PowerPoint-Driven Decision Architecture (PDDA)
Transforming Complex Problems into Bullet Points™
Mission Overview
SLIDEWARE™ converts real-world challenges into visually compelling presentations that enable leadership to feel informed without requiring outcomes. By abstracting execution into decks, SLIDEWARE™ allows organizations to replace action with alignment, delivery with discussion, and accountability with formatting. When decisions must be delayed, SLIDEWARE™ accelerates consensus-building through charts.
Operational Problem
Modern programs suffer from pressure to produce tangible results, excessive technical detail, uncomfortable clarity, engineers asking "why", and stakeholders requesting metrics. These conditions create risk. Specifically: decisions happen too fast, problems get solved, budgets stabilize, and meetings end early. This is operationally unsafe.
Solution
SLIDEWARE™ introduces a presentation-first operating model, ensuring every initiative is mediated through slide decks before any action can occur. Rather than solving problems directly, SLIDEWARE™ mandates visual storytelling cycles that reframe issues quarterly, reset priorities monthly, and redesign templates weekly. Execution becomes optional.
Key Capabilities
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Slide-Native Governance: All decisions must be preceded by executive summary slide, agenda slide, architecture slide, roadmap slide, risk slide, and backup slides nobody reads. No exceptions.
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Bullet Point Compression Engine™: Convert multi-year technical efforts into three bullets, one diagram, and a maturity curve. Accuracy not required.
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Chart Inflation Module: Automatically generate hockey-stick projections, heat maps with no scale, and quadrants labeled "Strategic." Perfect for investor updates and O-6 briefings.
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Deck-to-Deck Translation: Transform last quarter's slides into this quarter's slides by changing colors, reordering boxes, and updating dates. Delivers continuous progress with zero implementation.
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Narrative Control Layer: Ensures every failure becomes a learning opportunity, a pilot program, a roadmap adjustment, or a Phase II opportunity.
Why It Matters
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Replace execution with explanation
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Turn uncertainty into graphics
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Enable leadership alignment without commitment
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Generate artifacts at scale
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Justify follow-on funding
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Convert engineering into storytelling
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Keep everyone busy formatting
Common Use Cases
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Digital transformation initiatives
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AI strategy briefings
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Program recovery efforts
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Executive offsites
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Anything labeled "strategic"
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Any meeting involving more than six people
Integration With Other Cost Plus Platforms
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WARM BODIES™ – Humans to build slides
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WARM BODIES™ + AI – AI drafts slides, humans revise, humans review humans
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ALIGNMENT™ – Reword slides until nobody remembers the original goal
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MEETINGSTORM™ – Automatically schedules follow-up briefings
SLIDEWARE™ works seamlessly with the entire Cost Plus Technologies ecosystem.
Acquisition Advantages
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Zero deployment effort
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Fully compatible with existing bureaucracy
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Produces immediate optics
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Supports indefinite sustainment
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Requires no measurable success
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Generates continuous documentation
Competitive Analysis
| Capability | Direct Action | PowerPoint-Driven Decision Architecture (PDDA)™ |
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| Decisions | Immediate | Next quarter |
| Meetings | Few | Infinite |
| Clarity | High | Stylized |
| Delivery | Real | Planned |
| Accountability | Traceable | Distributed |
| Budget | Limited | Narrative-driven |
Transition Strategy
Phase I – Template Adoption
Standardize fonts.
Phase II – Deck Proliferation
Create variants.
Phase III – Governance Embedding
Require slides for everything.
Phase IV – Sustainment
Rebrief forever.
WARM BODIES™ supports continuous staffing without continuous delivery.
Leadership Commentary
“SLIDEWARE™ lets organizations move fast without going anywhere. We've finally separated the appearance of progress from progress itself.”
— Robert Sivilli, Founder & CEO of Cost Plus Technologies
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