Comments on: The Recipe for an Effective Proposal http://stevenmsmith.com/the-recipe-for-an-effective-proposal/ Accelerating Team Productivity Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jason Yip http://stevenmsmith.com/the-recipe-for-an-effective-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Jason Yip Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:00:57 +0000 http://www.stevenmsmith.com/wordpress/?p=28#comment-188 My conversations typically look like this... I approach this sort of thing in a different order of emphasis. Our situation is A. This causes problems B, C, and D. I propose we do E which means our situation will change to F. Depending on the reaction, this might continue with, "if we could solve that issue, do you have any other objections to doing this" AND/OR "who do we need to talk to make this happen?" Some situations also have multiple options to deal with the problem though I'll usually recommend a preferred one. My conversations typically look like this…

I approach this sort of thing in a different order of emphasis.

Our situation is A. This causes problems B, C, and D. I propose we do E which means our situation will change to F.

Depending on the reaction, this might continue with, “if we could solve that issue, do you have any other objections to doing this” AND/OR “who do we need to talk to make this happen?”

Some situations also have multiple options to deal with the problem though I’ll usually recommend a preferred one.

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