This activity will provide you with an opportunity to converse on a project management topic that was covered in this module. The class interaction will foster a learning environment in which you will learn from each other's experiences and opinions. In addition, you will practice speaking the project management lingo and expressing your opinions in a professional manner.
This activity will also help you to understand the types of strategic decisions that contractors need to make, which will deepen your understanding of the dynamics that are involved in the bidding process.
Before you begin this discussion, be sure to complete the following:
Read the following:
• Gido, J., & Clements, J. P. (2012).Successful project management. Mason,OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.
o Chapter 2: Identifying and Selecting Projects
o Chapter 3: Developing Project Proposals
View the following:
• PowerPoint presentations:
o Chapter 2 - Identifying and Selecting Projects
o Chapter 3 - Developing Project Proposals
Respond to the following:
As a contractor who offers Project Management Services to government agencies:
• Would your strategy to win business and maintain positive costumer relations involve submitting as many proposals as possible with the goal of eventually winning as much business as possible?
Or would you decide only to respond to those RFP's that you have a better than average chance of winning?
Would another strategy be more useful?
• Which strategy would you use?
• What do you see as weaknesses in the strategy/strategies that you have not selected?