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DIARY: February 1, 1994 08:58 AM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Improved Help on SDS schedule, purpose, overview.

1...Summary/Objective


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SDS Development, Help
Diary reports & functions
Schedule Summary, Orientation
Data Entry, Executives, 930630
Overview & Purpose

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0708 - Summary/Objective
0709 -
070901 - Follow up ref SDS 5 5176.
070902 -
070903 - Today, I continued work explaining how to obtain diary records for
070904 - making new tasks; did extensive revisions to explain SDS "planning"
070905 - since this is different from what many people consider "planning."
070906 -
070907 - Added explanation in Overview to TQM and Communications Metrics, which
070908 - have been kicking around for awhile as major concepts.
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0712 - 10 22
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071301 - Line 40 - changed descriptions of some of the cited topics, to make
071302 - them crisper.  Changed description of management planning issues
071303 - supported by SDS, to overcome the confusion that arises between "SDS
071304 - planning" and "planning" as it is used by some practitioners, as
071305 - occurred at ref SDS 1 line 121958.
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071308 -  ..
071309 - Line 41 - added citation to procedure to get diary records to make new
071310 - tasks in the schedule.  This is near the top of the Schedule screen,
071311 - because I want Users to be able to find it from Help in the Schedule
071312 - quickly.
071313 -
071314 - It just cites the other section in this same help file, that explains
071315 - how to enter specifications directly in the screen.
071316 -
071317 -  ..
071318 - Line 226 - made a new section to define "diary reports" and "diary
071319 - records.  Added citation to helpf for obtaining diary reports by
071320 - subject, contacts, etc, since that becomes something experienced users
071321 - need to be able to find early.
071322 -
071323 - Added explanation for getting chronological reports, added a summary
071324 - list of the different ways this can be done.
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071701 - Line 15 - added a new Help citation to get help on making SDS record
071702 - citations.
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072101 - Line 15 - this had a citation to an incorrect filename.  Changed it
072102 - to cite help for using 022S02 to explain linking.
072103 -
072104 - There was also a "Related Function" listed for 022S02.  This was
072105 - redundant, so I deleted it.
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072108 -  ..
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072501 - Line 128 - re-wrote and changed organization of much of this overview
072502 - section.  Explained "Reporting" as writing and capturing the record,
072503 - which makes SDS a personal experience machine.  Added sections on
072504 - "Connecting Information to Create Knowledge," TQM and "Communication
072505 - Metrics" (from Cal Tech seminar at ref SDS 1 line 217).
072506 -
072507 -      Would like to use idea of converting information into knowledge
072508 -      at set out in current SDS & POIMS scope statement, per ref OF 25
072509 -      line 48.
072510 -
072511 -       ..
072512 -      Explanation for TQM was developed from Prodigy dialog at ref SDS
072513 -      2 line 76.  I used some of the language at ref OF 24 line 29
072514 -      which was applied in the record at ref SDS 3 line 167 to explain
072515 -      how SDS helps achieve TQM goals to achieve better communications.
072516 -
072517 -      The language at ref OF 24 line 589, endorses need for SDS tools
072518 -      for capturing the record and converting information into know-
072519 -      ledge, in contending "Deming teaches that when you do something
072520 -      with incomplete knowledge, you are apt to make things worse."
072521 -
072522 -       ..
072523 -      Similarly, TQM is attributed with a management cycle "plan,
072524 -      do, study, act," that is similar to Plan, Perform, Report, in
072525 -      SDS, see ref OF 24 line 642, supported by ref SDS 6 7441.
072526 -
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072528 -
072529 -  ..
072530 - Line 270 - changed the name of the section on Time, and expanded the
072531 - explanation of how SDS creates a new paradigm for "Time management"
072532 - to see the future by understanding the past.
072533 -
072534 - Line 63 - this is Help for explaining the SDS management cycle, plan,
072535 - perform, report.  I added a citation at the end on how to create links
072536 - and citations.
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0728 - 02012
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072901 - Line 84 - we don't seem to have available a sample "planning" record,
072902 - so will create one.
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0733 -
073301 - Line 65 - added links from Executive data entry back to deliberative
073302 - analysis in Purpose and to overview, and to Reporting, and TQM in
073303 - Overview.
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073308 -  ..
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0736 - 02030292
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073701 - Line 30 - converted this to a sample "planning" record.
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0741 -
074101 - Line 100 - created some new language that explains how SDS implements
074102 - the POIMS concepts of capturing the record, converting information
074103 - into knowledge and investing intellectual capital to make more money.
074104 -
074105 - I would like to put this in the Overview section, so there is a
074106 - single place where concepts are set out.  This avoids conflicts and
074107 - duplication.  I also want to tie this into Management guidelines for
074108 - data entry.
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0744 - 020201
0745 -
074501 - Line 100 - added link to explanation in 00 0012 of integrated
074502 - scheduling and reporting.
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0748 - 020210
0749 -
074901 - Line 15 - this just had a missing word that was needed to make the
074902 - sentence read correctly.
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075301 - Line 28 - changed color of line for sample text to black.
075302 -
075303 - Line 61 - modified the explanation of how to print the thing, so
075304 - hopefully it makes more sense.
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