Terms starting with G – Proposal Land

Term: Gold Team

07 January 2016 06 December 2015

Explanation of various uses of Gold Team.

Term: Go/No Go

31 December 2015 06 December 2015

The multiple usages of go/no go in Proposal Land.

Term: General and Administrative (G&A)

24 December 2015 06 December 2015

Explanation of the cost category also called “overhead.”

Term: Get-well Amendment

19 November 2015 16 November 2015

A contract amendment that adds scope at an inflated price, to compensate a contractor that seriously underbid some other portion of the Work, intentionally or otherwise.

Management (89)
Proposals (95)
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Terminology (97)

“You cannot increase the quality of an argument by simply increasing the quantity of your argument.”

Source: How to Make Your Arguments Stronger

Substitute "proposal" for "argument" and it's still true. But, boy, we keep trying.

"...unreadable claptrap about building back better resilient green gender prudent fiscal stimulus affordable jumpstarted racial equality childcare climate solutions COVID-19 employee stock option decisive dynamic Indigenous inclusive net-zero cross-border digital tax cut increases." - Terence Corcoran writing about Canada's Fiscal Update (emphasis added so everyone would get it the first time don't make me say it again)

Source: Financial Times, 01 Dec 2020

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