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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: February 1, 1996 11:06 AM Thursday; Rod Welch

Called Bruce at Boeing responding to inquiry about SDS.

1...Summary/Objective


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Dep Natrl Recrs & Consrvtn                                                                                                                                         O-00000395 0102
020101 - Mr. Wayne Wetzel; Deputy Director

SUBJECTS
SDS Marketing, Sales, Contacts with Customers
Send product information
Sales discussions

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0505 -    ..
0506 - Summary/Objective
0507 -
050701 - Follow up ref SDS 9 0000, ref SDS 8 0000.
050702 -
050704 -  ..
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0509 -
0510 - Discussion Bruce Carlson, Boeing                    206 342 6918
0511 -
051101 - Bruce is evaluating technology to improve Boeing's communications.
051102 - They are preparing a "wish list" for improvements that includes a
051103 - scheduling feature for email.
051105 -  ..
051106 - We reviewed discussions with Intel on 950927 about using technology to
051107 - improve management. ref SDS 4 3316
051109 -  ..
051110 - Bruce explained an "information" data base he and some colleagues at
051111 - Boeing created for fuselage construction.  He feels it was not well
051112 - received because it was produced internally, but most folks feel that
051113 - an "expert" is somebody from out of town.
051115 -  ..
051116 - We discussed briefly the importance of designing tools that expand
051117 - information management by adding "intelligence" support.  SDS improves
051118 - management along the lines that Bruce and his colleagues are
051119 - considering.  The architecture integrates time and information
051120 - management to make finding critical details fast and easy.  Adding
051121 - time to information enables "intelligence" to construct knowledge of
051122 - cause and effect, as explained in POIMS. ref OF 1 TE4L
051124 -  ..
051125 - Bruce said this design can help Beoing in his department, because when
051126 - there is a lot going on, nobody can find anything when it is needed.
051128 -  ..
051129 - He has a good appreciation from his experience at Boeing about the
051130 - importance of using technology in a pilot test to perform daily work
051131 - in order to get a valid evaluation based on value added.  If the tools
051132 - are not actually used, then there is no benefit and the program is not
051133 - seen as helpful, based solely on an explanation.
051135 -  ..
051136 - Bruce does not know Doctor Mike Little, who commented on Boeing
051137 - architectures for executive support, reported in the record on 890513.
051138 - ref SDS 1 WS3H  He feels the SDS design that implements a plan,
051139 - perform, report process offers the kind of architecture he and his
051140 - colleagues have been discussing.
051141 -
051142 -     [On 990312 Dave Clark explains progress at Boeing on developing
051143 -     advanced information architectures. ref SDS 10 8F9N
051145 -  ..
051146 - Bruce will call Wayne Wetzel at DNRC, and Bill DeHart at PG&E about
051147 - the level of effort needed to learn SDS at home on your own.  He can
051148 - call me back and let me know if he wants to try it, and if so, I will
051149 - send him a version free of charge.
051150 -
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051153 -  ..
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0513 -
0514 - 1146 called Wayne Wetzel
0515 -
051501 - Left message that Bruce may call him.
051502 -
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051505 -  ..
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0517 -
0518 - 1146 called Bill DeHart
0519 -
051901 - Left message that Bruce may call him.
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051905 -  ..
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0521 -
0522 - 1146 Bruce called back
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