May 2014: Proposal Navigator® Engagement Metric: 1-1/2 Days
This article reflects actual data from a medium-large size (~$100M-$500M), medium complexity RFP response. It demonstrates that Proposal...
April 2014: Applying Persuasive Legal Writing Principles To Proposals
Engineers, like lawyers, are educated and trained problem solvers. Engineers are trained in technical writing for exams, theses and the...
March 2014: Extracting and Compiling Cross-Reference Data From Technical/Management Volume Orals Pre
This article is a followup on the same topic to November's Automating Review Comment Management With Simple VBA Tools and January's...
January 2014: Automating BOE Rollups vs. Pricing Compare With Simple VBA Tools
Thank you for engaging Black Dog Technology LLC in 2013 and best wishes for a prosperous 2014! This article is a followup on the same...
November 2013: Automating Review Comment Management With Simple VBA Tools
On almost every engagement I write one or more on-the-spot Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) tools within Word or Excel to solve a...
October 2013: Proposal Navigator® Free Trial Offer Through End Of 2013
In response to our client's' stated needs, we've updated our pricing to competitively align with typical Proposal Center business models....
September 2013: Master BOE Spreadsheets Reduce Errors and Review/ Rework Cycle Time
April's newsletter, Streamlining BOE Development With Proposal Navigator®, presented a top-down approach--validated by a real...
August 2013: "Proposalizing" CDRLs In Two-Step Acquisitions
None of us would disagree about the importance of integrated, high-quality documents as a prerequisite to a winning proposal. Not always,...
July 2013: Round-Robin Reviews Increase Proposal Development Efficiency
Proposal reviews--both formal and informal--are a familiar and time-tested means for accomplishing, among other things: driving schedule...
June 2013: A Lawyer’s Perspective On Maximizing Proposal Strengths
[The background of this article is my experience as an intellectual property attorney in the late 1990’s.] While the mindset of the...