Re: [bcm] Project QuickStart

["David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info>]

Bruce,

 

You forgot to add 1 day up front for figuring out

what all the boxes in the Quick Start plan mean,

and then another 1 day for hiring someone to

keep track of it all for the team!

 

I noticed that ICHnet have their SAIL work out

for review again.  Seems to me that this kinda

planning and facilititation aspects is a large

part of that work too - how to run a project.

 

In the past we've tended to put this stuff in an

Appendix or reference out to it - as these are

really generic project management tools -

rather than formal parts of a technology

specification.   And different projects

require different management approaches.

If you are trying to foster innovation the

last thing you need is your engineers

filling out time cards and project plans

and attending status meetings all day

long!

 

Here's the reference to SAIL below.

 

DW

 

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----- Original Message -----

From: John

To: XMLWG@listserv.gsa.gov

Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:31 PM

Subject: Re: [XMLWG] Solution Architecture Integration Lab (SAIL) initiative materials now posted for comment

All,

The Solution Architecture Integration Lab (SAIL) initiative is close to it launch date and wanted to get feedback from those interested in improving the process by which we try to align common business needs to commercial IT solutions.   As failures in this process account for over 34% of all IT failures (estimated to cost the tax payer over $20 Billion/year) many of us believe this collaborative solution modeling and validation effort will greatly improve our ability to successfully leverage emerging technologies. 

White papers, briefings, charter, and frequently asked questions are posted at www.ICHnet.org.   This effort was initiated in Nov 02 in response to several major factors; IAC EA SIG recommendations on advancing the use of Component-based Architectures, the E-Gov ACT, and an expressed need by many agencies to help bootstrap the implementation of the new FEA PMO reference models (www.FEAPMO.gov).

If your group has not already been brief, any one of the SAIL team members (over 200), can come by and explain why the combined knowledge of many is superior to that of a few when trying to develop enterprise solution architectures. 

I look forward to your feedback.

john

John Weiler

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