Comments on Hot Chicks Dig Smart Men: RFI = Ready for Ignition

It's considered a necessary evil in Telecom.

2012-01-13T10:47:08.196-07:00

It's considered a necessary evil in Telecom.

That sounds like a way to plumb for trade secrets....

2012-01-13T10:34:54.819-07:00

That sounds like a way to plumb for trade secrets. Your management puts up with this why?

An RFI does not include a requirement for an actua...

2012-01-13T09:59:55.092-07:00

An RFI does not include a requirement for an actual proposal (although we usually include a solution framework). This relieves the customer of the burden of actually having to, you know, scope their needs.

What the blue fuck is the difference between an RF...

2012-01-13T09:44:40.380-07:00

What the blue fuck is the difference between an RFI and an RFP?

I have sent out buttloads of RFPs in my day, none to vendors whom I thought were incapable (but some were a long shot, sometimes to give them a 2nd chance after a screw-up).

An RFI sounds like the idiot's version of an RFP. What am I missing?

Warner, yes. This is why I hate RFI/RFPs with the ...

2012-01-13T07:25:20.434-07:00

Warner, yes. This is why I hate RFI/RFPs with the heat of a thousand burning suns.

I once was told to solve a problem and given a fig...

2012-01-13T07:15:16.298-07:00

I once was told to solve a problem and given a figure to aim for.

Figured out that if I could piggy back current vendor E's data onto current vendor T's data stream my problem would be solved.

Got the two vendors talking and they came back with a price for my solution within my budget.

Sent the POs up to the VP.

WRONG, I hadn't done a RFI, had wasted 6 months, and the project was given to somebody competent to deal with.

A year later somebody competent had gone through channels and came up with Vendor E and Vendor T at my price plus about 10%.

At year end review I got a big 0% for delaying the project. And people wonder why I'm happy to be retired.

(VP owned a small piece of Vendor G, who never was in the running).

TONG!

2012-01-13T07:01:51.550-07:00

*TONG!*

2012-01-13T06:58:44.879-07:00

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Too bad. Right about now, I really need some proof...

2012-01-13T06:55:01.890-07:00

Too bad. Right about now, I really need some proof that other people aren't idiots.

Good luck! I'll be over here acting like an id...

2012-01-12T14:31:36.649-07:00

Good luck!
I'll be over here acting like an idiot while you are doing the mad scientist thing. ;)