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To
explore opportunities in Norway - US
business,
look to the Norwegian-American Chamber
of Commerce
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NACC’s regional
chambers -- in eight major US business
areas – have membership rolls
that include leaders of Norwegian and
American firms successfully pursuing
business in the dynamic Norway-US market.
NACC membership assures access to information
through a broad array of events, and
contact with members … a truly
unique network. Membership can open
doors for you. In the thriving Norwegian
economy, developments in banking and
finance, energy, the maritime and offshore
industries, technology and environmental
resource management, among others, have
created attractive new opportunities
in Norway and in the USA.
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Concurrent Design: The Method and its Uses
by
Dr. Knut I. Oxnevad
©SIMTANO, Inc
November 7, 2006
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How
often have we not found ourselves
sitting in a meeting and getting this
sinking feeling of not getting anywhere
and thinking there must be a better
way. There is a better way!
The method is called Concurrent Design.
The method was developed for, and
very successfully applied at JPL,
NASA, ESA, and now also in the offshore
oil and gas sector.
At the core of the method lies the
notion that time spent in a meeting
should be used for working together
as opposed to just talking together.
These working meetings are called
sessions to distinguish them from
a traditional meeting. A session lasts
about 3.5 hours and a set of sessions
will typically be set up to solve
a specific problem. These sessions
will be conducted in a dedicated work
arena.
In the work arena all participants
will have a desk and their own networked
computer. Every participant will have
access to the same tools on this computer
as they would in their office. The
participants can therefore work while
they are in the work arena and together
develop a report, a rover design,
a well plan, a mission scenario, etc.
Tools will range from PowerPoint/Word,
through internal and external databases,
the Internet, structural analysis
tools, and thermal analysis tools,
to sophisticated power and dynamics
simulations. The set of tools will
depend on the problem to be solved.
Around the work arena are six wall
screens. All computers in the work
arena can dynamically be displayed
on any of these screens. This makes
it possible to see input from many
people in the work arena at the same
time and ensure that everybody in
the work arena is on "the same
page."
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