Hey Bill, On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:54 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
> On 2/2/2012 12:49 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: >> >> OK. If that VP isn't a flow-through and isn't visible when things are working >> optimally, then why have him/her? > > Because when the process needs revision, and it will, the board doesn't want > to > revise it. ComDev shouldn't have to revise it. The board wants to point to > one > individual and say 'this part is broke, fix it', and have it done. Interesting. I hadn't thought of that -- you see the process as (inevitably) evolving. I see it as basically done, with so little revision it hardly warrants the creation of an officer to oversee it. Cheers, Chris ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
