New Army Handgun Solicitation.

[RJ]

Death by Power Point is what happened to Osama Bin Laden.

I was tech lead on a system where we did a major review.

We had 1,900+ slides.

Presented to our customer over 2 days.

I am not making this up.

[Hauptmann]

I was tech lead on a system where we did a major review.

We had 1,900+ slides.

Presented to our customer over 2 days.

I am not making this up.

Holy crap! Did anybody walk away from that alive?

[RJ]

Holy crap! Did anybody walk away from that alive?

Yeah, seriously.

Later in my career we tried better ways of getting information across. Slide turning was not one of them.

For large reviews mandated by 1521B (Government) process for Requirements, Design, or Production meetings, our best bet was to provide the slide deck a week ahead. We'd then cover it at the meeting and address questions.

The best reviews I got once was when we did a 'Pre-CDR' with The Colonel and his cell-phone carriers as a small team a couple weeks before 'The' meeting. That way, he knew the answers to the questions since we'd already given him the info. I was always more successful in a project, if I helped our Customer look good to his internal and external review team.

You also get better information about what the Warfighter really wants in these kind of less formal venues. Once the lights go up and you start the laptop and the projector, and roll in your team to give the pitch, it gets hard.

[GardoneVT]

I was tech lead on a system where we did a major review.

We had 1,900+ slides.

Presented to our customer over 2 days.

I am not making this up.

If I remember right, part of the Geneva Conventions was amended to include "Torture By PowerPoint".

[trailrunner]

[TDA]

God help me, every so often I go look at Smith and Wesson's job posting for Assistant General Counsel, Commercial and Contracts, and think "It's the part I was born to play, baby!"

[RJ]

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The final solicitation deadline for submissions for the Army's handgun of the future is now 1 p.m. on Feb. 12, through FedBizOpps. Army officials could not offer an immediate explanation Monday evening for the latest extension.

The Army had hoped to have final submissions by Jan. 28, but officials extended the deadline to Feb. 1, citing the heavy snowfall that crushed the East Coast. It's unclear whether the weather necessitated further delays."

Anybody in DC see truckloads of sample pistols and documents get dropped off at the Pentagon today?

[psalms144.1]

Anybody in DC see truckloads of sample pistols and documents get dropped off at the Pentagon today?

Well, they would have been dropped off at Picatinny Arsenal, but I didn't hear about that, either...

[PPGMD]

I was tech lead on a system where we did a major review.

We had 1,900+ slides.

Presented to our customer over 2 days.

I am not making this up.

I think I would've walked out after the first four hours.

[LSP972]

Anybody in DC see truckloads of sample pistols and documents get dropped off at the Pentagon today?

Yeah. I think the FBI is supposed to announce the "winner" of their new-pistol sweepstakes this month as well?

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