Managing a large group of stakeholders and SMEs during a proposal effort can feel like trying to herd cats during a thunderstorm. Deadlines are tight, input can be inconsistent, and… Continue reading How to Manage Large Teams with Winning Strategies Now

In her previous post (Part 3 of 6), Briana Coleman, PPM.APMP discussed the key activities involved in Phases 1 and 2 of the typical business development (BD) life cycle: Phase… Continue reading Proposal production across the business development life cycle – phase 3 (Part 4 of 6)

In her previous post (Part 2 of 6), Briana Coleman, PPM.APMP outlined a typical business development (BD) life cycle with five phases: Phase 1 Opportunity identification and assessment Phase 2… Continue reading Proposal production across the business development life cycle – phases 1 and 2 (Part 3 of 6)

Here are some of our Lohfeld Consulting Group team’s top past performance-related lessons learned from our collective experience managing and submitting thousands and thousands of proposals over our careers. In… Continue reading Don’t make these mistakes – 12 past performance lessons learned

Over the years, I’ve developed a proposal past performance contents template that combines requested past performance write-up contents from hundreds of government requests for proposals (RFP). Here are the items… Continue reading 30 must-have data elements for proposal past performance templates

Over the years, I’ve developed a proposal resume contents template that combines requested resume contents from hundreds of government requests for proposals (RFP). Here are the items I typically include… Continue reading 13 must-have data elements for proposal resume templates

At each Kickoff Meeting, I provide the final proposal schedule to the proposal team; however, much effort goes into getting to the final schedule. Here are some tips to help… Continue reading 12 important tips for developing proposal schedules

Having managed both government and commercial proposals for 25 years as a one-person proposal shop for small to large companies, proposal center director, and proposal management consultant, I’ve developed a… Continue reading 38 must-have templates and boilerplate repository artifacts