Slide 7: Sponsor Procurement Process Create a diagram that that illustrates the steps to deployment that you sponsor would typically take. This requires you to understand how your sponsor conducts business. Show this slide to them before your presentation to solicit feedback. Slide 8: Potential Deployment Strategies There is no one-way to get things done in the DOD. Highlight the different avenues for deploying your solution that you have discovered. Include different sources of funding, contract mechanisms, programs, etc. Compare the pros and cons of each deployment-strategy. Consider both their timelines and funding constraints. Detail the deployment strategy that your team is most likely to pursue. Identify the constraints and conditions of using that deployment method. Slide 9: Deployment Diagram If your sponsor does have a method to propose deployment of a solution, work with them to lay out the specific activities that need to be completed to rapidly deploy. In addition to necessary activities in this process identify the people who will be involved (organizations don’t do things, the people inside them do) Slide 7: Next Week What is your plan for next week? Who will you talk to? What will you do? What do you need to find out? Come prepared to answer the following questions: How is your organization organized? (Draw it out) sponsor’s What viable funding mechanisms exist within your sponsor’s organization? How about from outside organizations? Are there any relevant BAAs or RFPs? Prepare What Technology Readiness Level (TRL) have you achieved? How much will it cost to get from your current TRL to the next? (est) What are the different Deployment routes? What are the associated timelines of the different deployment routes? Advanced Lecture Objectives: Activities, Resources, + Key Partners
Slide 7: Sponsor Procurement Process Create a diagram that that illustrates the steps to deployment that you sponsor would typically take. This requires you to understand how your sponsor conducts business. Show this slide to them before your presentation to solicit feedback. Slide 8: Potential Deployment Strategies There is no one-way to get things done in the DOD. Highlight the different avenues for deploying your solution that you have discovered. Include different sources of funding, contract mechanisms, programs, etc. Compare the pros and cons of each deployment-strategy. Consider both their timelines and funding constraints. Detail the deployment strategy that your team is most likely to pursue. Identify the constraints and conditions of using that deployment method. Slide 9: Deployment Diagram If your sponsor does have a method to propose deployment of a solution, work with them to lay out the specific activities that need to be completed to rapidly deploy. In addition to necessary activities in this process identify the people who will be involved (organizations don’t do things, the people inside them do) Slide 7: Next Week What is your plan for next week? Who will you talk to? What will you do? What do you need to find out? Prepare Come prepared to answer the following questions: How is your sponsor’s organization organized? (Draw it out) What viable funding mechanisms exist within your sponsor’s organization? How about from outside organizations? Are there any relevant BAAs or RFPs? What Technology Readiness Level (TRL) have you achieved? How much will it cost to get from your current TRL to the next? (est) What are the different Deployment routes? What are the associated timelines of the different deployment routes? Advanced Lecture Objectives: Activities, Resources, + Key Partners
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