Virtual War Room for
Proposal Development
A Virtual War Room for Proposal Development is often used as the action center for developing a proposal—especially larger proposals with many contributors. Here, on the walls, assignments, win themes, outlines, and suggested graphics were posted for coordination, suggestion, and review.
Proposal writers talk to each other and offer suggestions; the proposal manager is right there to give guidance, monitor progress and make sure deadlines are met.
In this age of highly connected distributed teams, the War Room has become “virtual,” being managed online using various types of file-sharing software such as Microsoft SharePoint, TeamForge, or Dropbox, or the more directed software such as Privia.
This allows proposal team members to share and edit sections, review content to ensure that they are sharing the same themes, etc. In our virtual room for proposal development, teams can view and share both documents and comments when using a video or teleconference call to “meet” in the Virtual War Room.