Activity+4

This is what we need to do for Activity 4. Important thoughts are in Red - my comments are in blue.

**Client/Proposal Project**

This activity simulates the process of submitting proposals to organizations (clients) who need training. Class members are divided into teams representing 4 kinds of clients (corporation, military, state agency, and educational institution). Each team has an assigned leader who is responsible for facilitating communications between team members, clients, and the project manager (aka course instructor). Leaders must post results by the specified due dates and encourage participation among all team members. **Our group is Institution, which in this case means "education". Any idea on a team name??? For this assignment need to determine what we are requesting proposals on. It was suggested we want proposals on creating an online course from a classroom based instruction. **  Each team leader will then submit a competitive proposal as soon as they are ready by emailing them to the other team leaders, who will enter them in their team discussion. That way, only the team members will be able to see the competing proposals for their SOW. After the deadline for proposals, each team will post all of the proposals in rank order (indicating the winner) to their presentation page. By rank order, each team will select the proposal for their presentation, which will be emailed to the team leader of the SOW to post on their presentation page. In the end, the presentation page of each team will have their SOW, each proposal in rank order, and the presentation for the winning proposal. Each client group will rank the proposals submitted for their SOW using a scale of 1-10 for each item in the Proposal Performance Criteria (total = 450 points with 150 points for each proposal). According to their ranked position, each team will then select which proposal to prepare for their PowerPoint presentation. The team ranked last will be assigned the remaining proposal for their PowerPoint presentation. Team Leaders, please post the Performance Criteria sheets used in evaluating the proposals in Activity 4 on your presentation page after the winning proposal has been selected. The following items should be posted on the team presentation page:
 * Each client/team will select an instructional training topic and create a Statement of Work (SOW) . **


 * • SOW (the one created by this client) **
 * • Winning Proposal & Project Management file (the winning proposal for the SOW on this page) **
 * • Proposal Ranking & Proposal Criteria Sheets (for all of the proposals reviewed by this client) **
 * • PowerPoint (This is created by the winning team to highlight the proposal for the client that developed the SOW on this page.) **


 * This is an important step. We will have to provide feedback on each of the proposals and rank them. We will need to give concrete examples of why we picked the order based on how well they addressed our SOW. See below for details on grading our own group. **

Team leaders need to email items to each other as soon as they become available. In the end, everybody should be able to view the completed process for each client/contractor.

Using a 100-point scale, members will evaluate others on their team for participation, leadership, effectiveness, and overall contribution to the project. All participants should email a score for each member of their team through WebCT directly to the project manager (aka course instructor). **If interaction between members was limited, please indicate where necessary.** Keep in mind that it is the responsibility of the team leader to facilitate participation and communications among all members. Provide an explanation for low scores. Team leaders may be asked to verify the scores. Remember, team member scores are not posted on the page but should be sent through WebCT directly to the project manager. Peer evaluations are not uncommon when working in teams. Individual scores reflect the opinion of teammates but represent only a small portion of the overall project grade. I won't be surprised to see a score of 100 for all members of your team but some teams may report lower scores for certain members that failed to contribute significantly to the project. This is a way of rewarding those who made an effort and discounting those who didn't rather than giving all members of the team the same grade when some are less deserving. Final grades for this activity will be based on the team score plus the averaged score for each member. The project manager (aka course instructor) will score all other items based on clarity, thoroughness, and punctuality. Leaders will use the discussion area to contact clients for clarification or additional information that is needed to complete the proposals. Leaders must promptly respond to inquiries from other leaders.