THE WELCH COMPANY
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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: March 15, 1993 10:40 PM Monday; Rod Welch

Received from Morri testimonial re SDS; also development plan.

1...Summary/Objective
....Comment to Morris
2...Endorsement SDS for Engineering Management


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Frank Russell Company              206 572 9500
020101 - Mr. Maurice E. Smyth
020102 - Systems Development =fax 206 591 3495
0202 - Chips & Tech.                      408 434 0600
020201 - Mr. Morris E. Jones
020202 - Vice President =Ext. 4283  car: 408 398 6004 Prodigy TBDG68A
020203 - Advanced Products =fax 434 0765

SUBJECTS
SDS Business, Contracts, Morri
Development Plan
SDS, Windows version 16 MB capacity
Objectives

0506 -    ..
0507 - Summary/Objective
0508 -
050801 - Received, ref DRT 2 0001 Morri's preliminary thoughts on
050802 - developing a Windows version of SDS. Last discussion was at
050803 - ref SDS 8 line 040601.
050804 -
050805 - My sense is that Morri can commence according to his schedule, as
050806 - discussed at ref SDS 8 line 070601.
050807 -
050808 - Submitted to Morris at ref DIT 2 0001 with copy of this record.
050809 -
050810 -    Comment to Morris
050811 -
050812 -    My initial reaction to Morri's DP, is that it should state an
050813 -    objective, like "Develop a Windows application with features
050814 -    specified in SDS & POIMS scope statement, ref OF 1" (submitted to
050815 -    Morris via ref DIP 2 at ref SDS 3 line 050701), or some other
050816 -    document.  If it is determined we don't have a definitive scope
050817 -    statement, then one should be prepared.
050818 -
050819 -    Second, seems like a critical step is defining the appearance,
050820 -    functionality and integration of key elements:
050821 -
050822 -        Schedule
050823 -        SDS Records  {Schedule, Diary (current and archived)}
050824 -        Subjects, Functions, Macro Scheduling
050825 -        Contacts
050826 -        Document Log, Writing Letters, Printing
050827 -        Other Files & Programs
050828 -
050829 -        LAN Support
050830 -        Records Transfer between machines by specified criteria
050831 -        Linking & Citations
050832 -        Editing
050833 -
050834 -    Reporting will fall out of how we structure SDS records.
050835 -
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SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing Product Definition
Correlation to Accepted Practice
Frank Russel Company, Morri Smyth on SDS Support for Software Enginee
Integrate Personal Organizational Scalable Leverage One Person's Work
Organizational Memory Accuracy Refined Feedback Shared Meaning Triang

3208 -
320801 -  ..
320802 - Endorsement SDS for Engineering Management
320803 -
320804 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Morri responding to request for an
320805 - evaluation ref SDS 2 0000 141308.
320806 -
320807 - Morri says SDS is "magical" by organizing the record for better use of
320808 - experience to manage daily work, and feels this improves productivity
320809 - for software engineering.  He likes the design that integrates
320810 - information management and planning. ref DRT 1 MR6H
320811 -
320812 -       [On 990524 discussed using SDS at Intel to improve engineering
320813 -       management. ref SDS 10 0876
320814 -
320815 -       [On 990525 Morris reported engineers don't like management and
320816 -       planning, they just want to do technology. ref SDS 11 0966
320817 -
320818 -       [On 010425 Morris reported Typical Day Scenario shows SDS is a
320819 -       "utopia" compared to common management practices that use
320820 -       popular information technologies. ref SDS 13 EP7F
320821 -
320822 - Reference to "magical" seems to imply SDS is a new design in software
320823 - prgramming. ref DRT 1 906O
320824 -
320825 -    This aligns with Morris' evaluation on 911123 that SDS integrates
320826 -    tasks to provide a new way of working. ref SDS 1 0477
320827 -
320828 -       [On 000709 Bill DeHart cited SDS "organization" improves
320829 -       productivity better than conventional information technology.
320830 -       ref SDS 12 1029
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