS
WBS Need for SDS Organic Subject Structure Gary to Investigate
Subject Not Assigned to Record on 030724 AWG Meeting Prevented Conver
Office Moved to New Location 714-896-2106 Until Direct Access Configu
WBS Need for SDS Organic Subject Structure Gary to Investigate
Teaching Organic Subject Structure Gary to Investigate for WBS to Gui
Subject Index Update
Internet Remove Records Problem Visibility of SDS on Radar at Booooo
Subject Index Need to Manage Context Assign to SDS Records Based on W

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231401 -  ..
231402 - SDS Records Conversion to HTML Fails When Subject Omitted
231403 -
231404 - Gary called this afternoon and said the code is failing to convert an
231405 - SDS record to HTML.
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231407 - We spent some time investigating several possible causes....
231408 -
231409 -     1.  070405.bat was not configured for Gary's office computer
231410 -         running w2k, but was trying to run w98 code.
231412 -          ..
231413 -         That was not the problem.
231415 -          ..
231416 -     2.  Suppression marks were not paired, causing the system to get
231417 -         confused and crash; although, sometimes it runs correctly and
231418 -         deletes to end of line.
231420 -          ..
231421 -         That was not the problem.
231423 -          ..
231424 -     3.  Considered several other possibilities, including another
231425 -         install of SDS code again from scratch.
231427 -          ..
231428 -         That was not the problem.
231430 -  ..
231431 - This record pointed back to the record and possible format issues.
231432 -
231433 -     4.  Gary mentioned several ideas, including that the record does
231434 -         not have a subject.
231435 -
231436 -         Gary added a subject to the record, and the problem was
231437 -         solved.  070405 then ran correctly.
231439 -          ..
231440 -         This problem was mentioned in a call the other day, when we
231441 -         were talking about support for SDS, and I noticed that Gary's
231442 -         record on 030724 reporting a meeting with Bruce and others on
231443 -         AWG, did not have a subject. ref SDS 14 0001
231445 -          ..
231446 -         At that time, Gary explained the record is still being
231447 -         developed, and that a subject would be added in the course of
231448 -         completing the record.  Actually, a record of this kind most
231449 -         likely needs several hundred subjects.  The entire issue of
231450 -         organic structure needs dedicated support based on the project
231451 -         WBS.
231453 -          ..
231454 -         Gary related there is likely a WBS, which is available several
231455 -         levels above his department.
231457 -          ..
231458 -         Gary will make inquiries for WBS to guide development of SI.
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SUBJECTS
Distribute SDS Records on Intranet So that Links are  ccessibl
Intranet Gary Looking for Server to Distribute SDS Records So
Engineer Worked with Gary on Prior Projects at  Working on Intr
Server  Intranet Gary Looking for Methods to Distribute SDS Rec
Boss Wants Links in Email Accessible Intranet Gary Looking for Booooo
Attitudes Change Demand for SDS Links Grows Boss Wants Links in Email
Attitudes Change Experience SDS Demonstrate Memory Better than Most,

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461001 -  ..
461002 - Intranet SDS Records Distrubuted Internally via Email Links Accessible
461003 - Links Accessible Intranet SDS Records Distrubuted Internally via Email
461004 -
461005 - Gary has made some progress on putting SDS records onto an intranet so
461006 - that links are accessible to people who get meeting notes and other
461007 - SDS deliverables under the goal for...
461009 -                      ..
461010 -                     anytime anywherre intelligence
461011 -
461012 - ...as planned on 971021. ref SDS 4 3636  Since the Internet is not a
461013 - strong option for a secure project, we need a way to upload the
461014 - record to an intranet so that relevant history is availble to
461015 - everyone by pushing a button.
461017 -  ..
461018 - A new contact may provide intranet support for a paperless office
461019 - under the 3-layer architecture developed on 020820. ref SDS 8 0001  On
461020 - 030410 discussed 3-layer architecture to bridge the gap between two
461021 - worlds of IT and SDS. ref SDS 9 LC4L  Later on 030512 a colleage at
461022 - work related to Gary that traditional work practice to rely on
461023 - information technology to print print documents for management is not
461024 - effective for SDS because the links are not accessible.  This
461025 - situational awareness identified the need for SDS records to be placed
461026 - on a secure intranet so that links are accessible when people press
461027 - the "history button" by clicking on a link, they get relevant history
461028 - instantly.
461029 -
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461038 -      [On 030824 Gary has an action item to follow up on porting SDS
461039 -      records to the Internet, ref SDS 19 LX99
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461043 -  ..
461044 - Instant Access to Organizational Memory Adds Value Saves Time
461045 - Organizational Memory Instant Access to Context Adds Value Saves Time
461046 - Links Add Value to Organizational Memory Instant Access to Context
461047 -
461048 - Follow up ref SDS 12 WH68, ref SDS 11 1D4N.
461049 -
461050 - Gary indicated today that his boss, Steve, commented recently that
461051 - access to links in SDS, which currently are not active, would make the
461052 - record of meetings and other project history of organizational memory
461053 - on daily work more valuable by providing instant access to related
461054 - background, support and context, rather than having to search through
461055 - a lot of documents or rely on personal memory. Morris made the same
461056 - point on 940327. ref SDS 3 J496
461057 -
461058 -      [On 030821 Gary reported that Steve commented during a meeting
461059 -      that having a "history button" to press for background would help
461060 -      people prepare for a productive meeting;, ref SDS 19 NH5N;
461062 -       ..
461063 -      [On 031211 Steve asked Gary to put SDS records on the intranet so
461064 -      the links would be active to light up the project with
461065 -      intelligence. ref SDS 20 PG7F
461067 -  ..
461068 - For example, Steve noted that concern on 030715 about records for TEM
461069 - this past April, which somehow showed up on the Internet, ref SDS 13
461070 - 0001, was mitigated by the lack of links to original sources in those
461071 - records.
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