On Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:32 PM, Peter wrote: "Over many years, I have found ontology to be viewed as a nice-to-have by most project managers but not as an essential building block for a project, even though ontology could make practical contributions to -- at the very least -- the formulation of a project's requirements. This common viewpoint is itself a barrier." As i mentioned before, the confusion starts from misunderstanding of ontology, its nature and scope and application. One of the specialties is that it is deeply involved with the top-down or bottom-up strategies of building a complete top-level system. Project Management Plan, Work Breakdown Structure, Product Breakdown Structure, Project Networks, Project Management Methodologies (event chain, critical path,... ), Change Management Systems, etc., are about Management Ontology. That somebody doesn't use the Big Word changes nothing here, for he/she fully applies its armory, concepts, mechanisms, even if not clearly recognizing it. For instance, such the critical project management tools as the WBS or PBS are nothing but the whole-part relationships, a hierarchical tree structure of deliverables (goals and objectives, products, services, actions, or data; physical, functional or conceptual) making up the project. And the entire top-down classification is constrained by the MECE (mutually exclusive, collectively exhaustive) ontological rules. Again, project management software, like MSP/WinProj for workloads, plans, resources, budgets, schedule, and activities dependencies visualized as a Gantt chart representing a project WBS, is largely the management ontology applications. (01) Azamat Abdoullaev (02) A NASA WBS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eirich, Peter" <Peter.Eirich@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Ontology Summit 2011 discussion'" <ontology-summit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [ontology-summit] [Making the Case] Barriers to adoptionof ontologies (03) > Over many years, I have found ontology to be viewed as a nice-to-have by > most project managers but not as an essential building block for a > project, even though ontology could make practical contributions to -- at > the very least -- the formulation of a project's requirements. This > common viewpoint is itself a barrier. > > Regards, > Peter > _________________________ > Peter Eirich > JHU/APL > 240-228-7264 > > -----Original Message----- > From: ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:ontology-summit-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew > West > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:22 AM > To: 'Ontology Summit 2011 discussion' > Subject: [ontology-summit] [Making the Case] Barriers to adoption of > ontologies > > Dear Colleagues, > > Please add to this thread barriers to adoption of ontologies and ontology > based solutions you have encountered and any strategies you have found > helpful in overcoming them. > > Regards > > Matthew West > Information Junction > Tel: +44 560 302 3685 > Mobile: +44 750 3385279 > Skype: dr.matthew.west > matthew.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.informationjunction.co.uk/ > http://www.matthew-west.org.uk/ > > This email originates from Information Junction Ltd. Registered in England > and Wales No. 6632177. > Registered office: 2 Brookside, Meadow Way, Letchworth Garden City, > Hertfordshire, SG6 3JE. > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Msg Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/ > Subscribe/Config: > http://ontolog.cim3.net/mailman/listinfo/ontology-summit/ > Unsubscribe: mailto:ontology-summit-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Community Files: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/OntologySummit2011/ > Community Wiki: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2011 > Community Portal: http://ontolog.cim3.net/wiki/ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Msg Archives: http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontology-summit/ > Subscribe/Config: > http://ontolog.cim3.net/mailman/listinfo/ontology-summit/ > Unsubscribe: mailto:ontology-summit-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Community Files: http://ontolog.cim3.net/file/work/OntologySummit2011/ > Community Wiki: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OntologySummit2011 > Community Portal: http://ontolog.cim3.net/wiki/ (04)
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