Unfiltered -- notes from today's post mortem

Mark Hereld hereld at mcs.anl.gov
Mon Aug 30 16:43:37 CDT 1999


>From: Mark Hereld <hereld at mcs.anl.gov>
>Subject: Fwd: Prelude to a Post Mortem
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>>From: Mark Hereld <hereld at mcs.anl.gov>
>>Subject: Prelude to a Post Mortem
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>>We're due for a post mortem of the Uky Chautauqua momentarily... 1 PM to 
>>3 PM CDT.
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>>Think about the following questions and see what you can come up with.
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>>What did we do right? =====================================
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>>() highly effective overall
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>>() usually we had good communications
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>>() particularly good use of backchannel to queue remote questions
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>>() good use of backchannel to steer and correct dPPT problems
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>() also, works best using a seperate server for dppt
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>>Where did we have problems? ===============================
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>>() router breakage
>>         - diagnosis time
>>         - work-around solution
>>         - time-to-fix
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>() more bw in tests, to stress system before the chautauqua
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>>() nestor audio breakage
>>         - power outage at anl
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>                 nothing can be done about this..
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>>         - audio (rat) funky state
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>                 nestor wasn't using the std ag stuff -- used sdr
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>>         - telecon operator puts nestor on hold!
>>         - patches to echo cancel hdwr not in place
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>                 bu needs phone patch to the genter ready
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>>         - potential cover w/ question from ncsa (melanie) bobbled
>>                 * argonne could hear melanie trying to break in w/ question
>>                 * uky had argonne and ncsa muted
>>                 * uky not looking at mud to see solutions
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>                 -- russ says that local mc got the song going more or 
> less right away
>                         and russ didn't have time to change the direction 
> of the train
>         - communication to mc was problem...
>         - mc needs to be in contact w/ node operations
>                 * briefing -- train the mc to pay attention
>                 * somebody up near the mc w/ a headset to whisper stuff
>         - jennifer and margaret will dump a document describing tech comm 
> skills
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>>() more screen area definitely better
>>         - not ideal to have one screen split off and dedicated to dPPT
>>         - although it was better than only one screen
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>         - comments said too many moving windows... confusing
>                 * choreographed animations might compress motion
>                 * preview tool would be useful for composition: then GO
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>>() uky local headset comm
>>         - when is that appropriate?
>>         - did it conflict w/ backchannel comm?
>>         - is there a better way to use it?
>>                 * director/producer only to camera guys
>>                 * take node operators off that channel?
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>         - russ said second headset was very useful
>         - johng found the local was crucial, but two headsets was too much
>         - russ, biggest problem was couldn't give too much info to the 
> director or mc...
>                 * if mc decides to go in some direction ("can anybody 
> sing?")
>                         then it doesn't matter what russ tries to tell them
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>>() are there high priority technical issues to attack?
>>         - new software
>>         - better deployment schemes for urls, info, phone numbers, ppt 
>> slides
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>                 * russ is beginning to track down presenter slides
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>>         - more practice on emergency handling?
>                 * mc could have some backup topics to talk about in case 
> of probs
>                 * jennifer, in the audience, said the reaction was 
> positive to the
>                         singing ad-lib
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>                 * tom coffin suggests we stay on line and available 
> during breaks
>                         so that folks can see and talk to the remote sights.
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>                 * russ and all suggest: shorter version of script for 
> node operators
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>                 * wayne -- set names of ppt in advance....
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>* mark suggests a video camera on ag-tech... to augment
>* jennifer says would facilitate 'meet the tech folk' session
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