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SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Application to market
Project Management Trends, Changes, Innovations
Re-Engineer Project Management
Future of Project Management

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0707 - Summary/Objective
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070801 - Follow up
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070803 - Scanned articles to support SDS marketing in presentations to show how
070804 - SDS implements current and hoped for project management capabilities.
070805 - We can send extracts to leads, as inducements to further consider SDS.
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070809 - Article at ref OF 4, from PMnetwork, Sep, 1993 on page 6, is by David
070810 - Cleland, a professor at University of Pittsburg, ref OF 4 line 8. It
070811 - addresses "re-engineering project management" subject, since that is
070812 - about where future trends should be headed.
070814 -  ..
070815 - It pertains to SDS, because it asks what future innovations will be
070816 - developed, ref OF 4 line 27, and SDS is an innovative tool to improve
070817 - project management by implementing all of the good ideas and
070818 - objectives hoped for in the future of project management.
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SUBJECTS
Modern Project Management (MPM) Change Enabling World War II CPM Div

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130401 -  ..
130402 - Integrated Cost and Schedule Control Modern Project Management
130403 - Modern Project Management Emerged from Experience During WWII
130404 -
130405 - Article at ref OF 15, from PMnetwork, Sep, 1993 on page 20, is by
130406 - "Olde Curmudgeon" (who is Fran Webster), but writes a regular column
130407 - under this heading.
130409 -  ..
130410 - This article summarizes PM fundamentals distinguished from "General",
130411 - "Operations" and "Technical" management. ref OF 15 RU6H  Says modern
130412 - project management (MPM) resulted from need for better results on
130413 - large scale projects during WWII, ref OF 15 819H, and cites aims to
130414 - integrate project management functions defined in PMBOK. ref OF 15
130415 - R184
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130417 -     [On 940114 interview founder explains networking was purpose of
130418 -     Project Management Institute PMI. ref SDS 10 9752
130420 -      ..
130421 -     [On 940114 article relates history of C/CSC cost control efforts
130422 -     on large government projects. ref SDS 10 EY4M
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130425 -     [On 940114 article on modern project management (MPM). ref SDS 10
130426 -     YE5O
130428 -      ..
130429 -     [On 940505 C/SCSC work breakdown structures (WBS) define work
130430 -     components for are project deliverables. ref SDS 12 EO9V
130432 -      ..
130433 -     [On 940615 Kerzner proposes project management keep records to
130434 -     enable case studies that yield lessons learned that improve the
130435 -     practice of management, for teaching and training. ref SDS 14 5888
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130438 -     [On 950204 attended a PMI seminar where Kerzner presented ideas on
130439 -     integrating cost and schedule control. ref SDS 15 0003
130441 -  ..
130442 - It pertains to SDS, because it shows why the various practices SDS has
130443 - automated and integrated, are necessary to successful projects.  The
130444 - article argues that current application of automation to just CPM, is
130445 - too narrow, ref OF 15 line 24.
130446 -
130447 -     Article mentions importance of "...doing the right thing right the
130448 -     first time", ref OF 15 line 221.
130450 -      ..
130451 -     Author does not say how to do this.  POIMS says it requires
130452 -     automated integration of sound management practices so they can be
130453 -     applied consistently, see review of Covey at ref SDS 2 line 217.
130455 -  ..
130456 - Research shows modern project management traces from developments of
130457 - scientific management at the beginning of the 19th century...
130458 -
130459 -        Microsoft Project and the Project Management Domain
130460 -        Que... 070430
130461 -
130462 -              http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=731560&rl=1
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130465 -        While project management has been practiced for thousands of
130466 -        years, evidenced by the Egyptian and Roman dynasties, modern
130467 -        project management can be traced back to the late nineteenth
130468 -        century and the rise in large-scale government projects and
130469 -        growing technological advancements. Fredrick Taylor, the
130470 -        Father of Scientific Management, applied scientific reasoning
130471 -        to analyzing and improving labor, and Henry Gantt studied
130472 -        management of Navy ship construction during World War I.
130473 -        Gantt's use of charts, task bars, and milestone markers is
130474 -        still practiced today, and they bear his name. One of the
130475 -        major projects that brought detailed project planning,
130476 -        controlling, and coordination to the forefront was the Hoover
130477 -        Dam project, which involved $175 million dollars, six
130478 -        different companies, a major worksite with no existing
130479 -        infrastructure, and approximately 5,200 workers. The project
130480 -        was brought in under budget and ahead of schedule.
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130485 - CPM PERT Cost Control C/SCSC Technology Mark Modern Project Management
130486 - Modern Project Management (MPM) Reengineer with High Technology
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130488 - Author cites technology for CPM as the dividing line between
130489 - traditional project management and current notion of "MPM,",
130490 - ref OF 10 819H
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130493 - Another article relates resistance to C/SCSC, below. ref SDS 0 Q36H
130494 -
130495 -     This seems to hold that technology to improve manual analysis is a
130496 -     step forward in the ability to manage complex endeavors, i.e.,
130497 -     projects.  The author does not specifically cite CPM software, but
130498 -     this is implied by citing the increased precision and reduced time
130499 -     required to plan and monitor progress. ref OF 10 819H
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130502 - History of CPM and PERT....
130504 -  ..
130505 - Computer network planning with CPM and PERT extended prior practice
130506 - using Gnatt charts that showed major milestones, notably applied for
