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DIARY: July 12, 1999 05:13 PM Monday; Rod Welch

Received letter from Denis on NSF proposal for Com Metrics.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Application of Communication Metrics for Project Management


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Kwan Henmi                           415 777 4770 fax 5102
020101 - Mr. Denis Henmi; Executive Vice President

SUBJECTS
Commercial Partners for Phase II Funding
Design Support, Engineering Management
Concurrent Engineering, Links Easy to Follow
Pattern Language
Kwan Henmi, PM Support - HTML
Project Management HTML Forms

1008 -    ..
1009 - Summary/Objective
1010 -
101001 - Follow up ref SDS 14 0000, ref SDS 13 0000.
101002 -
101003 - Received ref DRT 1 responding to my letter ref DIP 5, sent to Morris,
101004 - with copy to Denis, on 990711, ref SDS 14 5280, and linked to the
101005 - letter from Dan Palanza, ref DRP 1, discussing pattern language.
101006 -
101007 - Denis feels Dan has in mind design support for IT, and not for
101008 - architecture and construction. ref DRT 1 4880
101009 -
101010 - Denis cites a book, titled "Pattern Language," published over twenty
101011 - years ago by Sara Ishikawa, who taught at UC Berkeley, Dept of
101012 - Architecture. ref DRT 1 2698
101013 -
101014 -      [On 990827 called Denis to follow up. ref SDS 16 0001]
101015 -
101016 -
101017 -
1011 -
1012 -
1013 - 1728 called Denis
1014 -
101401 - Thanked Denis for the tip on "pattern language."
101402 -
101403 - Denis said Sara taught at UCB, but is now in private practice.  He
101404 - sees her occasionally at professional events, but not for the past
101405 - year.  He will call to say her book has come up, as part of an NSF
101406 - project.
101407 -
101408 - I asked about the main concept?
101409 -
101410 - Denis said he has a copy of the book around the office, but cannot see
101411 - it while we are talking.  It was required reading in a course he took
101412 - at UC.
101413 -
101414 - "Pattern language" offers a theory about how to apply the unique terms
101415 - (lexicon) of a profession, in this case architecture.  Of course other
101416 - professions also have special terminology, e.g., farming, education,
101417 - medicine, law, computers, and so on, which, in theory, permit "pattern
101418 - language" applications, as well.
101419 -
101420 - Denis indicated that his practice as an architect the past 20 years or
101421 - so has not applied "pattern language," and he does not have a sense
101422 - about how the technology could be applied.
101423 -
101424 - I mentioned that Dan's Phase I final report will be published on
101425 - Thursday, 990715.  I will send him a copy.
101426 -
101427 - Denis has read the proposal to NSF on Communication Metrics. ref OF 4
101428 -
101429 - I asked if he sees application to his work practice.
101430 -
101431 - Denis hesitated, so I gave an example of the ideas presented in the
101432 - proposal...
101433 -
101434 -      Improving the use of the alphabet by integrating time and
101435 -      information. ref OF 4 3417 and ref OF 4 4774
101436 -
101437 -
101438 -  ..
101439 - Application of Communication Metrics for Project Management
101440 -
101441 - A practical application of Communication Metrics can begin by
101442 - creating Project Management forms commonly used by architects, for
101443 - display on web browsers using HTML table commands.
101444 -
101445 - This would permit linking information, which supports traceability to
101446 - original sources called out in management standards (see review on
101447 - 950712. ref SDS 1 1740), but which is otherwise hard to accomplish on
101448 - a fast paced project, as reported on 951026. ref SDS 3 3245
101449 -
101450 - Denis asked about ISO criteria on 961024. ref SDS 2 3355
101451 -
101452 - The forms project would not require exposing contractors and others to
101453 - the "intelligence" process of SDS (see NSF proposal, ref OF 4 7802)
101454 - where Rod attends meetings and applies PM expertise, as for example
101455 - occurred on 980929 for the Moscone project. ref SDS 4  On 981215 Bill
101456 - noticed that personality factors impeded cost savings. ref SDS 6 0816
101457 -
101458 - An example of the deliverable for this HTML forms project is the
101459 - budget for the NSF proposal on 990615, ref SDS 8 1175, that links
101460 - information in the form, to the record of events and analysis that
101461 - supports the budget. ref OF 5 6933
101462 -
101463 - I began this work for the Moscone project on 981013, ref SDS 5 1425,
101464 - but did not have time to really develop the potential that seemed
101465 - evident from observing design work processes.  Recent experience on
101466 - the NSF project has yielded good results with respect to rendering
101467 - conventional forms for display on web browsers using HTML table
101468 - commands.  As a result on 990513, improved the Doc Log form created
101469 - for Moscone. ref SDS 7 5760
101470 -
101471 - The project would extend existing work to create printed forms using
101472 - Microsoft Word.  A committee might be formed to identify a path of
101473 - progression for creating HTML forms.
101474 -
101475 - Denis will think about an HTML project to create PM forms.
101476 -
101477 - Submitted ref DIT 1 confirming these understandings.
101478 -
101479 -     [Denis did not respond.]
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