Web RFP Template

I designed this template for organizations and companies who are at the start of their Web development project and are looking for a professional approach to preparing an RFP for the market. It has adapted from presentations and seminars hosted by NPower (formerly Technology Works for Good) and the Small Business Administration S.C.O.R.E. workshop series, and offered as a public service.
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How to Pick a Web Host: 8 Factors

datacenterIf you own or publish a website, you will be responsible for deciding where and how to host it. Finding the right criteria for such a decision can be a puzzle, especially if like most of the world, technology is not your day-job. This write-up offers some top-level factors that website owners can use to evaluate and select the right web host…
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Crowd Source Your Requirements Gathering

hands_thumbIn his book The Wisdom of Crowds, James Surowiecki observed leaders run the risk of being all tactics and no strategy unless they make sure that your day-to-day activity adds up to something bigger. “Successful campaigns,” he writes, “may depend as much on the fast aggregation of information from the field as on preexisting top-down strategy.”

This presentation shows how several creative concepts and frameworks –starting with “the wisdom of crowds” — are mashed up to create something new.  The result is my fix for a web development requirements-gathering process which is too often broken.
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