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Second Guessing Avoided by Maintaining

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1006 - Summary/Objective
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100701 - Follow up ref SDS 29 0000, ref SDS 28 0000.
100702 -
100703 - Changed the introduction, including adding the anomoly of increased
100704 - membership and less leadership. ref OF 3 007M  This places the focus
100705 - more directly on the quality of membership. Added "men" in place of
100706 - "those" to further underscore the issue of leadership and make it
100707 - reflect the subtitle of the piece.
100709 -  ..
100710 - Changed the titles and added a reference to Rifkin's book, the End of
100711 - Work. ref OF 3 017K  Defined "lean" management and considered
100712 - explaining that the Communication Manager role was eliminated, but
100713 - then decided to remove this and leave it as a question for future
100714 - consideration.
100716 -  ..
100717 - Decided to add the discussion about "Failure to Communicate" at
100718 - ref OF 3 HX9N, per the planning on 951114. ref SDS 10 0451
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100721 -  ..
100722 - Planning for 1996 Asilomar event, ref OF 3 G47M, began at the May 1995
100723 - PMI dinner meeting. ref SDS 5 9058
100725 -  ..
100726 - Communication is a theme that relates well to implementing the PMBOK,
100727 - ref OF 3 G47M, based on review on 950721. ref SDS 8 1740
100729 -  ..
100730 - Theme of Asilomar conference inspired by Koppleman's presentation at
100731 - PMI dinner meeting on 950412, ref OF 3 GN9J, who said projects work
100732 - better when you project managers who tell the truth. ref SDS 1 3920
100733 - Later that year on 950705 project managers were being fired because
100734 - they "lie, harras and cover up." ref SDS 7 2955
100736 -  ..
100737 - The challenge of telling the truth is discussed on the article, NWO,
100738 - ref OF 5 03AT, and so this offers a good chance to present a balanced
100739 - picture of project management. ref OF 3 HP5U
100741 -  ..
100742 - On 950608 Ahmet observed how easy project management, ref SDS 6 0128,
100743 - is when people use the PMBOK. ref OF 3 017K
100745 -  ..
100746 - On 951114 planning for speakers to do a credible job presenting the
100747 - issues, ref OF 3 PQSW, and attract an executive audience. ref SDS 10
100748 - 3579
100750 -  ..
100751 - On 951229 General Hatch agreed to be the opening, ref OF 3 PQSW, and
100752 - closing speaker. ref SDS 11 4884
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100757 - Second Guessing
100758 -
100759 - Added correlation between "Monday-Morning-Quarterbacking" and "second-
100760 - guessing," and linked it to not having enough time for analysis of the
100761 - first-guess, ref OF 3 0720  This is discussed on 950414, ref SDS 2
100762 - HO4L; and for estimating in the IT industry on 950428, ref SDS 3 7007;
100763 - executive fear of nit-picking is discussed on 950517. ref SDS 4 8599,
100764 - entertainment relieves stress of discovery by "second-guessers"
100765 - reported on 950927, ref SDS 9 2899, and on 960227 executives who do
100766 - not have enough time to think, necessarily fall prey to second-
100767 - guesses. ref SDS 12 3003  Guessing is actually the way the mind
100768 - establishes meaning, based on review of Landauer's paper on LSA
100769 - reviewed on 960321, ref SDS 13 7382, and explained again on 960324.
100770 - ref SDS 14 0083
100771 -
100772 -     [On 970624 use of "second-guess" avoided by improving first guess,
100773 -     idea applied in meeting with Corps of Engineers District Engineer.
100774 -     ref SDS 31 1461
100776 -      ..
100777 -     [On 970624 psychological stress of producing accurate records is
100778 -     also in meeting with Corps of Engineers District Engineer.
100779 -     ref SDS 31 3345
100781 -  ..
100782 - Submitted article to General Hank Hatch for peer review, ref DIT 1
100783 - 0001, following up submission of Communication Metrics report at
100784 - ref SDS 27 0001
100785 -
100786 -     [On 970710 follow up with Hank. ref SDS 33 0001
100788 -  ..
100789 - Decided to submit this article as part of an initiative to support
100790 - Dave Vannier at Intel, reported today, on 970619. ref SDS 30 0001
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100792 -     [On 970701 submission to Max Wideman. ref SDS 32 0075
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