130507 - navy ship building, and on the Hoover Dam project in the 1930s.
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130509 -        Mosaic Published Papers...
130510 -
130511 -        A Brief History of Scheduling - Back to the Future [PO42]
130512 -        Patrick Weaver
130513 -
130514 -              http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/Resources_Papers_042.html
130515 -
130516 -        The science of `scheduling' as defined by Critical Path
130517 -        Analysis (CPA) will celebrate its 50th Anniversary in 2007.  In
130518 -        1956/57 Kelly and Walker started developing the algorithms that
130519 -        became the `Activity-on-Arrow' or ADM methodology for DuPont.
130520 -        The program they developed was trialled on plant shutdowns in
130521 -        1957 and the first paper on critical path scheduling was
130522 -        published in 1958.  The PERT system was developed at around the
130523 -        same time but lagged CPM by 6 to 12 months (although the term
130524 -        `critical path' was invented by the PERT team).
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130527 -        Later the Precedence (PDM) methodology was published by Dr.
130528 -        John Fondahl in 1961 as a `non-computer' alternative to CPM.
130529 -        Arguably, the evolution of modern project management is a
130530 -        direct consequence of the need to make effective use of the
130531 -        data generated by the schedulers in an attempt to manage and
130532 -        control the critical path [ see:
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130534 -           The Origins of Modern Project Management...
130535 -
130536 -              http://www.mosaicprojects.com.au/Resources_Papers_050.html#Top
130538 -  ..
130539 - On 880415 Professor Fondahl requested a lecture at Stanford on Welch v
130540 - State of California. ref SDS 1 0001  At that time, explained SDS and
130541 - POIMS that strengthen basic literacy, communications, and management.
130542 - ref SDS 1 PU91
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130546 - Another source...
130547 -
130548 -        Intervention (India) Pvt Ltd
130549 -
130550 -              http://www.interventions.org/pertcpm.html
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130553 -        CPM was the discovery of M.R.Walker of E.I.Du Pont de Nemours
130554 -        & Co. and J.E.Kelly of Remington Rand, circa 1957. The
130555 -        computation was designed for the UNIVAC-I computer. The first
130556 -        test was made in 1958, when CPM was applied to the
130557 -        construction of a new chemical plant. In March 1959, the
130558 -        method was applied to a maintenance shut-down at the Du Pont
130559 -        works in Louisville, Kentucky. Unproductive time was reduced
130560 -        from 125 to 93 hours.
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130563 -        PERT was devised in 1958 for the POLARIS missile program by
130564 -        the Program Evaluation Branch of the Special Projects office
130565 -        of the U.S.Navy, helped by the Lockheed Missile Systems
130566 -        division and the Consultant firm of Booz-Allen & Hamilton. The
130567 -        calculations were so arranged so that they could be carried
130568 -        out on the IBM Naval Ordinance Research Computer (NORC) at
130569 -        Dahlgren, Virginia
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130574 -     CPM Is Small Part of Project Management
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130576 -     Decision support methods, like CPM, are not integrated in daily
130577 -     management, because decisions are made by communication talking in
130578 -     phone calls, meetings, at lunch and dinner without access nor
130579 -     reference to the record.  As a result, CPM and other technologies
130580 -     are a small part of project management that do not improve
130581 -     management very much because managment is performed by talking,
130582 -     thinking and remembering. ref OF 9 265J
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130585 -     SDS supports communication to make management effective by
130586 -     integrating other technologies like CPM and cost control.
130587 -
130588 -        [On 931008 review of Van Kasper paper shows Information
130589 -        Revolution intended to reengineer management for better
130590 -        productivity using information technology, needs SDS to improve
130591 -        communication. ref SDS 9 0783
130593 -         ..
130594 -        [On 940114 interview founder explains networking was purpose of
130595 -        Project Management Institute PMI. ref SDS 10 9752
130597 -         ..
130598 -        [On 940114 article relates history of C/CSC cost control
130599 -        efforts on large government projects. ref SDS 10 EY4M
130601 -         ..
130602 -        [On 950202 Communication Metrics explains how SDS supports
130603 -        project management fundamentals, ref SDS 15 8402
130605 -         ..
130606 -        [On 940615 article on MPM and TQM. ref SDS 14 0001
130608 -         ..
130609 -        PMI Asilomar event at ref SDS 13 line 149.
130611 -         ..
130612 -        [Applied to NWO paper at ref SDS 16 line 112.]
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130616 - Manager as "Integrator"
130617 - Automated Integration
130618 -
130619 - The author supports the power of this new combination offered by SDS
130620 - within the POIMS criteria, by noting that project management is an
130621 - "integrating" and holistic function. ref OF 15 IH6M  When this concept
130622 - is combined with the power of SDS technology, the result is a
130623 - significantly more powerful management tool.  So this is one of the
130624 - sound management practices SDS supports.
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150402 - PM = Managing Change
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150404 - Fran Webster views PM as the "management of change," contrasted with
150405 - three other types of management--general, operations and technical,
150406 - ref OF 15 line 31.
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150408 - This is a generic perspective that seems to reflect the temporary
150409 - dimension of projects.  A new building could be viewed as a "change"
150410 - from the existing set of improvements.  PM is also applied to
150411 - developing new products, business systems, methods, organizational
150412 - structure.  It is certainly a project to re-arrange the org chart.
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SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Application to market
Correlation to accepted practice and concepts, 910418
Developing Project Driven Organization, PMnetwork, Sep 1993, p 26
Change & Buy In
Internal management
Leadership & Change, 930119

