THE WELCH COMPANY
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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: August 24, 1994 12:25 PM Wednesday; Rod Welch

Prepared Subject Index for CDWR project.

1...Summary/Objective
....Organic Subject Structure Considerations


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CONTACTS 
0201 - PG&E Proj Mngmnt Transm Sys        415 973 6778 fax 8426
020101 - Mr. Bill DeHart, PMP
020102 - Senior Project Manager, Room 1183B-V11C =415 973 5655
020103 - Project Management Department

SUBJECTS
Central Coast Aquaduct, PG&E
Controls, Information, Subject Index
Policy & Procedures, Controls, Subject Index
Subjects, Action Items
Controlled Visibility
Organic Subject Structure SDS Subject Index

1608 -    ..
1609 - Summary/Objective
1610 -
161001 - Follow up ref SDS 2 1067.
161002 -
161003 - Worked with Bill to create the Subject Index for the project, per work
161004 - on 940726. Main components are Controls, Organization, Engineer- ing
161005 - and Construction.
161006 -
161007 - Received at ref SDS 3 0000, contract between PG&E & CDWR.  Advised
161008 - Bill I will review to develop subjects that reflect scope established
161009 - by the contract language.
161010 -
161011 -    I am not terribly pleased with the initial effort, because it seems
161012 -    to result in a lot more duplication than I would have expected.
161013 -
161014 -
161015 -     ..
161016 -    Organic Subject Structure Considerations
161017 -
161018 -    The challenge is to allow the user to ask about the status of
161019 -    Engineering, and look up the chronology on that for the various
161020 -    project components.  Similarly, someone will want to know the
161021 -    status of a physical component, and will want to see the chronology
161022 -    on that, regardless of function, i.e. they will want it all.  To do
161023 -    this necessarily requires duplication that replicates the way the
161024 -    mind organizes itself to reflect the organic structure of
161025 -    existence, per review of Byte article on 910418. ref SDS 1 5584
161026 -
161027 -      [On 940825 experience reveals useful patterns. ref SDS 4 7835]
161028 -
161029 -      [On 940827 reviewed work today. ref SDS 5 0001
161030 -
161031 -      [On 950624 developed organic subject structure while planning
161032 -      Action Item system. ref SDS 6 2882]
161033 -
161034 -      [On 960325 Landauer's paper on Plato's Problem shows complexity
161035 -      that makes subject identification difficult. ref SDS 7 8445]
161036 -
161037 -      [Discussed with Morris on 970116. ref SDS 8 1732; ref SDS 8 2909]
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Distribution. . . . See "CONTACTS"