Steering Committee Preparation

Things are sort of frantic right now. We've got a steering committee meeting next week. That means we will be presenting to top management - the guys who took us on board, essentially, who pay our bills and whose careers depend on our performance. So the pressure is up, and it's amplified by the long weekend ahead of us. Since nobody is particularly attracted by the idea of spending Labor Day out here in Nowhereland, we are all working round the clock. It's actually quite amazing how good we can make our stuff look. I do think we have results to show, but half of a project's success is in the presentation. PowerPoint, here we come! The tricky bit is not to show up with a 150-pager (believe me, I've seen it happening). Fifty slides max, with a few well-chosen backups: therein lies the art. About five days to go...