Documenting consensus (RE: making strategic problems concrete)

[Bound, Jim]

Dave,

Agree.  ThANKS

/jim

 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Crocker [mailto:dhc at dcrocker.net] 
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:52 AM
> To: Bound, Jim
> Cc: problem-statement at alvestrand.no
> Subject: Re: Documenting consensus (RE: making strategic 
> problems concrete)
> 
> 
> Jim,
> 
> Monday, March 24, 2003, 5:12:58 AM, you wrote:
> BJ> Hmmm.  The problem is?
> 
> Working groups often lack focus.  The mundane, mechanical 
> tool of listing and tracking items currently under discussion 
> and the resolution of previous ones (consensus or 
> non-consensus) provides an easy, efficient accounting tool 
> for public reference.
> 
> 
> BJ>  This would help resolve the
> BJ> problem of persistent revisitation of specifications, which slows 
> BJ> down the TTM process for deliverables.
> 
> Exactly.
> 
> It is a reminder for those doing current work, and those 
> lacking perfect memories.  It is education for those joining 
> the group or reviewing its efforts.
> 
> The challenge is to make the tool trivial to use.
> 
> 
> 
> d/
> 
> ps.  all of this presumes that I did, indeed, grok Harald's 
> intent. But even if I didn't, I am finding myself liking the 
> potential for such a tool.
> 
> 
> 
> d/
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