SUO: Re: Topic :> Definition Of Principle
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Topic :> Principle. http://suo.ieee.org/email/thrd4.html#11641
JA = Jon Awbrey
MW = Matthew West
Running summary of remarks on the Topic of Principles.
1. In reference to:
Topic :> Principle 1. http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg11641.html
Reiterated thus:
JA: 1. What is a principle?
AKA: axiom, canon, guideline, law, maxim, norm, regulation, rule, etc.
JA: 2. What are our principles?
Matthew replied:
MW: A guiding truth, but note that you should never let
your principles prevent you from doing what's right.
2. In reference to:
Topic :> Principle 2. http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg11712.html
Reiterated thus:
JA: I have been asking about the broader principles of procedure
that the details of implementation are meant to flesh out,
since the nuts and bolts are irrelevant if the big ideas
fail to be realized, and we lose sight of these guiding
lights at the peril of the whole enterprise, indeed,
of its due place within the larger human picture.
JA: Can you give the foremost examples of principles, either in the
sense of "guiding truths", or in any other sense of the word,
that you would have embodied in the Procedure specification,
and by virtue of its utility in the SUO Group, to become
embodied in the procedures themselves of this Group?
Matthew replied:
MW: The principles of the Procedures Manual are those
of Quality Management. We have our own internal
documents on QM but looking at Amazon I see that
'Managing Quality', edited by Barrie G. Dale seems
to be a standard text (though I have not read it).
MW: To summarise QM: For a product, quality is about
being "fit for purpose". A feature that prevents
the product from being fit for purpose is a defect.
Improving quality is therefore about identifying and
eliminating defects.
MW: My experience with using this approach is that it tends
to produce more constructive and structured discussions.
Instead of getting statements like "I think we should do X",
you get something like "The A feature prevents us from doing B.
If we did X this would enable us to do B".
MW: I have seen this turn around projects that were going in circles
to enable them to gain traction, and remove personal conflict that
often arises in opinion based debate.
3. In another message:
MW: Openness encourages good behaviour.
MW: The principles of Quality Management.
In particular that we are "engineers"
delivering a product that needs to be
fit for purpose.
Extra Credit Question. What does Shutness encourage?
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