They can because they think they can.~Virgil~

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.

Dobie's Dogma:

If you are not thoroughly confused, you have not

been thoroughly informed.

1TAADS SAMAS

ATRRS

ASIP

RPLANS

Installation

RPLANSHQRPLANS

Installation

ISR

FPS

TDS

AIM-HI

HQEIS

FDM

HQISR

Command

Viewer

Quantity Adequacy Buyout Quality Sustainment Costs Cost to Improve

Assets by Facility HQRPLANS output TAB to Facility Level

Detail

Personnel/Equipment lists Detailed Criteria Detailed Allowance

Calculations Detailed Requirement

Calculations

Detailed Inspection

Sheets

Prints out

Keys In

IFS/

PRIDE

SIDPERS

BusinessRules

Requirements Assets Conditions Costs

MCRPLANS

Allowances Population Troop List

Assets

BASOPS Budget BASOPS Program

Impact of Funding on Quality over the POM Years

Installation TAB Installation Troop List Unit/ Installation

Allowances Stationing Essential Facility

Buyout (EFR)

User Input

Quantity Adequacy Buyout Quality Sustainment Costs Cost to Improve

Assets Reports SBC Reports CFO Reports

Reports

Inputs

It is simple to make something complex, and

complex to make it simple.

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“At a Glance” Data Modeling

"There is certainly something in fishing that

tends to produce a gentleness of spirit, a

pure serenity of mind.“

~Washington Irving~

The two best times to fish is when it's

rainin' and when it ain't."

~by Patrick F. MacManus~

He that would be a

leader must be a

bridge.

~Welsh Proverb ~

Tell me and I forget; show me and I

remember; involve me and I understand.

~Anonymous~

"Fishing takes anglers to the best

places, at the best times of year."

~Anonymous~

The first myth of management is

that it exists.

If you wish success in life, make

perseverance your bosom friend,

experience your wise counselor, caution

your elder brother, and hope your

guardian genius.

~Joseph Addison~

"Often, I have been exhausted on trout streams, uncomfortable, wet, cold, briar scarred, sunburned,

mosquito-bitten, but never, with a fly rod in my

hand, have I been in a place that was less than

beautiful."~ Charles Kuralt-1990~

Success does not consist in never making

blunders, but in never making the same

one a second time.

~Josh Billings~

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it

is not fish they are after."

~Henry David Thoreau~

Don’t sweat the small stuff; And If your not getting shot at it’s mostly small stuff; But

when you are under fire everything takes on a whole new urgency!

Find Em, Fix Em, Flank Em, Forget Em!

Anything you do in a combat can get you shot. Including doing nothing. So get off you’re A@%*

and make something happen.

“More than half the intense enjoyment of fly-fishing is derived from

the beautiful surroundings, the satisfaction felt from being in the

open air, the new lease of life secured thereby, and the many, many

pleasant recollections of all one has seen, heard and done."

~Charles F. Orvis, 1886~

Just about the time you think you’ve got it figured out; Up jumps Murphy.

Conventional wisdom believes there is never enough time to do it right, but always time to do it over. But sometimes you don’t get second chances.

All things are possible except skiing through a revolving door.

To err is human, but to really foul things

up requires a computer. And the bigger

the computer the bigger the foul-up