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AIC Explain SDS Standard Organizational Memory Communication Metrics
Architecture Committee Planning Prepare for Presentation SDS Feature
SDS Explain Concepts Features Benefits Results Experience Architectu
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Prepare for Architecture Committee Review SDS Features Benefits Refe

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2509 - Summary/Objective
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251001 - Follow up ref SDS 10 0000. ref SDS 9 0000.
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251003 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 following up Gary's letter on 040426 that
251004 - says there is a hearing of some kind tomorrow on 040512, ref SDS 10
251005 - MI8L, by the Architecture Committee, to review SDS and Com Metrics, as
251006 - explained in Gary's letter, also, on 040426, ref SDS 10 0001, The
251007 - letter today provides background to help Gary and Gil prepare for the
251008 - presentation, and says....
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251010 -    1.  In the call yesterday you indicated that on 040512 Gil will
251011 -        participate in a review by the Architecture Committee of SDS
251012 -        and Com Metrics, based on the submission reported previously on
251013 -        040426. ref DIT 1 0001
251015 -         ..
251016 -    2.  There is a lot of experience at the Aerospace company to
251017 -        support this review, ref DIT 1 YV6F, listed in part on 040102.
251018 -        ref SDS 6 UO6T
251020 -         ..
251021 -    3.  Additional sources that might be helpful for explaining SDS
251022 -        features are on the web, ref OF 8 ZM4M, where there is also a
251023 -        schematic that illustrates integration. ref OF 8 8558, which
251024 -        makes organizational memory a practical reality for daily work,
251025 -        as you have demonstrated the past year using SDS at the
251026 -        Aerospace company. ref DIT 1 RY6L
251028 -         ..
251029 -    4.  "Integration" of core elements for daily management (i.e.,
251030 -        people, process, time), ref DIT 1 WL8F, is further summarized
251031 -        in POIMS. ref OF 7 1116
251033 -         ..
251034 -    5.  Another source that might be helpful for review of unique SDS
251035 -        capability, ref DIT 1 HM8L, is the record on 940125.
251036 -        ref SDS 1 4454
251038 -         ..
251039 -    6.  Finally, the application of SDS is summarized by the eight (8)
251040 -        steps of Com Metrics, ref DIT 1 RM9H, listed on 001219.
251041 -        ref SDS 2 4W4L
251043 -         ..
251044 -    7.  In addition to the Aeropsace company, SDS has been tested and
251045 -        found to provide effective support for management, ref DIT 1
251046 -        YM9N, by the US Army Corps of Engineers in two reports...
251047 -
251048 -        a.  On 970328 USACE reported Com Metrics provides an effective
251049 -            system of "intelligence" that makes organizational memory
251050 -            effective for getting things done correctly, on time and
251051 -            within budget. ref DRP 6 6172
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251054 -        b.  On 971007 USACE reported that using SDS according to the
251055 -            design, explained in POIMS, saves time and money on the job
251056 -            at the rate of 10:1. ref DRP 7 0001
251058 -         ..
251059 -    8.  Good luck to you and Gil in the presentation tomorrow.
251060 -        ref DIT 1 6N5L
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251401 - Microsoft Outlook Customers Hope SDS Features to be Added Next Year
251402 -
251403 - Called Gary.
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251405 - Gary advised that a few days ago, there was a vote.  Sounded like SDS
251406 - got 3 votes yes, 1 vote no and 1 vote was undecided on the grounds
251407 - that next year in 2005 Microsoft might improve Outlook to provide some
251408 - capabilities set out in the explanation of SDS, reported on 040426.
251409 - ref SDS 10 RI8O
251410 -
251411 -     [On 040513 letter to Gary and Gil congratulating them on favorable
251412 -     vote for SDS. ref SDS 11 HZ4M
251414 -  ..
251415 - Hopes and expectations for Microsoft to develop software features is a
251416 - powerful drive in the market place for more powerful tools to improve
251417 - productivity without the need for customers to invest time learning
251418 - new functions.
251420 -  ..
251421 - On 021108 Bill Gates announced plans to improve productivity of
251422 - Microsoft programs by improving integration of commands, ref SDS 3
251423 - EFBE, that will enable people to find relevant information quickly.
251424 - ref SDS 3 EF5I  The record shows this was not done in 2003, which
251425 - means it could be done this year, next year, or anytime in the future.
251427 -  ..
251428 - The record on 040426 lists SDS support for chronology that is
251429 - currently not matched by Outlook and other technologies. ref SDS 10
251430 - RI69
251432 -  ..
251433 - Gary indicated during the call that he has demonstrated SDS to Gil,
251434 - and that they have considered demonstrating SDS to the Committee
251435 - tomorrow.
251437 -  ..
251438 - It is not clear how a demonstration of anything can defeat a claim
251439 - that next year, the year after or in 10 years, someone else will not
251440 - come up with some component of SDS capabilities.  There is no way to
251441 - prove that something will not occur in the future, since only the
251442 - future can prove it.
251444 -  ..
251445 - My feeling is that SDS records on the Internet comprise a unique
251446 - resource showing self-evident support for personal and organizational
251447 - memory.  Demonstrating work product on the Internet may be easier for
251448 - people to grasp than seeing SDS used, especially since the latter can
251449 - cause problems from time to time.
251451 -  ..
251452 - Gary may be thinking of creating some links, and doing a few reports,
251453 - which cannot be done on the internet, especially now that indexing has
251454 - been turned off for the entire site.
251456 -  ..
251457 - In any case, Gary is positioned to explain experience on the job
251458 - reported on 040227 that Microsoft programs were tried and could not
251459 - produce SDS work product, which led to using SDS. ref SDS 7 RH6K
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251462 - Gary also indicated that new information suggests that if SDS is
251463 - approved by the current process, there may be additional steps before
251464 - the approval process is completed.
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