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- Path: sparky!uunet!secapl!Cookie!frank
- From: frank@Cookie.secapl.com (Frank Adams)
- Subject: Re: AI Winter Refugees
- Message-ID: <1992Sep01.222323.55535@Cookie.secapl.com>
- Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 22:23:23 GMT
- References: <fycnglj.vere@netcom.com> <81625@bcsaic.boeing.com>
- Organization: Security APL, Inc.
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- In article <81625@bcsaic.boeing.com> rwojcik@atc.boeing.com writes:
- >What you
- >really have to understand is that AI solutions don't work if you think of
- >the problems as only technical. When you set out to change a work process,
- >you are heading straight into a briar patch of politics. You can run away
- >from it, or you can look for people who can help you sell the vision.
-
- There is nothing special about AI here. *All* software projects run into
- this.
-
- >Every
- >corporate environment has its liberals and conservatives when it comes to
- >change. There are tremendous opportunities in every business environment
- >that needs to manage information (i.e. *all* of them). If you want to
- >succeed, you must search out leverage for change. You had better do your
- >homework in understanding how that change will affect work processes and
- >listen to those who voice the most opposition. They may even have a point.
-
- They almost certainly have a point. There are bound to be problems you
- haven't thought of. The best solution is almost always a compromise.
-