Statement Of Work (SOW)

A Statement of Work is a single document (usually) that collects detailed information about an offered project or service that service delivery group or individual provides to their proposed client to describe the known conditions and expectations for their offered service.

An outline or template of what can be included in a Statement of Work (SOW) could look something like this:

Table of Contents

Abstract / Project Overview
Document Contents
Scope
Timeline
Budget
Procurement
Communication
Inter-Departmental Channels
Business Lines
Auditing
Resources
Issue, Risk, Change Process
Issue, Risk, Change Log
Stakeholders
Status History
Revision History

A I is Biased

Most intelligence is biased towards the things they believe they already know.

People rely on their own knowledge and experience to make choices, make suggestions, or somehow control their lives.

Software (like AI) bases their choices and responses on what they have retained from their learnings and use those learnings to respond as well as they can with the knowledge they have.

The BIAS is not the problem but the control over what information each AI is given access to and chooses to use may be something we could control better. We might even be able to label or tag each AI product based on the sources of information it has been given access to: NY Times, Washington Post, Donut Recipes, WSJ, Republicans, House Cleaning Tips, etc.

The question I have at this time is about Security and protection from misinformation: learned, used for responses, created for responses to prompts by users who are less than scrupulous / beyond auditability, disingeuous, etc.

My latest exposure to the Software Security realm has been about how to implement security especially with the recent “assumption” that “they (the hackers)” will get inside so how do we discover them, respond to that situation and get them out: where hackers will get inside our app / environment and try to cause some damage and / or steal some critical information.

Connect that interest of stopping hackers once they are inside our app with the idea that AIs can be ported as stand alone and / or downloadable apps, and see what we can do to figure out how someone got “inside” our app once it has been downloaded away from our server and we have a very challenging technology / security opportunity.

Women’s Rights 2024

According to the MAGA-Republicans:

We have taken away their rights to women’s own bodies so, now, let’s take back their rights to vote.

Then, we can work on arranging their education choices, their marriages, when they can have children, if they can have a Driver’s License and what they are allowed to own.
Just a starting point

After all, what is the difference between giving up control of one thing in their lives versus giving up control over everything in their lives.

We all want an autocracy anyway so let’s continue with positioning the women in our world. And, once we make more progress on this group, we can push forward to control their children and families.

One of the finer points of this program is to control the birth dates of newborns so that they are centered around June – July – August. This will reduce the amount of time in school wasted on Birthday parties and other social interactions for the children. As this progresses, we can set this time frame to be a Birthday Holiday for all childen (June – July – August) to consolidate these celebrations for better control of what they get and when these childen get their presents.

No one really knows where this can lead to but it appears to be a good start.

It’s Not Full Time Jobs

The future of our growth economy may not be the classic old 25 to 30 year desk job at a big corporation anymore. In fact it probably hasn’t been that type of work configuration for quite some time now.

The more tangible future may just be in a derivation of what some have called the “gig” economy where the major source of income for an individual comes from shorter term contract work in a specialty. These specialties could be in many fields: Finance, Marketing and Advertising, Sales, Contract Negotiation, Human Resources, Union Negotiations, Factory Production Management, Technology, Facilities Maintenance and Management or many other specialized niche topics. Perhaps, even what has been called the “Executive Suite” for a long time could evolve to a contract environment as well. This last point might actually relieve some of the newsworthy attention being paid to the levels of salaries and other compensation for this “Executive Suite”. Imagine executives being hired for a six month to multiple year contract who are paid by the hour or day and have pre-determined bonuses over the course of the contract based on the performance and profitability of their organization rather than based on some politically influenced whim.

What is important in this brief intro is that the existing workforce from folks who are fresh out of an education or certification environment or those who may be coming back from an attempt at retirement will need to adapt to work where the income and services are negotiable rather than with a full-time steady inside position on a company’s payroll roster.

I would like to continue this thought / conversation so if you are interested, please reply to this post OR find the Contact Page on this web site and send me your thoughts.

Thanx, bgbg

A. I. Is Coming

Have you heard about Artificial Intelligence, yet? Who hasn’t?

Have you heard the Conspiracy Theorists “take” on what the ever-growing A. I. presence will mean to humanity, yet? I would be willing to bet that you/we haven’t heard ALL or even some of the LATEST Theories about what A. I. will be able to do and how soon it might just take over the world.

And let’s be clear, please. I will NOT be able to tell you what A. I. will be capable of nor do I know when it might “wake up” and become self-aware – if ever.

But here is what I think I know now:

  • ChatGPT 3.0 or 4.0 are powerful tools for doing research, learning, investigation, and teaching
    • I have already used OpenAI (ChatGPT 4.0) to prepare a study plan for me to learn Python and SQL.
    • I have already used OpenAI to suggest outlines for some of my writings on Requirements Engineering, Project / KANBAN Management, SCRUM and Sprint controls, and my “Agilist” series.
    • I will continue to use OpenAI when I have questions about the topics I am interested in but will continue to modify / enhance / extend what I get from this tool with my own style, content, organization, conclusions until I change my opinion / viewpoint at some time in my future.
  • I intend to try Bard and other A. I. tools so that I can compare the useability, user experience, clarity of results between these several A. I. tools for my own education.

One thing that I am definitely looking forward to is the discussion about establishing usage standards on the capabilities of A. I. so that our world and the technical development industry will have their say on what restrictions we may recommend are imposed, what practices in A. I. usage are recommended, and what kind of controls will be recommended to monitor the ever-growing use of A. I. in our world.

If you have any opinions or suggestions about any of this, please subscribe here and join this conversation.

Or go to my Contact Page on this website to send me an email, message, and question or suggestion.

Thank you, in advance, bgbg

Google Move XLSX to G Sheets

Per a request from one of our readers / followers, I have created this brief session on how to move a spreadsheet built on a local PC to a Google Sheet in a shared folder.

Please keep in mind that Google Sheets, although very similar to local spreadsheet software does have some differences in the way it behave and in the features / functions it has available.

Moving Spreadsheet to G Sheets

Please let me know what other topics or features you would to hear about related to the Google Apps. IF I have experience in the ones you are asking about, I will post a video here for your review.

Thanx, bgbg

Google xlsx Open Name Save

This is an introduction to creating, naming and saving a Sheets file using the Google Apps on a Google Drive associated with your gmail address.

Please let me know what you think and whether you have some other topics of interest that you would like me to cover.

Spreadsheet Initiation

Google Doc Open Name Save

This training segment is a brief discussion on how to create, name and save a new Google Doc file so that you can prepare whatever content you are interested in creating. These files will be saved in the Google Cloud and aligned with the gmail address you are using to log onto this Google Docs App.

Please let me know what you think about this and other related materials I will be posting.

Google Doc Open, Name, Save Training

Google Apps Training Intro

Under the umbrella of my Geri-Actives thread, I have started prepping / posting brief training segments on the overall topic of Google Apps:

Here is lesson #001 on “How To Get Started”:

Googla Apps Intro

Please let me know if you find this series interesting, valuable, helpful or not. eMail me at seventysomethin@gmail.com OR go to www/thepathtoinkc.com and its Contact Page to send me a message through there.

People First (PF): Advisory Committee

I have found it to be very valuable to have a list of folks who are willing to answer any questions I might have, regardless of how silly, picayune, or trivial they might seem to them.

During my Information Technology (IT) career, I had lots of opportunities to meet people in many industries, various levels of experience and responsibility, and numerous levels of education. They all had their strengths and weaknesses. And, the ones who knew their strengths and weaknesses were many of the ones I gravitated to.

It’s amazing how much one can learn about someone else if you ask them to give you their advice and suggestions.

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