CONTACTS 
0201 - AFIT/LAC                           513 255 7777 fax or 800...
020101 - Mr. David K. Vaughan, PhD
020102 - Assistant Dean for Research and Consulting =513 255 7777 ext 3312
020103 - LAC

SUBJECTS
Cost/Benefit of Better Communications
Market Fears Being First to Use New Methods

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0505 - Summary/Objective
0506 -
050601 - Followed up work at ref SDS 2 0000, ref SDS 1 0000.
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0509 - Progress
0510 -
051001 - Called Kirk at his new number:           937 255-1213 or 1215
051002 -
051003 - Kirk said AFIT is a graduate school.  Each student writes a thesis in
051004 - connection with obtaining graduate degrees.  He said the research
051005 - function is less prominent than in prior years because military
051006 - procurement has been scaled back.
051007 -
051008 - He asked someone to investigate for the title of the paper as possibly
051009 - a prior thesis by a student.
051010 -
051011 - So far that person has not reported back.
051012 -
051013 - I explained my sense that this paper may not be listed as a thesis,
051014 - since it was presented at a professional seminar sponsored by the
051015 - Project Management Institute, and was credited to three authors, only
051016 - one of which was with AFIT.
051017 -
051018 - We considered the possibility of finding out if the Entropic Cost
051019 - Model is being applied, possibly under another name, to manage cost
051020 - by improving management of information.
051021 -
051022 - Kirk said he feels the ideas in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'
051023 - report on Communication Metrics are interesting, but he does not have
051024 - enough time for research due to current focus on relocating
051025 - facilities.
051026 -
051027 - He suggested contacting...
051028 -
051029 -      Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
051030 -
051031 -             703 767 8274
051032 -
051033 -                Kurt Molholm
051034 -                Administrator
051035 -
051036 -      National Technical Information Service  NTIS
051037 -
051038 -             703 487 4780
051039 -
051040 -      He thinks they have a Web site.
051041 -
051042 - Kirk requested a copy of the original AFIT article on Uncertainty
051043 - Analysis, ref OF 1 0000, to facilitate their research at AFTI.  He
051044 - also requested a paragraph to explain a possible thesis for further
051045 - research at AFIT.
051046 -
051047 - Submitted this via ref DIT 1 0000, and included an extract of the U.S.
051048 - Army Corps of Engineers report on Communication Metrics to spur a
051049 - thesis by an AFIT student.
051050 -
051051 -
051052 - Was able to find the Web site for DTIC, and sent ref DIT 2 0000 to the
051053 - Administrator:
051054 -
051055 -                Kurt Molholm
051056 -                Administrator
051057 -
051058 -     My letter requests assistance in getting review of Communication
051059 -     Metrics for wider use within DOD. ref DIT 2 8449
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