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DIARY: October 5, 1997 08:45 PM Sunday; Rod Welch

Called Bill DeHart on cost savings Comm Metrics.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Stanford Closed Project Management Office
3...Limited Span of Attention Produces Rework
4...How many subjects are discussed at Sprint meetings?
5...Gordon Smith at PG&E Needs Communication Help


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CONTACTS 
0201 - PG&E Grid Customer Services        415 973 1014 fax 8426
020101 - Mr. Bill DeHart, PMP
020102 - Project Manager =415 973 1014 pger 510 472 2288; Project Management

SUBJECTS
Bill's Assignment, 960815
Demonstration for New Users
Construction (DPB)
PG&E, Sprint, Bechtel

1206 -    ..
1207 - Summary/Objective
1208 -
120801 - Followed up work at ref SDS 21 line 67, ref SDS 18 line 63.
120802 -
120803 - Advised Bill of notice that Stanford has closed its Project Management
120804 - Office.   He indicated the report identifying "rework" as a source of
120805 - cost savings by expanding span of attention is an effective way to
120806 - explain Communication Metrics.  Bill indicated 6 - 12 subjects is
120807 - about the number in his meetings on the Sprint project.  He has
120808 - submitted the report to his boss, but so far has not gotten any
120809 - feedback on getting it to Gordon Smith.  I called Steve Buck who
120810 - indicated possible interest in submitting the report to Gordon.
120811 -
120812 -   [See report submitting analysis, ref DIP 2 line 30, to Steve, and
120813 -   that he forwarded it to Gordon Smith, ref SDS 24 line 82.]
120814 -
120815 -   [See follow up discussion with Bill on 971019, ref SDS 25 line 91.]
120816 -
120817 -
1209 -
1210 -
1211 - Discussion
1212 -
121201 - Stanford Closed Project Management Office
121202 -
121203 - Per Associated Press report it was not performing, ref SDS 22 line
121204 - 104.
121205 -
121206 - Missing ingredient Communication Metrics, per discussion with Joel
121207 - Koppleman who was not able to get good results with his project
121208 - management tools either, ref SDS 4 line 385.
121209 -
121210 -
121211 -
121212 - Limited Span of Attention Produces Rework
121213 -
121214 - Has Bill considered the cost savings analysis of Communication Metrics
121215 - sent separately for peer review, ref SDS 20 line 173, also supports
121216 - the need for helping Gordon, since it shows that the number of
121217 - subjects he needs to track exceeds his span of attention, per ref SDS
121218 - 19 line 520.
121219 - ..
121220 - How many subjects are discussed at Sprint meetings?
121221 - 
121222 -     Bill said six items were discussed at the last meeting.  Usually
121223 -     there about 10.
121224 -
121225 -         [On 971007 Max Wideman cited similar number. ref SDS 23 5920]
121226 -
121227 -         [On 990303 scientific evidence that human span of attention
121228 -         limits subjects people can absorb. ref SDS 26 6120]
121229 -
121230 -     He indicated the Cost Savings analysis seems sound to him.
121231 -
121232 -
121233 -
121234 - Gordon Smith at PG&E Needs Communication Help
121235 -
121236 - I also asked if he has submitted the suggestion to Gordon Smith for
121237 - help with communication, ref DIP 5 line 77, per ref DIP 2 line 30
121238 - submitted at ref SDS 13 line 79.  This follows up my telecon message
121239 - at ref SDS 18 line 72.
121240 -
121241 - Bill seems unsure about how to advance the ball on submitting this
121242 - thing to Gordon.  He has submitted it to his boss, and his boss has
121243 - not responded, but keeps saying he is going to get to it.
121244 -
121245 -
121246 -
121247 -
1213 -
1214 -
1215 - 2155 called Steve Buck
1216 -
121601 - He might be willing to make the submission to Gordon.  He says his
121602 - email address is:
121603 -
121604 -
121605 -         sxba@pge.com
121606 -
121607 -   [See report submitting the analysis, ref DIP 2 line 30, per the
121608 -   record at ref SDS 13 line 84, to Steve, and that he forwarded it to
121609 -   Gordon Smith, ref SDS 24 line 82.]
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