Jeff Conklin writes:
>
> Has anyone seen organizations in which such histories (or reports)
> are accessed and used?
>
> If so, what can you say about the organisation that could explain how it
> manages to do this? Is it an engineering culture in which "they've always
> done it this way?" Is there a manager who just believes in the importance
> of this kind of documentation and pushes it? What are the incentives to
> take time to create this kind of documentation?
>
Yes. I posted it to LO some time ago, with the sources to a simple
context (relevance) retrieval system. You can get the sources, and a
simple description of the experimental project that it was used on by
sending a ESASE (that's an Electronic Self Addressed Stamped Envelope)
to:
To: info-request@johncon.johncon.com
Subject: archive
get rel
The description is in rel/example
John
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