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201002 - Article at ref OF 19 line 10, from PMnetwork, Sep, 1993 on page 26, is
201003 - by Mike McCauley, PMP, who is president of Integrated Project
201004 - Systems, Belmont, CA.
201006 -  ..
201007 - It defines "Project-driven organizations as structured to facilitate
201008 - the planning and management of projects.  They focus on making changes
201009 - to the organization's products and services thorugh the successful
201010 - completion of these projects", ref OF 19 line 16.
201012 -  ..
201013 - Mike's article pertains to SDS because it intends to help organiza-
201014 - tions implement project management practices, and SDS is the best tool
201015 - for doing this.  He will be writing a column on this topic for
201016 - PMnetwork, ref OF 19 line 259.
201017 -
201018 -     Should send Mike information on SDS.
201020 -      ..
201021 -     [Followed up at ref SDS 11 line 37.]
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SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Application to market
Correlation to accepted practice and concepts, 910418
Software Simplifies Business Acquisition, PMnetwork, Sep 1993, p 37
Automated Management

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2307 - Summary/Objective
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230802 - Article at ref OF 24, from PMnetwork, Sep, 1993 on page 27, is by Joan
230803 - G. Svehaug, president of Executive Business Services, Inc.
230805 -  ..
230806 - Joan's article explains advantages of automated pricing systems for
230807 - proposals.  It is a narrow application of computers, but is an example
230808 - of how automated integration can support management.
230810 -  ..
230811 - She is with Executive Business Services (EBS), possibly in San Diego.
230812 - The article does not say where the firm is located, but gives a
230813 - detailed explanation of their background and services.  Therefore, it
230814 - is curious the address is not included.
230816 -  ..
230817 - Tried San Diego information, and found it at:
230818 -
230819 -                619 279 6005
230821 -  ..
230822 - Called and got their address.
230823 -
230824 -      EBS
230825 -      5473 Kearny Villa Road #210
230826 -      San Diego, CA  92123
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SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Application to market
Correlation to accepted practice and concepts, 910418
Personnel, Training, Management, Cost Management
Cost Management, C/SCSC
Automation Trends

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280802 - Cost Control Resisted by Contractors
280803 -
280804 - Article at ref OF 27, from PMnetwork, Oct, 1993 on page 27, is by
280805 - Robert E. Feldman, president of a consulting firm that is not
280806 - identified.
280808 -  ..
280809 - This article explains C/SCSC was developed to improve cost control,
280810 - but is still resisted by most contractors.  Though recent efforts by
280811 - DOD management have improved acceptance, ref OF 27 GN6J, there is
280812 - still wide resistance ("too rigid, "bureaucratic").  The author
280813 - advocates greater reliance on C/SCSC as an outline of scientific and
280814 - "sound management practice." ref OF 27 GN4P  He recommends
280815 - collaboration between PMI and the Performance Management Association
280816 - (PMA - formed to deal with C/SCSC). ref OF 27 GO97
280818 -  ..
280819 - History of project management cost and schedule control reviewed
280820 - above. ref SDS 0 ZZ4J
280822 -  ..
280823 - Bob's article pertains to SDS because it relates the same difficulty
280824 - managers have accepting methods that improve their business practice.
280825 - His call for new tools to support project management indicates the
280826 - need for SDS.
280827 -
280828 -    [On 940114 history of CSCSC reviewed in an article, ref SDS 10 726J;
280829 -    citing case studies on failures applying CSCSC. ref SDS 10 OC4J
280831 -     ..
280832 -    [On 940505 C/SCSC work breakdown structures (WBS) define work
280833 -    components for are project deliverables. ref SDS 12 EO9V
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280836 -    [On 950204 attended a PMI seminar where Kerzner presented ideas on
280837 -    integrating cost and schedule control. ref SDS 15 0003
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