On 21 Aug 98, Julian So wrote:
> What vital information is lacking from RFP's you receive? What annoys you
> about typical RFP's that you receive? Are there specific issues that
> should be more fully developed in the RFP's than others? What is a
> "complete" RFP to you?
While I don't see a lot of RFPs (and those I do usually from the Canadian
feds), there are a few points of information that are invariably missing or
misstated. Those are in the realm of the client's side of the site
development process. I could prepare a better, more accurate proposal if
I had a clearer idea of:
- what the client's existing inhouse Web development skills and
experience level is
- how much of that will be provided to me as I work with the client on
the project
- what the client's responsibilities will be for providing content,
scripting, translations, editing and similar services
I guess these points are rather general, but if I've seen a recurrent theme
in projects I've done for the feds over the years, it's that they prepare
rather grandiose RFPs that set unrealistic goals for a project; there is an
underlying inference that, "We're already good at this Web stuff, we just
need a little help in a few specialized areas for this particular project". But
in fact I discover, once the contract is signed, that their goals are fuzzy,
ill-researched and/or not really attainable given the resources they claim
to be bringing to the project.
So a good RFP will say, "Here is exactly what we will be contributing to
the development process, and here's what we need from you".
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Brent Eades, Almonte, Ontario
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Business site: http://www.federalweb.com
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