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Special Procedures: System Evaluation
This problem is not untypical of scientific experiments in which the process
of observation can have disturbing effects on the phenomena being
observed. Thus, quality of information obtained depends not only on a
level of cooperation and an appreciation of common objectives
appropriate to a team effort, but also on highly efficient monitoring
procedures which extract the desired data with minimum interruption of
primary activity.
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PROCESSING THE DATA
An effective monitoring program must be coupled to a broadly based data
processing program if each successive systems project is to benefit fully
from experience gained not only by the VA but by all agencies, public and
private, engaged in parallel efforts. Eventual industrialization of general
and special building systems will require ready access to all current
information by owners, designers, manufacturers and construction
contractors. Information presently available in a form directly applicable to
systems design and development problems is fragmented and generally
inadequate as the basis for commitments and decisions involving radical
innovations. The data processing program should therefore
accommodate pertinent material from external sources as well as from the
monitoring process, and should organize information for the specialized
demands of system development.
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